…potato stew. Here is the recipe: Chop four medium sized waxy potatoes into small chunks and boil in salted water until tender. Meanwhile sauté a chopped onion, several cloves of…
…have courgettes, leeks, peas, broad beans, sweet peas and the fruit garden is full of strawberries, apples, pears and plums. Courgettes, broad beans, potatoes, peas, salad, spinach, chard, carrots and…
…lunch and is good hot or cold. The peas and mint in this recipe give it a spring-like flavour, new potatoes are really good in this recipe too if you…
Tiina is originally from Finland and is a Biodiversity Scientist in Edinburgh working on the economically important plant family Solanaceae. This family includes potatoes, tomatoes, eggplants and chilli peppers. She…
…John Hope Gateway, showcasing the botanical origins of some alternatives to petroleum-based plastics. Substances derived from many familiar plants, including sugarcane, cotton, maize and potatoes, can be transformed into bioplastics….
…as drought-tolerant cacao and heirloom potatoes, best able to withstand the effects of climate change and minimise food shortages. The inspiration As one of Scotland’s best loved visitor attractions, we…
…egg box can be a container for chitting seed potatoes (enouraging sprouting before planting out) – it’s not too late to do this if you get going now. Mine have…
…salad or some garlicky green vegetables plus some noodles, rice or potatoes. I also like these fishcakes in a roll with some salad too. Use what you have! Thia-style-fishcakes-recipeDownload Something…
…greens Planning Plan next year’s plot, research and decide what to grow Reassess last year’s design in light of successes and failures Order seed, seed potatoes and onion sets Preparation…
…last blog with parsnip cake. The stew recipe today is a great example, instead of the squash you can use carrots, parsnips, sweet potatoes… they all have their own flavour…
…pesto and hazelnuts. If you can find heritage carrots of different colours then this will be even more beautiful. Enjoy hot or cold. Add some boiled potatoes and salad for…
…of low-temperature sweetening in potatoes, an important problem in the crisp industry. This may seem a strange background for a career in forest genetics and conservation, but people often make…
…could be told through plants – from opium to ebony, cacao to cotton, potatoes to soy, rubber and oil palm. “Our origins and destiny are inextricably entangled with those of…
…course dined on fresh salad, potatoes, kale and courgettes to name but a few. This week the RGBE’s second year horticulture students have been busily planning, designing and preparing brand…
It feels like we have turned a corner this week, the sun is out and things are most definitely growing in the garden. The beds are prepared and the potatoes…
…their plots and have dug them over, put up plant supports, planted potatoes and sown some seeds. In fact they were so involved they didn’t want to stop for a…
We are busy harvesting early potatoes, broad beans and peas, salads, onions, garlic and beetroot. One of the great skills of vegetable growing is to keep your plot in constant…