Growing up, getting out

Perhaps it is no accident that growers cultivate seedlings in a ‘nursery’, where horticultural babies are protected and cosseted under...

Growing Room

Some people look askance when I say we encourage our customers to ‘grow their own’, as though at Village Greens...

Rhubarb and cinnamon muffins

Ingredients: 2 free-range eggs 150g caster sugar 50ml sunflower oil 125 ml natural yogurt 1tsp vanilla essence 1 tsp grated...

Rainbow Chard Gratin

Ingredients: 300g Rainbow chard stalks (strip off the leaves to cook separately, like spinach) 150ml double cream Butter for greasing...

Tropical gardens

A fortnight of sunshine has made our market garden feel like the tropics, particularly in the polytunnels where the sprinklers...

A hearty meal

The new globe artichoke plants in the Denbies kitchen garden are looking magnificent and are already producing decent-sized artichokes in...

Oven Roasted Mushrooms

Ingredients: 300g flat mushrooms, stalks trimmed 20g baby spinach leaves 50g feta, drained, crumbled 1tbsp fresh thyme leaves mashed potatoes,...

Marinated Lamb Cutlet Salad

Serves 6 Ingredients: 12-18 lamb cutlets (2-3 per person) Olive oil 6 sprigs of rosemary 2 courgettes 200g fine beans...

Tomatoes

Wonderful tomatoes from Nutbourne

Spring Greens

Lovely spring greens for a taste of the coming summer