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How to rescue supermarket basil

September 19, 2016

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A really cheap and easy way to grow basil from home is to start with a pot of basil which you can buy from the supermarket for about a quid. The thing is, it’s not one basil plant in those pots, there are normally at least twenty plants, and in this video I’ll show you…

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Filed Under: featured, herbs, indoor plants, re-potting, thinning out

Introducing Edible Flowers

September 10, 2016

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Why not make like a masterchef and plant up your own kitchen garden? Edible flowers not only make your salads look and taste michelin star worthy, but they also attract pollinators into your garden. My top three edible flowers are: 1) Borage (tastes like cucumber, can be frozen into ice cubes which would be magic…

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Filed Under: edible flowers, featured, pollinators, summer

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Hannah Grows is a blog edited by Hannah Schlotter, showing you that growing plants is for everyone, not just experts! Find out more or email Hannah.

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  • We are very happy to introduce Zinnia Rose Amanda Akehurst Zinny for short! - the reason there hasn’t been much gardening content this year - but definitely worth it . Sending love to all those trying to start families - we know from personal experience it’s not always a straightforward journey
  • Thank you @gudrunlondon for gifting me this beautiful blue coatigan (yes that’s a thing!) which is made from 50% recycled cotton and 50% organic cotton. I’m in love with the colour . Here are a few things you can be doing in the garden right now . feed your garden with compost! I use peat free green waste compost to mulch beds now. If you’ve harvested from your beds all summer it’s time to give back to them. If you have precious homemade compost I save that and add a pinch into holes when planting . once it dries out
  • FORAGING WALK & LUNCH: after sharing his knowledge and culinary skills with us in Spring, @littlewildcatering will be returning in the Autumn! . On Sunday 24th October, 11.30am-2.30pm join us for a walk around the fields and woodland gills of Modern Barn Farm where Dave will identify a wide range of plants and forage some edible treats which you’ll be able to try in a shared lunch. . Bring suitable clothes for being outside, and we can pick you up from Battle station if needed. The cost is £40pp including a light foraged lunch. . DM to book your space
  • Mmmmmmm BREAD! @littlewildcatering experienced Baker and chef is coming back to Modern Barn Farm to teach his bread course. . Learn to make 3 types of bread: sourdough, ciabatta, and rye. Dave will show you how to create and maintain a sourdough starter and how to avoid common home baking mistakes! You’ll take home your freshly baked creations and knock up some pizza to eat whilst you learn. . Come and Bake on Saturday 23rd October, 2pm start (3+hrs course) £60pp. We can collect you from Battle station if arriving by train. DM to book your space #bread #baking #sourdough
  • Happy 1st wedding anniversary @indiefarmer A year that felt like 10. Full of love and loss, a year like no other. Thanks for being a ray of sunshine by my side when things felt very cloudy. Here’s to the next year ☀️
  • FORAGING WALK: we are excited to welcome @littlewildcatering to @modernbarnfarm on Saturday May 15th! Dave will help unravel the wonders of the woods and field, not only pointing out edibles but helping us to recognise different plants we might not have noticed, and then he will rustle up an al fresco lunch. Sound good? We have a few spaces available, the walk and lunch is from 11-2pm and is £35 (including food). Drop us a DM to book your place
  • So much joy from watching these little succulents grow from a single leaf from the mother plant . Just pick off a leaf, place it on top of some compost, water occasionally, watch the plant work its magic . I’ll be potting these little beauts on now, with a peat free compost and some grit
  • How to eat the best of your bolting salad and kale
  • Sunset salad picking thanks @samsamayre for making life look more romantic than it is, but the salad sure tastes good right now

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