Author: Charlotte McMillan

Honeybuns Big Dig Day

We’re still feeling warm inside following our fabulous ‘Big Dig’ tree planting day last weekend. We were recently successful in our application for the Woodland Trust Community Tree Pack and needed help to plant our pack of approx. 420 baby trees, to be planted here in our fledging nature reserve.  With over

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Sugar Strategy at Honeybuns Part 2

We thought it might be helpful to share some of the research we’ve used in our quest to address the sugar issue. As mentioned in the Part 1 blog, we’re really keen on using more honey. It has been around for aeons, tastes lovely, works well in baked goods and

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Sugar Strategy at Honeybuns Part 1

Wow! We knew the whole sugar topic was controversial but after having done a bit of research over the past few weeks it has proved to be an explosively emotive and complex area for punters and the food industry to navigate. There is no one simple solution but we have

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Rinky Dink Pancake Bites Recipe

We’re being asked more and more for savoury, gluten free recipes and these little chaps are sure to delight.  Made using our fool proof (yes really) Honeybuns Cornbread Mix these pancakes can be made as mini tiny bites or a more regular, hearty frying pan size. Ingredients 1x tube of

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What’s on our book shelf this month?

The Apple Source Book by Sue Clifford and Angela King with Philippa Davenport. Common Ground. At Honeybuns we have reinstated the original orchard surrounding Naish Farm. The pleasure this has given us and our visitors is truly off the scale. This lovely book therefore immediately resonated with us and our orchard evangelism.

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Volunteers needed for our Big Dig Day

We’re looking for volunteers to sign up to help us with planting on Sunday 16th November for our ‘Big Dig Day’. We were recently successful in our application for the Woodland Trust Community Tree Pack and so have now taken delivery of our pack of approx. 420 baby trees, to be

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Maintaining our orchard

We started to replant the old orchard at Naish Farm, home of Honeybuns Bakery, 4 years ago. The sole survivors of the original orchard were a Bramley and an old fashioned eating apple. We’ve added hazel, plum, damson, walnut, pear and various varieties of apple trees. As always we were

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Courgette and Parmesan Muffins Recipe

These little gluten free muffins are delicious eaten straight from the oven, or served with a bowl of warming homemade soup.  Makes 14 muffins Oven temp: 180 deg c/ 350F Baking time: 18 mins Ingredients 1 x Honeybuns Cornbread mix made up as per instructions on the pack. Plus: 100ml

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Em’s Easy Apple Cake Recipe

October is the month we celebrate all things apple-y. Here’s the gluten free recipe for Em’s Easy Apple Cake, which went down a storm in our October Bee Shack cafe open day. We’ve included cranberries as an alternative. You can also find a recipe for Dorset Apple Cake in our

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