Five Best Edible Flowers to use in July

July is one of the best times to collect edible flowers from the garden. Often the flowers are used to provide a colourful garnish, but many can also flavour both savoury and sweet dishes. When using edible flowers, always remember that proper identification of...
Anyone for tea? Fruit teacakes.

Anyone for tea? Fruit teacakes.

We had a lovely morning today with a really nice group, making teas and eating some tea based cakes! Here is the recipe to the teabread we had; it’s very easy to do and tastes delicious. Ingredients 300g dried fruit 225ml hot tea juice 1 orange (about 75ml/21⁄2fl oz)...

Fines Herbes Box

The ‘Woody’ box contains the main ‘Fines Herbes’ used in classic  French cooking, comprising Chives, Tarragon, Chervil and Parsley. Fine Herbes Omelette Recipe Ingredients • 2 eggs, at room temperature • A small handful of chopped mixed herbs, such as chives,...
This Week…May 30th

This Week…May 30th

Our elderberry bush (Sambucus nigra) is full of flowers , so I have made some elderflower cordial. It is easy, but a bit messy! Pick the flowers when all of the florescence is ripe, but not brown. Ingredients for 2 x 750g bottles or jars: 1.35 kg granulated sugar 2...

Salad Box and Provencal Mushrooms

The ‘woody’box holds some red and green salad bowl lettuces, plus some oregano. These lettuces are called ‘cut and come again’ (CCA) varieties. The lettuce can be cut down to a few inches from the base and then wait for it to regrow, or individual leaves from the...

Lemon Flavoured Teas

Many herbs are lemon flavoured and make refreshing teas. The ‘Woody’ box contains: Variegated Lemon Balm (Melissa officinalis) — A hardy perennial , 30 – 80 cms, grows in sun/partial shade in most soils. Use the leaves to make a lemon tea with calming, digestive...