More fruit juice experimenting
Last week, we began work on a Guide interest badge, which involved creating interesting drinks for a party. We were very scientific! We...
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Katy
Feb 13, 20231 min read
The Queen of Hearts…
We started off at the allotment this afternoon, to pick herbs for our meal meal of homemade butternut squash soup...with jam tarts to...
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Katy
Oct 19, 20221 min read
Apples…
Well, we managed to take just one photo during this week's after school session 🤦🏻♀️ We were admiring the beautiful autumn colours...
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Katy
Mar 23, 20221 min read
Mother’s Day, and making camp!
We’re really loving the longer evenings- hard to think that we needed the greenhouse lights on until quite recently. We used some...
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Katy
Mar 15, 20221 min read
Beautiful allotment afternoon!
What a change in the weather- we hope it lasts for a while! Definitely time for outdoors reading and painting, and we did a few gardening...
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Katy
Jan 9, 20221 min read
Last forest school session of the year!
We had a huge pan of pumpkin soup (using a monster pumpkin given to us from one of the Crow Wood allotment neighbours!), plus hot mulled...
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Katy
Aug 29, 20211 min read
High summer cooking!
We have a new group at the allotment, and lunch on our first session was veggie Korma- lots of picking and prep! Then just some stewed...
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Katy
Mar 26, 20212 min read
Spending time in woodland
Our second session of forest school this year was a bit colder than the first, as the sun stayed behind the clouds. The trees are still...
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Katy
Jan 17, 20212 min read
Recipe: Orange cakes
This is another forest school recipe that you can do at home! When we make them at forest school, they're wrapped in foil and cooked...
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Katy
Jan 15, 20212 min read
Recipe: Mulled apple juice
Mulled apple juice is a delicious, hot, non-alcoholic drink, that has a very festive and wintery smell! We often make it over the camp...
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Katy
Jan 14, 20211 min read
Recipe: Baked apples
This is a really simple recipe, but it's warming and perfect for a cold winter's day! We needed to use up some of our stored apples, as...
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Katy
Dec 4, 20201 min read
News: Forest school cooking
We’ve been looking at different foraged foods over the last few weeks- walnuts, quinces, and this week, apples. We learnt a bit about...
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Katy
Oct 23, 20201 min read
News: Lovely bread on a stick, in the woods
We had rain at forest school this week, so the camp fire was a very welcome addition to our activities! The children spent lots of time...
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Katy
Oct 20, 20201 min read
Recipe: Glossy green chard - it's still going! (into a veggie curry)
The chard patch has been totally reliable all summer, and we're still harvesting it. This week, I decided to use it in a veggie curry,...
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Katy
Sep 24, 20202 min read
Recipe: Green tomato chutney
We still have some tomatoes in the vineyard greenhouse, and they're still ripening - but all the outdoor plants have tomatoes that are...
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Kate
Sep 9, 20204 min read
Recipe: Nanny Lugg's Runner Bean Chutney
This is an old recipe passed to us by a friend of a friend from their grandma- the proper way to get recipes! It makes a piccalilli-type...
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Kate
Sep 2, 20202 min read
Recipe: Runner bean curry
The kids' reaction on being served this one? Ooh yay squeaky beans!!! I did manage not to look too shocked. I think. Anyway, runner beans...
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Kate
Aug 29, 20202 min read
Recipe: Creamy vegan tomato and courgette soup
This can be made using tinned or fresh tomatoes or tomato puree- and lots and lots and lots of courgette. Varying the herbs and spices...
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Kate
Aug 26, 20202 min read
Recipe: Vegan courgette and olive tagine
There is a bit of a theme to the recipes at the moment... yes, the courgette are growing very well! This is pretty similar to the...
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Katy
Aug 17, 20201 min read
News: Wonderful veg!
Although today on the allotment we were doing battle with the bindweed (it's never ending!), it was lovely to take stock and enjoy how...
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