Dear OxGrowers,
Summer is coming to an end! But the fun is not! Come enjoy our gardening sessions every Sundays!! The garden needs your help and will pay you back for it with some lovely vegetables!! And that sense of pride as you see them grow and get to take them home!! We're always looking for more hands to help out and become part of our awesome community!
Gardening Session Sunday 9th, 1-5pm!
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Squashes growing!!
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~~Together we work~~
~~As a team we all succeed~~
~~Thus is our garden~~
Stop by the garden and give it some well deserved TLC! |
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This week, try our Chocolate Cake Recipe!! Believe it or not, it has Beetroot in it and it's Vegan!! But it's also Extra Yummy!
1 Medium Beet (cooked & purée)
1 cup of unsweetened almond/soy milk
1 cup of wholemeal flour (or all-purpose flour)
1/4 cup of canola/sunflower oil
3/4 cup of granulated sugar (or raw turbaned sugar)
2 tsp pure vanilla extract
200g of dark chocolate
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp baking powder
pinch of salt
Purée the beet in a blender, slowly add the milk, oil, vanilla and melted chocolate. mix thoroughly. In another bowl, mix flour, salt, sugar, baking soda and baking powder.
Then slowly add to the batter and whisk until smooth. 
Poor in a greased pan, cook for approximatively 40min at 180C or until a knife inserted in the middle comes out clean!
Let it cool down and enjoy! You can always add cocoa powder or icing on top! My favourite would be a scoop of vanilla ice-cream topped with a few raspberries and/or a raspberry coulis!
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normal gardening summer session time, 1-5pm!
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Musical Jam-Once a month, Sunday 4-6pm!
Join us at Hogacre Café for our monthly beginner friendly musical jam session! suitable for musicians and singers of all levels of (in)experience, these sessions are lightly facilitated to help you grow your confidence in jamming/improvising in a group, in a fun and friendly fashion.
Held monthly from 4-6pm
Check out the Facebook event here!
Remember:
Sundays: garden open 1pm to 5pm-ish
Watch this space for more updates!
See you in the garden!
Our wormest wishes,
Team OxGrow
Directions to get to OxGrow (15 minutes by foot, 6.25 minutes by bike):
- From the middle of town at Carfax Tower (at Cornmarket and High Streets), go south on the Abingdon Road and turn right into White House Road. (White House Rd is the second right after the bridge.)
- Go down the road ~200 metres to the bend where you'll see Grandpont Nursery. Take the tree-covered path straight in front of you past SOAP (the South Oxford Adventure Playground).
- Cross the railway bridge, turn right and you’ve found us!
- And here's a more detailed Google Map: http://tinyurl.com/FindingOxGrow
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Food for thought
[other OxGrow news]
Hire Hogacre Common
If in need of a space for a private event - including birthday parties, family gatherings, student+community group meetings, and so on - Hogacre Common is available for hire. The following are available for your enjoyment on the day of hire:
- The Pavilion, including
- the kitchen (sinks, fridge, stove-top and oven, pots, pans, cutlery & crockery for 40+ individuals, water kettle + urn, microwave)
- the Cafe space (six tables, 30+ chairs, speakers with mp3 connection, piano)
- two bathrooms
- The Meadow, including
- brick fire pit (10 ft. diameter)
- firewood and kindling
- The Forest School woodland site
- The apple, pear, and quince orchard (for meandering only, at this point!)
Bookings are a primary source of income for Hogacre and are thus important for keeping the Common and OxGrow up and running! If interested in hiring Hogacre you can write to: bookhogacre@gmail.com
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Oxford Green Directory
If you want to promote or share something with the OxGrow mailing list, please email us with prepared text + images at mail@oxgrow.org. We'll share it here!
Discover your local Farmers' Market!
Every Sunday, 9:30-12noon
The DailyInfo website has a very useful page which lists all the farmers' markets in Oxford. The one closest to Hogacre is the South Oxford Farmers' and Community Market so you can easily pop in there ahead or after coming down to Oxgrow. But don't forget to explore farmers markets in other corners of Oxford - it's a nice excuse to visit parts of town you rarely go to, and an easy way to stock up on local produce! Click here for a complete list.
SESI Food and Household Refills - your one-stop refill station
SESI is Oxford's longest serving refill station of food products and household detergents - super sustainable, local enterprise! Well over 250 refills and food/household products are available to order through this website: http://www.sesi.org.uk/.
Good Food Oxford
A wonderful resource with everything you need to know about issues to do with food which is 'good for the planet, good for the people, and good for the community'. Check them out here: http://goodfoodoxford.org/.
The Low Carbon Oxford North Food Directory
...is now available! All your local suppliers are now listed in one easily searchable place. Check it out online. Initial reviews are excellent!
Broken Spoke Bike Co-op
Learn how to fix your bike in this do-it-together bike co-op in the heart of Oxford. Probably cheaper than your local bike shop + you learn new skills! Seesion times available at http://bsbcoop.org/what-we-do/drop-in-workshops/
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Friends of OxGrow
Explore this network of fantastic organisations run by OUR community! They support us and we support them. Chip in a bit of your time when you can to make Oxford a better city for all. (And let us know if you'd like us to include your logo+link!)
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