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sloe port

What to do with old sloe berries

Food, Foraging, RecipesBy adminDecember 20, 2023Leave a comment

Have you ever wondered what you can do with the leftover sloes after you’ve made sloe gin? This sloe port recipe is your answer!

temperate rainforest

Positive News: England’s temperate rainforests can breathe easier

Info, Wildlife+NatureBy adminDecember 10, 2023Leave a comment

Positive news for nature enthusiasts… England’s rainforests are getting a well-deserved boost, thanks to the power of community action! 

Tidying up the garden - Oct23

Unearthing Our “Why” (in the Community Garden)

Building our Community Garden, Grow your own, Permaculture, Wildlife+NatureBy adminNovember 20, 2023Leave a comment

Planting Up MK founding member and volunteer, Kirsty Forshaw, reflects on her experience of the impact that our community gardens and food growing are having on us and how that is defining our “why”…

Planting Up the garden - Oct23

Tidying the garden for winter & an afternoon of pumpkin carving

PlantingUp EventsBy adminOctober 30, 2023Leave a comment

Our Saturday 28 October 2023 garden work party was one of our last opportunities to work on the garden when the weather allowed it. We made the most of that fact with an eventful session where we all got stuck in to tidying things up for winter…

How Do You Create Your Own Forest Garden?

Building our Community Garden, Grow your own, PermacultureBy adminSeptember 18, 2023Leave a comment

A forest garden helps us grow food and create a more natural and regenerative environment. This post explains how & why to create one…

A Beginner’s Guide to Permaculture Gardening & Permaculture Principles

Info, PermacultureBy adminAugust 20, 2023Leave a comment

Permaculture is a powerful way to live in a more sympathetic way with the earth but the principles don’t just apply to the garden… In this post, we dig in (pun intended) to this topic and explain what permaculture gardening is, and how you can get started with your own garden.

One-pot creamy pasta

Keith’s “Vegan One Pot Creamy Spinach Pasta” Recipe

Food, RecipesBy adminJuly 11, 2023Leave a comment

Our garden work party volunteers delighted in this deliciously creamy one-pot vegan pasta recipe that Keith made for a summer’s day garden work party bring & share lunch…

Path clearing

Berry Beautiful!

Building our Community Garden, Food, Grow your own, Volunteering, Wildlife+NatureBy adminJune 24, 2023Leave a comment

Thanks to our amazing little group of volunteers (largely fuelled by berries) we can now use the path through our forest garden again!

Our visit to Sandy Lane Organic Farm

Food, PlantingUp Events, Sustainable agricultureBy adminJune 15, 2023Leave a comment

A few of us enjoyed a sunny day out at Sandy Lane Organic Farm (in Thame) for their summer open day on Sunday 11 June 2023…

Scapes

Don’t let these eSCAPE you in the garden!

Food, RecipesBy adminJune 11, 2023Leave a comment

Last year we planted some Elephant Garlic, and this summer you can see how much they’ve shot up! What are scapes? Basically, those little green onion domes perched on the top of the skinny stalks are called scapes, and amazingly, are considered quite a foodie delicacy. If you’ve ever planted garlic, leeks, or onions, or…

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