A Senior Gardener’s Tale at Ardtornish
As this is my first Blog, I feel I should introduce myself. My name is John and I am the Senior Gardener at Ardtornish. I was promoted last Autumn, previously having held the post of [...]
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03, 2024
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06, 2017
Fresh Spinach & Potato Soup
Ingredients 40g butter 1 large leek roughly sliced 3 sticks of celery chopped 2 medium kitchen garden potatoes peeled and diced 1 bunch spring onions roughly chopped 1.5Ltr of chicken or vegetable stock 500g Fresh [...]
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05, 2017
Fresh Broad Bean & Feta Cheese Salad
Ingredients 250g couscous 250g fresh kitchen garden broad beans 150g fresh kitchen garden spinach leaves Large handful of fresh mint 80g black olives 200g pack good quality feta cheese Method Prepare couscous, according to [...]
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05, 2017
Kitchen Garden Spring Update 28th April 2017
It has been sometime since my last blog on the developments in the Kitchen Garden. It has been a really busy but rewarding winter and even with the brief snow showers at the back end [...]
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11, 2015
The Kitchen Garden…work begins
Soon after Richard was appointed...the real work began. This included, cutting back, weeding and mulching of flower beds, reclaiming, marking out and rotivating 10 new outdoor veg beds. This process took several weeks and included [...]
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10, 2015
Meet Richard, our new Kitchen Gardener
I am delighted to announce that I have been appointed as the new Kitchen gardener. For those of you who visited the gardens earlier this year, you will appreciate the scale of the project ahead [...]
