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Fruit, Berries, Flowers

Recipes using fruits, berries and flowers grown in the garden or picked from the hedgerows around the field.

bowl of raspberries
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Making the most of the raspberry crop

August weather is always a bit changeable and as soon as the combine rolls into the field, you can be…

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making hedgerow gin

Folklore has it that blackberries shouldn’t be picked after Old Michaelmas Day on 10th October because that’s the day that…

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hedgerow foraging

Down by the pond in the corner of Gardeners Field, tucked into the corner behind the stinging nettles, stands an…

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greengages
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eating greengages

Phew. Harvest has finished. After days of checking every weather forecast and stopping and starting between showers, the wheat was…

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summer in a jar

The roses have flowered early this year and I nearly missed my chance to make Rose Petal Jam from my…

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I know a bank where the violet grows

I know a bank where the wild thyme blows, Where oxlips and the nodding violet grows, (William Shakespeare) I don’t…

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crab apples

I’m not sure of the difference between a wild apple and a crab apple, but for cooking I don’t think…

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elderflowers
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respect your elders

When an elder bush sprang up in the corner of the garden, I kept very quiet about it so that…

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violet syrup

We’ve had a long wait for spring this year and now as the sun shines, the desire for rich warming…

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