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Courgette cake recipe

by Jane Lindsey

This quick cake is what I make when the courgettes are threatening to get out of hand - it is deliciously squidgy with a nice kick of lime and beautifully speckled with green.  

It uses 2-3 small to medium courgettes, chunkily grated, but doesn’t taste of courgette at all - instead, like carrot cake, the vegetable keeps it light and tasty.

It is a very forgiving cake - staying fresh for a few days. It also freezes beautifully so you can make a few cakes and stash them in the freezer to bring out long after the courgettes have finished.

You can also slice it before freezing - squashing the slices back together and wrapping them up - then its easy to take out a slice of two for a treat without having to eat the whole cake..

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Make your own potato tower from old pallets

by Jane Lindsey

On Saturday 29th May, Nick (one of our Grow Ambassadors) was joined by six enthusiastic workshop-goers in constructing wooden ‘towers’ for growing potatoes in, using pallets. The idea is that, as potato plants need soil mounded around their stems as they grow, the wooden towers housing the potatoes are built up (and the soil within them) as the potatoes grow - they’re ideal where garden soil might not be the best for growing potatoes in, and potatoes are much easier to harvest by hand, so damage by garden forks (often used for harvesting potatoes grown in the ground) can be avoided. The harvesting process is also quite fun!

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The Grow garden - Spring Update

by Jane Lindsey

Grow G63 is a fantastic asset to our local community. Our vision is that it will become the heart of community food growing and sharing. With regular workshops, skill shares and other events, it will become a place where we can learn and gain experience, increase our awareness of the climate emergency in relation to how we grow food and use land, provide practical local solutions and actions, and improve mental and physical wellbeing.

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Meet Sarah Catnach - Grow Garden Ambassador

by Jane Lindsey

Hi, I’m Sarah, one of the two new Grow Ambassadors for Grow G63. I live in Balfron with my husband and daughter. I am really passionate about climate justice, food security and wellbeing and was delighted to find the Grow Garden and a bunch of like minded people promoting all of these things right here on my doorstep! 


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Foragers - a new local farm in the making

by Jane Lindsey
  • Jo & Gary McAlpine
  • Orchard planted 2015 and summer meadow.
  • Chilli seedings in heated propagator.
  • Young chilli plants in "nursery" polytunnel.
  • Mature chilli plants in big polytunnel.
  • Chilli fruits "on the vine"

Foragers have been one of our growers and producers on NeighbourFood from the start.   They are located between Drymen and Balfron so they certainly tick the local box.   The family farm is run by Jo and Gary McAlpine with help on hand from their 3 sons Colin, Gavin and John.  The McAlpines moved to the area in 2014 with ambitions to create a new farm from scratch on what was an old meadow used for occasional horse grazing. 


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