Growing nettles in a garden is wonderfully helpful to insects, especially moths, beetles and butterflies. Nettles are also great to cook with. They are high in vitamin C and make a great tea, are lovely in mashed potato or curry. The young nettle tops are best foraged in spring.

Recipe for stuffed courgette.

Recipe for plum jam.

Eating colour.

Barney’s own blackberry upside down cake Get a large non-stick, ovenproof frying pan (metal handle). Wash and drain a large punnet of blackberries (too many rather than too little. Essentially enough to cover the surface of the pan). Weigh 4 eggs with shells (for me it was 260g) then whatever they weigh, add to a […]