Growing Spaces

How to cook delicious pizza on a fire or BBQ

How to cook delicious pizza on a fire or BBQ

One the main features of our garden makeover (full reveal coming this week, I promise) is the DIY fire pit. We’ve developed such a love of cooking outdoors on our camping trips that a fire pit at home just seemed like a natural choice. It’s been a real winner because we didn’t quite get the garden makeover finished in time for the summer, so the fire pit has meant we can enjoy cooking and eating outside even now the evenings are chillier. We’ve been experimenting with lots of new fire pit recipes, so when I got the chance to try out the Gardeco Movo…

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Creepy and gross worm-infested Halloween treats

Creepy and gross worm-infested Halloween treats

These creepy crawly Halloween treats are so gross that I actually felt a bit squeamish about touching them, but the kids (unsurprisingly) thought they were totally cool! Icky, slimy worms peeping out from a pot of dirt, this is a quick, easy and fun DIY sweet treat to put together for visiting guests over Halloween. All you need is some Oreos, jelly worms (or I used jelly snakes with their heads cut off), chocolate sauce and cupcake cases. Crumble up the Oreos to make the soil and fill a cupcake case. Half bury a jelly worm so that its head and tail are…

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