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It’s beeeeen a busy few months…

November 25, 2015 by Howden Green Gym

What a busy few months! Since the last entry we’ve harvested our first ever turnips from the garden, more radishes, the odd surprise leftover potato, raspberries, a few strawberries and the peas and beans never made it out ...
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Green Gym Jam v2

August 10, 2015 by Howden Green Gym

What a difference a year has made - more than twice as much jam as last year, and that was only using the blackcurrants! All started with a bumper harvest of blackcurrants, which were hanging off and weighing down the ...
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Wildlife in the Walled Wilderness

July 8, 2015 by Howden Green Gym

It finally felt like summer in the garden – in between a few tropical downpours. The garden came alive with butterflies too fast to identify, bees buzzing around the blooms, spuds sprouting, garlic growing and ...
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Four seasons in one day!

April 28, 2015 by Howden Green Gym

It was a day of four seasons outside the protective walls of the garden and only started to precipitate while we were packing up, phew. But, just in case, we were prepared all the same and rigged up a shelter using our newly ...
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Winter walks in a not-so-warm Wonderland

February 13, 2015 by Howden Green Gym

We’re having a winter and so is the garden! Like the troopers they are, volunteers have been coming out regardless of the weather. We’re fed the birds by stocking up the bird feeders and logged all the birds we’ve seen as ...
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