Windmill Community Gardens Vegetable Bag Newsletter 17th March 2021 |
![]() This weeks VegBag will contain (17th March) Potatoes Kohl Rabi Mixed Salad Carrots Leek Wild Garlic Please be aware that due to unforeseen circumstances the contents of the VegBags might change at the last minute. All our produce is supplied unwashed, please wash items before eating. ![]() Red Dead - Nettle Red dead-nettle is a common plant of roadside verges, waste grounds and field edges - anywhere the ground has been disturbed or cultivated. Around the Community Garden and Market Garden we see this weed quite readily nestled in amongst the cut flower plants and vegetables alike. Like yellow archangel, and other members of the dead-nettle family, it doesn't have stinging leaves. Its crimson flowers appear from March to October. Looking similar to a stinging nettle, red dead-nettle is a downy annual with heart-shaped, toothed leaves, and reddish, square stems. Dense whorls of pinky-red, 'hooded' flowers appear up the stem. Lots of different species of long-tongued insects visit the flowers of red dead-nettle, including the red mason bee and bumblebees. The caterpillars of garden tiger, white ermine and angle shades moths feed on the leaves. ![]() ![]() ![]() You might have seen, but since the Pandemic hit last year we moved our usual market stall which was run on site during our weekly Gardening Club to online as a Click and Collect shop. Our Click and Collect shop is updated weekly and includes seasonal Chemical Free produce, Jams, preserves, Honey and Plants. We have a great selection of Plants including edible Herbs and Perennial Vegetable plants, decorative flower plants and much more. All plants have been sown or propagated at our Community Garden site using Chemical Free growing methods. Visit our Store here: Store – Windmill Community Gardens The Store opens every Friday until Wednesday evening (it is closed on Thursdays for shop updates). When placing your orders choose what time you would like to collect your produce from the Community Garden site in Margate on a Thursday. ![]() Recipe from BBCGoodFood |
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