Why perennial vegetable growing? Well as the name suggests, they'll come back year after year, there's no need to sow, prick out and transplant annually, and generally require less in the way of maintenance i.e. watering and feeding... So in…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Everyone loves a good pickle! J. Neff sent us this delicious authentic recipe for making green tomato pickle as their gran back in Southern Germany used to. (Gertrud Neff, Heidelberg) Ingredients and preparation: Wash 3.5 kg green tomatoes and cut…
