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IN PRAISE OF PERENNIAL VEG (Part 2 of a series)

by marjgardenSeptember 2, 2021September 2, 20211 Comment

Volunteer Marjie continues her series about perennial vegetables, part one here This time we're talking herbs rather than vegetables, but as with perennial veg, herbs will provide a constant supply year after year, with the minimum amount of care. Fresh…

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IN PRAISE OF PERENNIAL VEG (Part 1 of a series)

by marjgardenJuly 20, 2021September 2, 2021

Volunteer Marjie is writing us a series of blogs on some of the perennial veg we are growing in the garden Part two here Why perennial vegetable growing? Well as the name suggests, they'll come back year after year, there's…

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Get growing – a Scottish vegetable growers guide

by marjgardenApril 29, 2021April 28, 2021

Bob Bilson, of the Strathkinness Community shares his knowledge on growing veg in Scottish gardens: from small plots to large, this useful information will inspire you (and the garden volunteers) to plant for a bumper crop this season. THE SCOTTISH…

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Reap the Fruits…Planning for Fruit growing

by marjgardenApril 14, 2021

Fruit tree planting time is coming up in the garden, so what better than some useful information about the success of fruit growing in Scottish community gardens. In the attached article, Bob Bilson, of the Strathkinness Community Garden, draws on…

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Marjie’s instant garden

by marjgardenFebruary 22, 20211 Comment

Volunteer Marjie shares her experience of using a cardboard mulching technique in her garden. Helena tells me that there are plans to develop another part of the garden using the sheet mulching method. The advantage of this method is that…

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Marjie’s Delicious red cabbage and apple

by marjgardenFebruary 8, 2021

Volunteer Marjie Spence has shared this recipe with us- it looks great! One of my favourite winter dishes: hearty and warming, easy to make, and very easy to enjoy! Ingredients: 50g butter 1 medium onion 1 kg red cabbage, finely…

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Get counting! The RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch

by marjgardenJanuary 25, 20212 Comments

This year the RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch will take place between 29th and 31st January 2021, under slightly different circumstances. This is the world's largest bird survey - join in if you can! Last year NCG hosted a group of…

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Take a walk in the park

by marjgardenJanuary 13, 2021

These days, while we settle back into routines of lockdown and the restrictions that go with it, it’s all too easy to allow the molehills to turn into mountains.There’s a great deal of evidence that connecting with nature improves our mental health…

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Courgette, Potato and Cheese Soup

by marjgardenDecember 21, 2020

Another delicious , warming soup made from fresh produce, sent in by Linda A. Muir. She says 'The first time I made it I didn’t have spring onions so I used leeks instead.  After following the recipe when I made…

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Mid-winter fruit cake (aka Christmas cake…)

by marjgardenDecember 16, 2020December 22, 2020

Ingredients all ready for the shortest day I make this version of Christmas cake every year on the shortest day. I found the recipe while living in the south of the South Island, New Zealand, and made it in June…

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