August's Wealden Times is out now!
August may be peak holiday season but it's also the most perfect time to stay at home. If you live in the Weald, you'll have access to some of the loveliest beaches and most beautiful countryside imaginable and - if you're lucky enough to have a vegetable garden - it will be at its most productive. Gardening expert, Jo Arnell, looks at ways of turning the rich pickings of your patch into delicious meals. She suggests store cupboard and veggie garden stand-bys to create a simple lunch or supper in a trice.
Mel and Lizzie Smith are an incredibly creative couple who know all about the glories of garden produce. During the summer months their whole family decamp outdoors to lounge on sofas made from surplus turfs and cook freshly picked vegetables on a landscaped firepit. Their fascinating home and garden are featured in this month’s Wealden Times. From the pebble-dashed Morris Minor to their yurt bedroom, this is a house that will inspire you.
Food writer and editor Mary Gwynn regularly contributes her delicious recipes to Wealden Times. This month Mary writes about bread, demystifying the whole process of baking and giving easy-to-follow recipes for focaccia, soda bread and a mouthwatering bread salad. Also in this issue, Mary and her husband Derek welcome readers into their lovely oasthouse which nestles in eight acres in a pretty valley in the heart of the Weald. Turn to page 74 to enjoy David Merewether's photos of this serene and tranquil space.
And finally, on the subject of serene and tranquil places, we asked locals about their own special spaces in our 'my space' special. From caravans to cinemas and artists' studios to writers' studies, they explained to us how these spaces provide them with a private haven from which to work, relax or just escape and 'be'...
Enjoy your Wealden Times!
House
Revisit the some of the magnificent homes featured in Wealden Times
Garden
Everything in the garden really is rosey in the Weald! A second chance to read about some of the gardens and gardeners who have inspired our readers
Food
Enjoy following these recipes using locally-sourced, seasonal ingredients
Beauty
Discover everything you need to know about health and beauty
Features
Find out why the Weald is a wonderful place to live
Green
Green Goddess, Penny Kemp, gives advice on living a more eco-friendly life
Events Coming Soon
Guide to what's on in the Weald
Fashion
Look and feel fabulous in fashion from local boutiques
Inside the latest issue
- Fishing for compliments
- Houses for sale with ponds or lakes
- It's August
- Summer specials around the Weald
- Mr and Mrs Smith
- A glorious house and garden in the heart of the Weald
- My Space Special
- Clear the clutter from your space and free your mind
- Cinemas, caravans and cottage gardens are just some of our readers' special spaces
- Inspiring ideas to enhance your space
- Directory of people and places to help you create your perfect space
- A Toast to the Oast
- A food editor's home
- Bohemian Rhapsody
- Find your inner gypsy on our fashion pages
- Hot Kohls
- Smoky eyes from makeup artist Anna Bourne
- Vitamins and Veggies
- Eat yourself well with Jo Fairley's superfoods
- Pure and Simple
- Delicious DIY face masks
- To Your Good Health
- News on wellbeing from around the Weald
- Daily Bread
- Mary Gwynn uses her loaves and shares the recipes
- Fab Funghi
- Michael White's hedgerow harvest
- August Abundance
- Recipes for the seasonal glut in the kitchen garden
- Heavenly Havens
- Chakra colours in the cutting garden
- What's On in the Weald?
- Find out
- COMPETITION
- Win an indulgent Pamper Package for two at The Green Door in Marden
- Farming Fervour
- Jane Howard reports from Coopers Farm
- Tris and Issy
- From brokers to broke