Caro Shrives

Award winning blogger, writer, gardener, urban food grower, photographer. Likes eating fresh greens, foraging and cooking what I grow. London rurbanite.

[Caro Shrives @UrbanVegPatch]

@NaomiSlade @GdnMediaGuild @GardenNewsmag Huge congratulations, well deserved! So pleased for you (and lovely to see you if only briefly) x

[k gimson 🌻🐝 @kgimson]

Try these chocolate and beetroot muffins. They are so delicious. No one would know there’s beetroot or yoghurt in them. Recipe this week in ⁦@GardenNewsmag⁩ #gardeningtwitter #growyourown #cooking #growing #recipes

[Caro Shrives @UrbanVegPatch]

@kgimson @GardenNewsmag Good tip to keep cooked beetroot in the freezer, Karen - although hard to resist eating freshly roasted beetroot, so delicious! 😋

[Caro Shrives @UrbanVegPatch]

@emmamasonpr Have got tall Muck Boots for winter but prefer my year round ankle Mucksters, insanely comfy, have had for several years, still going strong - they're a very good brand.

[Caro Shrives @UrbanVegPatch]

@Sofaflyer @VanceMc14 I'm with you Mike on that one! Will be happy once the snow has melted.

[Caro Shrives @UrbanVegPatch]

@HeadGardenerLC Thanks for this tip, Lucy. Was wondering how to give my brussels a boost ... plus I love any greens!

[Islington Council @IslingtonBC]

The following libraries will be open from 1 September:
• Archway
• Central
• Finsbury
• N4
• West
• Local History Centre(appointment only)
To make sure we can keep you safe people will have to wear face coverings & numbers will be limited https://t.co/FKMiUyb73t

[Caro Shrives @UrbanVegPatch]

@Joon123 Mine’s out (got to dry off yesterday’s deluge) but I’m watching the skies.

[Lucy Chamberlain @lucycgardens]

I made a little ‘how to’ video for my friends over ⁦@BBCGWLive⁩ the other day. In doing so, I’ve established that, when a bit nervous, my favourite word is.....

[Caro Shrives @UrbanVegPatch]

Happy summer solstice everyone! Flower crowns, candles, a solar eclipse, and a gathering to celebrate the new season. Oh, and a new blog post: Fifty Shades of Red.
https://t.co/8eZkS2wE0J
#gardenblogger #harvest #cherries #urbanorchard

[Caro Shrives @UrbanVegPatch]

@ToBoldlyGrow I can’t help you there as last year was first success for me. They take a while to flower. Mine was 5ft high before the first bud came but that was in part shade. Your aspect may be different. Hope it grows well!

[Caro Shrives @UrbanVegPatch]

@JL_DanC Much needed here too. Nothing but grey skies. 🙄

[Caro Shrives @UrbanVegPatch]

@EllenMaryGarden All the time, lovely. My failing is standing back often enough!

[Caro Shrives @UrbanVegPatch]

@LJHblurbsmith @MissLauraMarcus I live in hope. But there will still be a demand from lower waged families for cheaper food which will, inevitably, support the import of lower quality, chemically enhanced meat.

[Caro Shrives @UrbanVegPatch]

Just standing in the garden deadheading calendula when this ... #bee #selfseeded #campanula #happy

[Caro Shrives @UrbanVegPatch]

@loujnicholls @RS_MCIHort Hi Lou! Do you know of Fothergill's 'Carmine King' seeds? V similar! Growing them in my 'drought border' this year! xx

[Caro Shrives @UrbanVegPatch]

@papaver My second year too. Gorgeous flowers last year so think I'll pot them up and stick them in a corner somewhere where I'll probably forget all about them. 😂