Cold Aston Fayre
This is a bit different from my other blog posts as it isn't really a 'how to' it's more of a general description and some photos of the village fayre we had last weekend to raise money for the village school and church. I have been going to this my whole life and my Mum is in charge of running the preserves and produce stall which is a big reason behind why I got into making things myself.
Preparations.....
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| Last minute redcurrant jelly... |
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| Bread baking the day before |
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| Cutting up and old shirt to make jam jar covers... |
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| Country grain bread and lemon and poppyseed cake (which never made it onto the stall....) |
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| Blackboards ready... |
We bought some of these blackboards but for the others we painted old boards with blackboard paint.
On the day...
People from the village bring over jam, fruit from their gardens, veg from their allotment, bread and other goodies like elderflower cordial and chicken and ham pies which we set out nicely on the stall.
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| The stall with fresh herbs, flowers and breads... |
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| We had 200 jars of jam this year |
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| Swiss chard, cabbages, courgettes and potatoes... |
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| More courgettes(!) beetroot and garlic |
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| Sweet peas, flowers cut that morning, bread, cordial and eggs |
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| We used old picnic hampers to display the bread |
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| One girl made goodie baskets with flapjacks, chocolates, fudge, chutney and blackcurrant cordial - a great idea |
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| The cake stall made over £800 this year! |
I hope some of you feel inspired to bake, make and grow for a good cause this year!
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