Volunteer Marjie has shared her recipe for using up the last of the green tomatoes. When I was last up at the Garden I tidied up some of the tomato plants and picked almost a kilo of mostly green and…
Last Minute Mixed Tomato Chutney
Category: food
Tatties Galore!
Volunteer Christina has been growing potatoes. Earlier in the session I, and some others, attended the Gardening in Small Spaces workshop held in the garden. We began with herbs in pots and I planted up two. We were then shown…
Rhubarb and Ginger cake
Volunteer Christina shares a seasonal recipe using rhubarb. In a previous blog I shared my rhubarb crumble recipe which is an old favourite. This time I’m sharing a new recipe I have adapted for a rhubarb and ginger cake which…
Potato planting in a Bag for life (or big pot)
A quick and easy tutorial on how to plant potatoes if you can't grow them in the ground by Helena, one of the Ninewells Garden Facilitators. All you need to grow potatoes is a big pot, a bag for life,…
IN PRAISE OF PERENNIAL VEG (Part 2 of a series)
Volunteer Marjie continues her series about perennial vegetables, click through to the other posts Part1: Skirrets, Part 3: Sage This time we're talking herbs rather than vegetables, but as with perennial veg, herbs will provide a constant supply year after…
IN PRAISE OF PERENNIAL VEG (Part 1 of a series)
Volunteer Marjie is writing us a series of blogs on some of the perennial veg we are growing in the garden click through for Part 2: Rosemary , Part 3: Sage Why perennial vegetable growing? Well as the name suggests,…
Bread and Butter Pudding
Volunteer Christina has shared her Bread and Butter pudding recipe with us. Recently there has been a large push to avoid food waste and some folk think this is a new phenomenon. This is however not the case as this…
Get growing – a Scottish vegetable growers guide
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…
Reap the Fruits…Planning for Fruit growing
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…
Easy Vegetable Stew
Volunteer Marialena has shared this tasty and filling stew recipe with us. This is my favourite recipe, especially during mid-seasons when theres not that much veg left! You can basically use any vegetables left in your fridge or cupboard that…
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