Not just holly! Laurel, redwood, ferns, hawthorn, spruce, cotton lavender, ivy, heather, artichokes, alder, willow, spruce and many, many more. Take a sprig of laurel, no ordinary laurel, Otto Luyken’s low growing one. Add a spray of a bronze leaved conifer wearing its winter clothes, darkened from summer green, Microbiota decussata from Vladivostok. A spruceContinue reading “Deck the halls with boughs of Holly – Christmas Wreath Workshop”
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Joulutortut (Finnish Christmas Tarts) – Recipe
Joulutortut (Finnish Christmas tarts)This is a traditional Advent and Christmas bake. When prepared the pastry needs to stand overnight before rolling. Here is Hanna’s recipe for these delicious pastries. This is one of the lovely cakes that we enjoyed during our Christmas Wreath Workshop on 1st December in The Garden School. Here is a linkContinue reading “Joulutortut (Finnish Christmas Tarts) – Recipe”
Cranberry and Orange Tart – Recipe
Cranberry and Orange Tart Recipe This is one of the lovely cakes that we enjoyed during our Christmas Wreath Workshop on 1st December in The Garden School. Here is a link to the Christmas Wreath Workshop Pastry Ingredients: 2 cups of porridge oat flakes 2 cups of whole grain spelt flour 100g butter 4 rounded dessertContinue reading “Cranberry and Orange Tart – Recipe”
Tunisian Orange Cake Recipe
Tunisian Orange Cake – Recipe This is one of the lovely cakes that we enjoyed during our Christmas Wreath Workshop on 1st December in The Garden School. Here is a link to the Christmas Wreath Workshop INGREDIENTS 200g light brown sugar 200g ground almonds 50 g white spelt flour ( or wheat flour) 1.5 tbsp bakingContinue reading “Tunisian Orange Cake Recipe”
Lemon and Rosemary Tartlets – Recipe
Rosemary is both a handsome shrub for the garden and a delicious flavouring in the kitchen. Rosmarinus officinalis, as it is named botanically is an evergreen shrub that grows to about 1.2 metres (4ft) and produces bright blue flowers in late Spring. Although it was killed by the hard winter a couple of years ago,Continue reading “Lemon and Rosemary Tartlets – Recipe”
Swiss Chard Tart Recipe
Swiss Chard is a leafy vegetable which is much under used and a lesser known alternative to spinach. Whereas spinach had a cartoon sailor hero to promote its muscle growing benefits, Swiss Chard or Leaf Beet as it is also known has never been endorsed by a Popeye. Chard is rarely sold in supermarkets asContinue reading “Swiss Chard Tart Recipe”
Wild Carrot Seed Spice Cake – Recipe
We have collected quite a bunch of wild carrot seeds from along the bog road that leads to our house. It is a quiet road which does not have much traffic travelling along it. The concave seed heads make them easy to identify and they are quick to pick. Harvest them when dry and removeContinue reading “Wild Carrot Seed Spice Cake – Recipe”
Ciaran The Gardener 