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November 2011
Mudlarks Community Garden
Cromwell Road Allotments
Hertford SG13 7DP
Where plants and people grow
- Enabling people of all ages and abilities to work together
- Raising awareness of the needs to protect and conserve our environment.
- Offering training, education, recreation and personal development.
Mudlarks is now open all year except the two weeks around Christmas.
Cromwell Road hours are
9:30am to 3:00pm
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday
For further information please contact Vic Hobson on
07835 714766
or
vic@mudlarksgarden.org.uk
Select the graphic below and you will be taken to the Charity Choice Website where you are able to make an electronic donation to Mudlarks.
If you prefer to send a cheque, please post it to:
Mudlarks
40 Wellington Street
Hertford
SG14 3AW
Over the summer, Mudlarks hit the road with 2 fabulous display allotments at Hatfield House and Capel Manor. They gave our gardeners an opportunity to display their hard work, and show the adaptations we make to ensure that everyone can continue to access the allotment.
Harvesting is now keeping us busy and we have been taking home bags full of wonderful fruit and vegetables.
We have also started a small ‘organic vegetable bag scheme’. Let us know if you would like one, or if you know someone who would like to buy a bag.
We’ve been given the task of restoring the sensory garden at the Castle in Hertford. It was very overgrown, so we have removed the large plants and will be replanting soon.
Vic Hobson
Events
Christmas Cards
We’ll be producing Mudlarks Christmas cards again this year, so let Vic know how many you would like.
Christmas Party at Mudlarks
12pm on the 16th December.
Mulled fruit juice, mince pies
and select your parsnip to take home for Christmas dinner!
Hertford Castle Sensory Garden
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Voice from the Allotment
“I liked the Mudlarks soup at
the Harvest Feast, and I
would like the recipe.
I had a few nasty weeks at college, so I like being here. It makes me feel better. It’s a good place to meet new people and to form new relationships. I love what I grow. From a pit in March to what my plot is now, there was nothing there when I made my sign.”
Matt
Thank you Matt, and here’s a pumpkin soup recipe:
1kg pumpkin
15g butter
1 tbsp olive oil
2 large onions
2 large garlic cloves
1 litre vegetable stock
salt and pepper
150 ml cream
Heat the butter and oil in a sauce pan, add onion and cook,
covered, for about 5 minutes. Add the garlic and pumpkin
and cook for a further 5 minutes. Pour in the stock, bring to
the boil and simmer for about 20 minutes (until the
pumpkin is tender). Blend to a puree, add cream and
season to taste.
Enjoy!
