Eating with the seasons…Did You Know? Every part of the squash plant can be eaten, including the leaves and tender shoots, which can be made into soup. Winter squash comes in shapes round and elongated, scalloped and pear-shaped with flesh that ranges from golden-yellow to brilliant orange.

Now that’s what we call Apple Bobbing Commitment!!! Apple Day usually takes place on 21 October each year, or often the nearest weekend to that date. There are lots of Apple Day events taking place across the UK, so why not have a bit of fun creating your own old skool activities – the longest peel competition, cook a crumble, walk in an orchard, apple bobbing and tasting. Or you could just dazzle your friends and family with our apple trivia??? Do you know why apples float? Because they are 25% air. Or did you know that in Ancient Greece tossing an apple to a girl was a proposal of marriage and catching it was a response of ‘yes’! WE MUST SAY!!! …

British bees are vital to our food supply and economy and team TGM are on the case out and about planting…we’re busy creating a little border of plants that bees and butterflies can visit to gather nectar and pollen. If we act now we can help save British bees, here’s a super link how to attract bees into your garden or patch http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/basics/techniques/organic_bees1.shtml remember to send in any pics and share your stories with TGM HQ we love hearing from our fans…TIME FOR ACTION LET’S SAVE OUR BEES!!!

Today is pancake day. Make something else because you’re crrrrrrrrazy like that…ha

We are very proud of our ‘grow your own’ fruit or vegetables, this summer our tomatoes are looking great and will no doubt taste even sweeter knowing food miles ’0′ and all organic yay!

Papers fly by, dust in your eyes…it’s been a bad hair day. Clouds speed by, through hazy skies, it’s very windy I must say. The fruit falls quick and thumps away, it’s nature’s free bounty come to visit us today!!!

Wild Food Cooking Recipe Card 4: baked wild blackberry cheesecake As promised yesterday here’s Chloes favourite wild food ‘cheesecake’ recipe. Don’t panic if blackberries are hard to find? This amazing and wonderfully rich cheesecake is equally good made with other fruit, just use whatever is in season, or you happen to have in the fridge or freezer. Raspberries and blueberries are also delicious. Ingredients 175g (6oz) digestive biscuits 75g (3oz) organic butter, melted 175g (6oz) freshly picked blackberries or fruit of choice, plus a extra for decorating 450g (1lb) organic cream cheese 150g (5oz) organic caster sugar 1 tsp vanilla extract 4 organic medium eggs, lightly beaten Icing sugar, to dust 24cm (9½in) diameter spring-form/loosebottomed tin Method 1. Preheat the …

This weekend we’ve been at it again (urban foragaing huh) and feasting ourselves on the spoils of nature – from the hedgerow to the cooker to the dinner table it doesn’t get much better than this…our famous Baked Wild Blackberry Cheesecake yummy! Don’t panic folks we’ll be posting up Chloe’s favourite recipe tomorrow so keep watching this space for more details x

The team have been out and about again…this time around Wild Food School delivered yet more apples and blackberries to TGM HQ! So you know what that meant – CAAAAAAKE! Here’s our delicious recipe for a super hero apple and blackberry fruit cake. It’s a great way to eat fruit, the only trouble you will have is stopping whoooo haaaaaaa go and enjoy yay!!! Ingredients 250g organic wholemeal self-raising flour 175g organic butter 175g organic light brown sugar ½ tsp cinnamon 2 rounded tbsp organic demerara sugar 3/4 small urban foraged apple, quartered (not cored or peeled) 2 large organic or free range eggs , beaten 1 orange, finely grated zest 1 tsp baking powder 225g or there abouts blackberries …

We had another bumper day at Wild Food School yesterday, our team of intrepid urban foragers brought back this bumper crop of apples yummy yummy! It looks like there’s a glut of fruit out there at the moment and we’re going to make sure that it doesn’t go to waste. We really don’t need an excuse to say hello, but if you collect too much then why not share your haul with a neighbour, even better send round a piece of homemade cake too… How to make a yummy wild food school apple cake fit for any little or for that matter big super hero! Ingredients – apples 4-6 dessert apples (depends upon windfall damage) 25g unsalted butter 1 heaped …

So we’ve been busy and had a master class in urban foraging and it’s now time to create something yummy to eat. We hope you enjoy cooking with our Wild Food School recipe? We’ve tweaked things a little and tried using organic ingredients where we can, but don’t worry if you don’t have access to organic ingredients, non organic will do just fine! The most important thing is to have fun, sit back, relax and enjoy your own creation. How to make a yummy wild food school Pear cake fit for any super hero team! Ingredients 150g unsalted organic butter, softened 125g light brown soft unrefined organic/fairtrade sugar 2 medium organic eggs 75g organic wholemeal self raising flour A good …