Horsley Villages’ Community Kitchen Garden & Allotments
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UPCOMING EVENTS 2024

Sat 12th Oct 12.30pm
Harvest Festival Celebration followed by Squash Lunch

Thurs 7th November
AGM in WH Village Hall

Sat 7th December 1pm
Winter Warmer Baked Potato Lunch

ALL ABOUT G+F

Grace and Flavour is Horsley Villages' very own community kitchen garden and allotments. We grow and sell vegetables, fruit and flowers. We rely on our team of volunteers who earn discounts based upon the number of hours they decide to work in the garden.

It was created in 2008 from the National Trust’s derelict three-acres’ site comprising a walled garden and orchard at Dene Place, Ripley Lane, in West Horsley, Surrey.

We have also established a collection of apples, pears and soft fruits, rebuilt a derelict greenhouse into a facility known as the Potting Shed, conserved the garden’s boundary walls, cultivated beautiful flower beds for cut flowers and established several wildlife friendly features. We distribute vegetables to local residents in need each summer through a tithe arrangement.

We also maintain 31 allotments which are allocated to local residents to maintain their own plots. The allocation is managed through the East and West Horsley Parish Councils.

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VEGETABLE OF THE MONTH, NOVEMBER

Beetroot


You do not necessarily think of beetroot as being a November crop, but this year we have a huge glut. It is one of the more traditional vegetables that can be planted in July for cropping in the autumn and possibly early winter, depending on the severity of the weather. We start sowing beetroot in February and in succession until the beginning of July. They are multi sown in modules, thinned to three or four seedlings per cell before being planted. We then crop by carefully twisting out the largest beetroot and allowing the others to grown on. We grow mainly the classic purple beetroot but also some golden and white beetroot. Our members are very conservative and it is difficult to sell any other than purple ones. Beetroot are relatively pest free, the only issue we sometimes get is that at the end of the season some might get gnawed by Rats! I love beetroot with feta, walnuts and parsley as a salad. It is great in soups whether the traditional Bortsch or my favourite from the Moro Cookbook available here - Beetroot and Black Cumin Soup - Farmersgirl Kitchen . It is versatile as a roasted vegetable (this keeps in more of the health benefits) or in a risotto perhaps with pearl barley as a healthy alternative . See River Cottage You Tube. Beetroot juice is loved by athletes, it was rumoured that it was impossible to buy in London when the Olympics were on. I have been making these this year, Claire's Beetroot and Black Bean Burgers - Veg Power, great with some kind of slaw made from vegetables in the garden.

 

 

John Whitlock
July 2024 -->
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Grace & Flavour CIC
The Walled Garden
Dene Place
Ripley Lane
West Horsley,
Surrey
KT24 6JW

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