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Activity of the day: Make an oat, rice or bean herbal microwave hot bag
These are lovely and reassuring if you’re feeling a bit under the weather or it’s cold or just generally could do with something warm....
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Katy
Jul 9, 20202 min read
Recipe: Campfire frying pan pizza
Our woodland campfire cooking continues! This time, we made a yeasted dough pizza, using just one frying pan - it's delicious! Because we...
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Kate
Jul 7, 20201 min read
Recipe: All sorts of fizz!
As promised, here’s the reporting back on the latest batch of fizz recipes. Due to injuries and a bit of miscommunication (only open the...
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Kate
Jul 6, 20202 min read
Activity of the day: Getready for more citizen science- make a simple quadrat
Plantlife’s No Mow May and Let it Bloom June are over- so it’s nearly time to do some more flower counting- and if you haven’t already,...
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Kate
Jul 3, 20202 min read
Activity of the day: Saving dried seed
It's the time of year when quite a lot of herb and salad plants are setting seed- and lots of flowers, too. While letting them self-seed...
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Kate
Jul 2, 20202 min read
Activity of the day: Edible flower identification
We've been making a whole lot of fuss about elderflower the past month or so- it's such a great ingredient- that we thought it would be...
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Katy
Jul 1, 20202 min read
Recipe: Campfire curry and roti!
We have been able to resume some of our work with youngsters on a one-to-one basis, both at the allotment site and the forest school...
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Kate
Jun 24, 20202 min read
Big Grow how to grow and use no.8: Tomatoes
How to Grow and Use TOMATOES Grow and pick TOMATOES Tomato plants will get quite big– they need planting in the ground or a big pot. An...
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Kate
Jun 22, 20202 min read
Big Grow how to grow and use no.7: Sunflowers
This one isn't such an obvious food plant- but the seeds are great for humans and birds to eat (also mice, if you don't store them...
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Kate
Jun 20, 20202 min read
Big Grow how to grow and use no.6: Salads
Salads are fantastic because you can grow enough baby salad leaves in pots on a small windowsill all year around for putting in...
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Kate
Jun 16, 20202 min read
Big Grow how to grow and use no.3: Cuttings
This one is a little different: If you have some plants or are able to get hold of bits other people are cutting off or digging up plants...
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Kate
Jun 15, 20201 min read
Greenhouse all glazed!
It’s in one piece- except for the auto openers- it was just too hot to fit them once the glass was all in! It’s going to be a fantastic...
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Kate
Jun 14, 20202 min read
Big Grow how to grow and use no.2: Coriander
How to Grow and Use CORIANDER Grow and pick CORIANDER 1. Put your plant in a light place but not in full sun 2. Stand the pot on a...
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Kate
Jun 13, 20202 min read
Big Grow how to grow and use no.1: Basil!
We're running Big Grow plant giveaway and advice sessions on Thursdays from 1-3pm outside Bramblebrook community centre for anyone to...
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Kate
Jun 11, 20201 min read
Activity: Slug drinking preferences experiment
Slugs famously love beer. Do they love any other drinks? We’ve tried using some of our home made elderflower fizz and comparing it with...
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Kate
Jun 11, 20202 min read
Activity of the day: Grow new tomato plants from side shoots
Tomato plants come in two main types- bush and indeterminate. Bush tomatoes, unsurprisingly, grow into bushy shapes. Indeterminate...
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Kate
Jun 10, 20202 min read
Recipe: Mint and parsley "help-what's-in-the-cupboard" tabbouleh
Tabbouleh is another one of those recipes that SHOULD be made one way, traditionally- except that every traditional recipe is quite...
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Katy
Jun 4, 20201 min read
News: YPTE awards Crow Wood's young gardeners a Highly Commended!
It feels like ages ago when our home education families were working so hard at the allotment and in the greenhouse, preparing the site,...
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Katy
May 31, 20202 min read
Recipe: The elderflowers are here!
Rhubarb has been a bit of a thing for us these past few weeks, but it now has to make way for all things elderflower! We're kicking off...
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Kate
May 27, 20203 min read
Recipe: The Ultimate Adaptable (Rhubarb, This Time) Muffin Recipe
Thanks Clare for giving us this recipe, all those years ago... This muffin recipe is totally flexible- It can be used to make anything...
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