With lockdown in place and the return of home schooling for many I wondered while on my dog walk whether a game I (and I’m sure a lot of you) played as a child on long car journeys could be…
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Take a walk in the park
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…
PEBBLE SIGNS OF LOCKDOWN
Well this time last year very few of us had heard of Covid and had no idea of what lay ahead but by Easter we all knew about it and had worked out our ways to cope with lockdown. All…
Tricia’s Beetroot Dip
This Beetroot Dip recipe has been shared by Tricia Neville, a regular volunteer at the garden. After working for many years as an early years teacher, I retrained in horticulture. I volounteer at the community garden once a week where…
Courgette, Potato and Cheese Soup
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…
Mid-winter fruit cake (aka Christmas cake…)
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…
Autumn’s leek and potato soup
Autumn Angus has started volunteering with us this year, she has made some lovely soup with ingredients she has been helping grow in the Garden, and has shared her story and recipe with us here. I grew up with my…
Christina’s rhubarb crumble
Blog post by Christina Howie, one of our core garden volunteers. I began volunteering at garden almost 3 years ago when I retired. I live near by so often walked past garden with my dog and thought it would be…
Green tomato pickle
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…
Tomato sauce recipe with tomatillos
This is a great recipe to make from Community Garden produce, but if don't have them to hand, shop bought works fine and you can replace the fresh tomatoes with a tin of chopped tomatoes. The Tomatillos are trickier to…
