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Clare Gogerty

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I am represented by Jane Graham Maw (jane@grahammawchristie.com) of literary agents Graham Maw Christie, for all my non-fiction books.

For all other enquiries, please email me or contact me via Instagram.

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Grading cherry tomatoes for the next Flower and Pr

Grading cherry tomatoes for the next Flower and Produce Show on Saturday. This one is the village’s so the pressure is on!

#tomatoes #villageshow #flowerandproduceshow

It’s all mellow fruitfulness round here I can te

It’s all mellow fruitfulness round here I can tell you.

#showingoff

A half hour spent making elderberry rob is half an

A half hour spent making elderberry rob is half an hour well spent. It’s bloody delicious. This year elderberries are a bit scarce due to no rain over the summer and poor old trees suffering but I found a few on the dog walk today. Cooked up with cloves, ginger and sugar they make a warming syrup taken as a cough remedy or as a winter pick-me-up. Also a good non-alcoholic alternative to sloe gin. (Though add a dash of whiskey and the experience deepens further.)

Anyway, the recipe is in my book Elder, published on 16 September, one of six books in the Little Wild Library series published by @verbena_books (A shameless plug but I can’t be bothered to type out the recipe, truth be told.)

#wildfood #foraging #foragedfood #hedgerowharvest

It’s pickling and preserving central here. Cucum

It’s pickling and preserving central here. Cucumbers pickled, apples dehydrated, nettle seed stored. Next up tackling the damson and plum glut… The number of apples in the orchard is slightly overwhelming this year, but a good problem to have I suppose.

Thanks @seahorsefloatingby for the canned greengages. 👌

#pickling #picklingcucumbers #jams #jellies #smallholding

One for the locals: I have been invited by @malver

One for the locals: I have been invited by @malverndowsers to sell my books at their Holistic and Wellbeing Fair today. Here are the books ready for market! It's at Christchurch Hall, Avenue Road, Great Malvern from 11 until 4pm. Many local holistic practitioners will be there too, so it's well worth a visit. £3 entry which includes refreshments.

#holisticliving #holistichealthandwellness #booksbooksbooks

Borlotti bean joy! Any ideas what to do with them,

Borlotti bean joy! Any ideas what to do with them, other than admire them, v welcome. I've still got last year's in a jar waiting...

#smallholding #countrygarden #growyourfood

Author copies of the next three books in my Little

Author copies of the next three books in my Little Wild Library series are here. Look at the lovelies! Published on 16 September so v timely as the hedges are full of haws, rosehips and elderberries. Loads of ways to use them are included from rose petal confetti to hawthorn ketchup and elderberry shrub.

Big thanks to @lizziehkaye for the commission and the brilliant team @verbena_books for the fab production.

#foraging #wildfood #wildfoodlove #hedgerowharvest

Great to spend the morning learning more about wil

Great to spend the morning learning more about wild food and feasting with @thewildcooke yesterday. After rooting about in the hedgerow she treated us to a spectacular spread of the most delicious flavoursome things.(Also good to see @seahorsefloatingby as per.)

#wildfood #wildfoodlove #foraging #

Yesss! Go me and my tomatoes. (Not so lucky in the

Yesss! Go me and my tomatoes. (Not so lucky in the jam and beetroot categories alas.)

#produceshow #villageshow #vegetables

Limbering up for the @wychecolwallhortisoc Summer

Limbering up for the @wychecolwallhortisoc Summer Show on Saturday. Wondering if any of my veg have a chance. I have high hopes for my tomatoes but competition v stiff. Hm.

#villageshow #produceshow #groworganic

Thanks @thesimplethingsmag for running an extract

Thanks @thesimplethingsmag for running an extract from my book The Water Remedy in the August issue. Great to see four pages dedicated to magical wells and springs.

#sacredwells #holywells #thewaterremedy #wateryplaces

Lovely weekend with old friends @pennyduncanson an

Lovely weekend with old friends @pennyduncanson and @annettepatriciawatson lake swimming, feasting, pottering, dog tummy tickling and chatting. The best pick-me-up combo.

Thanks Penny for pic taken at @escapetothelake.malvern

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