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Picking Rhubarb
Picking Rhubarb is great because it’s probably one of the first signs of the year that all of your hard work has paid off. As I’ve said before, throughout the year rhubarb is one of those really low maintenance plants that offers a great return. It’s a great filler in…
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Splitting and planting rhubarb
Splitting and planting rhubarb can be a very daunting task and is one that I have to do every 5 or 6 years or so. Rhubarb is such a great plant to grow if you have an allotment and is one of the first things I would recommend planting if…
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Rhubarb and orange crumble
Ah… A Sunday favourite the classic Rhubarb crumble… Ingredients Zest and juice of one large orange 75g of caster sugar 500g chopped rhubarb 75g unsalted butter 100g sifted plain flour 75g demerara sugar Method 1. Pre-heat the oven to 190F, gas mark5. 2. Mix the rhubarb, sugar and the juice…
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Pruning wild blackberries
I have a bit of a love hate relationship with blackberries a. because they’re incredibly numerous and seem to pop up everywhere, but b. because they seem to produce such wonderful fruits, which are great to use in a blackberry smoothie or in an apple and blackberry crumble. Wild blackberries grow…
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Forcing Rhubarb: Champagne Rhubarb
Forcing Champagne Rhubarb involves covering the crown with a pot to reduce the amount of sunlight reaching the plant. As the plant looks for light, the shoots will grow longer, producing an early crop. The result should be a rhubarb plant offering fresh, pink stems at least two or three…
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Blackberry and apple crumble
This blackberry and apple crumble is delicious and is a taste of summer in the autumn. It’s also one of the easiest crumbles on the web.
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