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What shall I do with all these figs? (A recipe for fig and orange jam)

At this time of year, I can normally be heard frantically saying, ‘what on earth am I going to do with all these courgettes?’ Not this year. The very dry spring has almost put paid to my courgette harvest but conversely, has paid dividends for my crop of figs. What a year! I’ve never known… Continue reading What shall I do with all these figs? (A recipe for fig and orange jam)

Cooking · Food & Drink · Harvest · Kitchen garden · Preserving

The very best fig leaf recipes (including fig leaf ice cream)…

The sun is out and it’s a gloriously beautiful day. On a potter through the garden I passed one of the fig trees and caught the most wonderful scent. If you didn’t already know, fig leaves carry an intense coconut scent and flavour. I kid you not. Even now, as the garden and all the plants… Continue reading The very best fig leaf recipes (including fig leaf ice cream)…