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Sweet summer treats
Ready to get your bake on? Volunteers Sue and Anne share their favourite recipes that’re guaranteed to put a smile on anyone’s face this summer. We’re talking a delicious date and walnut cake and sweet and sticky ginger and rhubarb muffins. Date and walnut cake Sue’s date and walnut cake One of our longest-standing volunteers,…
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Celebrate Pancake Day
February sees us celebrate what is arguably one of the best days of the year: Pancake Day! Celebrate it the 1930s way with this recipe we found in the archives from 1936. If made carefully, pancakes are particularly delicious. There is, however, no need to limit them to one variety, for they can be modified…
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St Margaret and ‘Heg Peg Dump’
20 July is the feast day of St. Margaret of Antioch, the patron saint of expectant mothers. Legend has it that she was swallowed whole by the Devil, who had disguised himself as a dragon, but made a miraculous escape by making the sign of the cross with her fingers. In a triumph of good…
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Edible Flowers
If you visit a fancy restaurant nowadays you may well get a sprinkling of flower petals on your food as ‘decoration’ but flowers are not a normal staple of the modern larder. However, long before the supermarkets sold bags of mixed salad, the use of flowers, picked from the garden or wayside was a common…
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The Week That Was: 28th October – 1st November
Go behind the scenes, meet the team and get some great tips for your own garden at home. Join us as we look back at the week that was… Monday 28th On Monday garden volunteer Steve was busy working on a display change in the Alpine House again. This time, it was South African bulbs…