A weekend bursting with fresh seasonal flavours, culinary inspiration and family fun is in store for food lovers at RHS Garden Rosemoor this October.
Sponsored by Atkins Ferrie Wealth Management, Festival of Flavours celebrates the bounty of autumn and Rosemoor’s Heritage Devon apple harvest with cookery demos, expert talks and garden tours, and an artisan food and craft market. There will also be live music and campfire cooking to get visitors into the festival mood.
Watch live cookery demonstrations and learn how to cook with foraged ingredients, make sourdough or press...
Suttons Seeds, the long-established supplier of seeds, bulbs, and other horticultural products, today released its figures of seed sales during lockdown (March 23rd to July 4th 2020 inclusive). The data shows that Brits sowed a staggering 100 million lettuces, 25 million herbs and over 15 million beetroot seeds during lockdown! Suttons seeds sales saw growth of 2,500% on some days during lockdown, with nearly 80% of all seed packets sold during lockdown being vegetable seeds. With traditional gardeners typically purchasing their seeds early in the year, these figures highlight how the...
With an estimated three million children at risk of being hungry during the school holidays in the UK this summer, and as food bank usage is reportedly hitting record highs, Broadclyst Community Garden has joined a nationwide initiative to grow and donate fresh fruit and vegetables to those in need. The charitable initiative sees gardening brand Miracle-Gro connect with FoodCycle projects across the country, including Exeter, to support those at risk of food poverty and social isolation. With the long-term aim to alleviate the nation’s food poverty crisis, the partnership hopes to kick-...
A group of volunteers are carving out a reputation for growing some of the best pumpkins in Devon, just in time for Halloween.
Members of the Exeter Community Garden have recently harvested their sun ripened pumpkins, having sown the seeds for their successful crop in the summer.
The Community Garden attracts students, staff, alumni and local residents to work together and cultivate a variety of crops over the course of the year.
As well as pumpkins, the group has also grown nasturtiums and an orchard of traditional and heritage trees, nine raised vegetable beds, a...
To mark British Nutrition Foundation Healthy Eating Week (13–17 June 2016), schools across Devon are celebrating the results of the Food for Life programme.
The programme brings schools, early years settings, hospitals and care homes together with their communities around the core ethos of healthy, tasty and sustainable food.
Food for Life’s aim is to improve food culture, and bring people from all over the school together, as well as create links with local farms through farm visits. Food for Life schools in Devon have started up food growing activities, family cooking...
Despite British farmers producing 60% of the food we eat in this country, many consumers are unsure of what we actually grow in Britain according to a new survey released this week, with many unaware we grow staple foods like potatoes, apples and oats.
The survey, commissioned by LEAF (Linking Environment And Farming) ahead of this weekend’s Open Farm Sunday revealed that one in three (33 per cent) people do not know that we grow apples, which have been farmed in this country since Roman times. Chips, roast potatoes and porridge may be some of the nation’s favourite foods but it...
The Chudfest Garden and Produce show will be held on September 20th, in Chudleigh Town Hall. There will be classes for Flowers, Vegetables, Fruit, Kitchen Produce and Floral Art. There are also classes for children aged 10 or under. There is an engraved trophy for the overall winner, and various cups for particular classes or groups of classes.
Entries will need to be delivered to the Town hall by 10.45am on the day; the hall will be closed between 11am and 2pm for judging to take place; and the show will be open to the public at 2pm. Entries will cost 50p per class (children free...
Broccoli is loaded with all sorts of vitamins and is rich in nutrients such as iron, magnesium, calcium, sodium, potassium, etc. Because of its high nutrient value, boiled or roasted broccoli is considered an ideal food for teens and young children. However, cooking broccoli, even something as simple as steaming it, could reduce its nutrient content by almost a third. Moreover, chewing raw broccoli ruptures a special compound in the plant’s cells and releases an enzyme called myrosinase. This enzyme stimulates the liver and improves the body’s ability to fight...
Chudfest Garden and Produce Show Saturday 7 September, Town Hall.
Gardeners, allotment owners and cooks will be competing for a range of trophies at the fourth annual Garden and Produce Show at Chudleigh Town Hall this Saturday.
The show, which is being organised under the Chudfest banner, includes classes for Fruit and Vegetables; Flowers and Flower arranging; Jams and Preserves; Cakes and Pies.
There are also some classes reserved for children (under 12).
Entry forms have been flooding in over the past couple of weeks and the organisers are confident they...
Back to school means getting into a routine so that your skin looks its best. Sure, it will take some work but you can't expect to eat junk and suddenly wake up to a ravishing complexion! Here are a few tips to keep in mind while you embark on your studies. 1. Wash your face with an acne-fighting cleanser twice in the morning and twice in the evening and each time you sweat, such as after the gym. Just be sure to follow with a moisturiser since removing too much oil can result in your skin overproducing oil to compensate breaking you out further! A moisturiser specifically geared...
