What to do with old sloe berries
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!
Keith’s “Vegan One Pot Creamy Spinach Pasta” Recipe
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…
Berry Beautiful!
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
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…
Don’t let these eSCAPE you in the garden!
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…
Flavoursome Veggie Sausage Roll Recipe
These delicious meat-free “sausage” rolls were such a hit at a Planting Up garden work party picnic that we just had to share it…
Spring’s first flowers are edible: Pickled magnolia petals
As some of the first blossoms we see this time of year, look out for Magnolia flowers among all the bare branches you see this spring. Because of our clayey soils in Milton Keynes, you’ll typically find Magnolia trees growing in pots or standing proud in rich (slightly acidic) soils of people’s gardens. So if…
Susan’s “Bring & Share” Rice Recipe
Here’s the next best thing to Susan’s delicious one-pot, vegan, rice recipe. Our team of volunteers enjoyed every mouthful of her twist on this Meera Sodha recipe at a recent garden work party bring & share lunch…
Angus’ choc-orange energy boosters
These chocolately bites of energising goodness made by Angus were just what we needed to get back to work in the garden after lunch…
Katie’s Chickpea Scones
When Katie made these chickpea scones for a bring & share lunch, we just to get this recipe that inspired her take on them…