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Blueberry & Apple Muffin Recipe

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Thought it might be nice to try some apple and blueberry muffins. As the weather changes, it feels like cake times are coming. Or already here…

110g butter

250g caster sugar

250g plain flour

2 eggs

150ml milk

1 tsp baking powder

1/4 tsp salt

120g blueberries

80g grated apple

Some cinnamon

Cream the butter and sugar together, add eggs and mix until smooth. Sieve in the flour, baking powder and salt. Add cinnamon. Beat together, adding the milk until smooth. Hand mix through the apple and lightly crushed blueberries.

Fill muffin cases – this made 12, but I filled the cases quite high to get the towering muffin look.

180 degrees for around 25 minutes. (170 for fan assisted oven).

(c) K Wicks

Foraging for berries in the garden

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Yesterday was my first proper forage of the year. I thought it might be nice to film it, so you can see how you can get a good yield from just a small bush or area. I have 3 planter boxes about 2 meters long and a foot wide, with two small patches of ground for flowers and things too. The boxes have a lot going on with potatoes, herbs, poppies, jasmine and wild strawberries.

I bought 3 extra small planters about 2 ft square to put on the concrete outside the house, to make the most of that sunny patch and get as much on the go as I can for the insects and spiders to make their home in. Mostly flowers but I moved the goosebery bush in Spring as last year it had no berries. Must have been a good move as there are loads this year.

Ended up with a rather good bounty for the first sweep 😁

The birds don’t seem to help themselves to any of the fruit, but they have plenty of insects and bird food to keep them busy so far. I don’t mind sharing though, in fact my dog likes strawberries so as I pick them i have to share as I go!

(c) K Wicks