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      Mother’s Day, and making camp!
      Katy
      • Mar 23
      • 1 min

      Mother’s Day, and making camp!

      We’re really loving the longer evenings- hard to think that we needed the greenhouse lights on until quite recently. We used some...
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      Beautiful allotment afternoon!
      Katy
      • Mar 15
      • 1 min

      Beautiful allotment afternoon!

      What a change in the weather- we hope it lasts for a while! Definitely time for outdoors reading and painting, and we did a few gardening...
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      Last forest school session of the year!
      Katy
      • Jan 9
      • 1 min

      Last forest school session of the year!

      We had a huge pan of pumpkin soup (using a monster pumpkin given to us from one of the Crow Wood allotment neighbours!), plus hot mulled...
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      High summer cooking!
      Katy
      • Aug 29, 2021
      • 1 min

      High summer cooking!

      We have a new group at the allotment, and lunch on our first session was veggie Korma- lots of picking and prep! Then just some stewed...
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      Spending time in woodland
      Katy
      • Mar 26, 2021
      • 2 min

      Spending time in woodland

      Our second session of forest school this year was a bit colder than the first, as the sun stayed behind the clouds. The trees are still...
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      Recipe: Orange cakes
      Katy
      • Jan 17, 2021
      • 2 min

      Recipe: Orange cakes

      This is another forest school recipe that you can do at home! When we make them at forest school, they're wrapped in foil and cooked...
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      Recipe: Mulled apple juice
      Katy
      • Jan 15, 2021
      • 2 min

      Recipe: Mulled apple juice

      Mulled apple juice is a delicious, hot, non-alcoholic drink, that has a very festive and wintery smell! We often make it over the camp...
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      Recipe: Baked apples
      Katy
      • Jan 14, 2021
      • 1 min

      Recipe: Baked apples

      This is a really simple recipe, but it's warming and perfect for a cold winter's day! We needed to use up some of our stored apples, as...
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      News: Forest school cooking
      Katy
      • Dec 4, 2020
      • 1 min

      News: Forest school cooking

      We’ve been looking at different foraged foods over the last few weeks- walnuts, quinces, and this week, apples. We learnt a bit about...
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      News: Lovely bread on a stick, in the woods
      Katy
      • Oct 23, 2020
      • 1 min

      News: Lovely bread on a stick, in the woods

      We had rain at forest school this week, so the camp fire was a very welcome addition to our activities! The children spent lots of time...
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      Recipe: Glossy green chard - it's still going! (into a veggie curry)
      Katy
      • Oct 20, 2020
      • 1 min

      Recipe: Glossy green chard - it's still going! (into a veggie curry)

      The chard patch has been totally reliable all summer, and we're still harvesting it. This week, I decided to use it in a veggie curry,...
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      Recipe: Green tomato chutney
      Katy
      • Sep 24, 2020
      • 2 min

      Recipe: Green tomato chutney

      We still have some tomatoes in the vineyard greenhouse, and they're still ripening - but all the outdoor plants have tomatoes that are...
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      Recipe: Nanny Lugg's Runner Bean Chutney
      Kate
      • Sep 9, 2020
      • 4 min

      Recipe: Nanny Lugg's Runner Bean Chutney

      This is an old recipe passed to us by a friend of a friend from their grandma- the proper way to get recipes! It makes a piccalilli-type...
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      Recipe: Runner bean curry
      Kate
      • Sep 2, 2020
      • 2 min

      Recipe: Runner bean curry

      The kids' reaction on being served this one? Ooh yay squeaky beans!!! I did manage not to look too shocked. I think. Anyway, runner beans...
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      Recipe: Creamy vegan tomato and courgette soup
      Kate
      • Aug 29, 2020
      • 2 min

      Recipe: Creamy vegan tomato and courgette soup

      This can be made using tinned or fresh tomatoes or tomato puree- and lots and lots and lots of courgette. Varying the herbs and spices...
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      Recipe: Vegan courgette and olive tagine
      Kate
      • Aug 26, 2020
      • 2 min

      Recipe: Vegan courgette and olive tagine

      There is a bit of a theme to the recipes at the moment... yes, the courgette are growing very well! This is pretty similar to the...
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      News: Wonderful veg!
      Katy
      • Aug 17, 2020
      • 1 min

      News: Wonderful veg!

      Although today on the allotment we were doing battle with the bindweed (it's never ending!), it was lovely to take stock and enjoy how...
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      Recipe: Garlic fried courgettes
      Kate
      • Aug 15, 2020
      • 1 min

      Recipe: Garlic fried courgettes

      Simple, quick and extremely tasty! Ingredients Courgettes (about 1-2 cupfuls of sliced courgette per person) Garlic (as much as you like-...
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      Recipe: Campfire curry and roti!
      Katy
      • Jul 1, 2020
      • 2 min

      Recipe: Campfire curry and roti!

      We have been able to resume some of our work with youngsters on a one-to-one basis, both at the allotment site and the forest school...
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      Recipe: Elderflower (or mint chocolate) no-ice-cream-mixer vegan sorbet
      Kate
      • Jun 12, 2020
      • 2 min

      Recipe: Elderflower (or mint chocolate) no-ice-cream-mixer vegan sorbet

      We've been using chickpea water, also known as aquafaba, for a few years now in vegan cakes and meringues- then wondered if you can also...
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