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What to do with a glut of damsons

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This year has been a bumper damson crop for everybody according to the lady who rang my jam jars through the till at our local independant department store.  And yet it’s only a certain sort of cookbook that has any damson recipes in it, let alone a choice. I’ve gathered together a list of my favourite damson recipes to help … Read the full post

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Why sometimes it’s just lovely to do your own grocery shopping

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Last time we talked about online grocery shopping, and how it’s convenience can help you to eat healthily when life is busy.  But there’s a down side too.  A picture is worth a thousand words. This is what you don’t get when you do your shopping online.

The freshest leaves…

spring salad

The youngest, tenderest produce…

Spring rhubarb

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Take the One Pot Pledge

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one pot pledge logoNope, this is nothing to do with saving on washing up.  The One Pot Pledge® is a campaign from the Garden Organic charity to entice 30,000 non growers into growing at least one edible plant at home.  It’s an excellent idea and not too outrageous either; everybody has room for one pot of soil even if it’s just on a … Read the full post

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Radish Raita

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Even if you only dabble in growing your own vegetables, chances are that you grow a few radish here and there.  Few crops are as reliable or quick, speeding from sowing to serving in as little as three weeks. Our garden alternates between the mild, multi-coloured globe shaped radish that were my first ever crop and the hotter, torpedo shaped … Read the full post

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