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An Eventful September

Mel — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 22:15:13 +0000

Not one, not two – but three fantastic events await you in September:

First the Food & Drink Fortnight gets underway, including tastings of bread, cheese, herbal teas & whisky, a vegetarian cooking demonstration, seed saving talk and special menus – see our dedicated page for more information on events (16 so far) – also note nice overlap [...]

Food Events in Aug & Sept

AlyBee — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:20:36 +0000

Sept 4th- Sept 19th – Scottish Food and Drink Fortnight.

LOTS of local events on different days have been organised, below is a sample of what’s going on. For more details go to our dedicated page.

Tasty Tastings at Pardovan Farm Shop

Pie ‘n’ a Pint at The Four Marys

Herbal Tea Tasting at The Line Gallery

Traditional Scottish Dishes at [...]

Celebrate Soft Fruit

Mel — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 21:17:59 +0000

We had a great afternoon’s picking at Craigies at South Queensferry – and the ice creams went down well too! Planned recipes include smoothies, jam, ‘Wimbledon cake’ (recipe to follow hopefully!) and just eating fruit as it is – for more photos see our Flickr website. If you fancy making jam but don’t have a pan please [...]

Summer starts here*

Mel — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 22:03:05 +0000

We’ve had a balmy start to the summer, so hopefully edible seedlings swapped at our AGM (or Freecycled afterwards) are now romping away in your gardens. If you’re looking for timely tips on tending your veg patch, check out the June Grow your own advice sheet, which includes weeding, watering and defending from pests – for more tips [...]

May Days

Mel — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 23:40:01 +0000

Hopefully you’ve been out in the garden enjoying the warm weather, perhaps pondering what to plant this year.

If you’re needing some tips on growing your own, check out our Advice Notes - April covers sowing seed and May includes planting out seedlings. Perhaps you’re enjoying some of the lovely new crops that have started coming through, but wondering what else [...]

Food Transport

Mel — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 22:08:01 +0000

The current disruption to flights may make you think more carefully about where you food comes from. We rely on the global food market to feed us – around 40% of our food is currently imported, the UK is the largest net importer of food and drink products in the European Union, and these [...]

Go Peat Free

Mel — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 22:23:32 +0000

A new campaign to phase out peat in compost by 2020 has been announced by Defra - including tips from Diarmuid Gavin. This is a key area where gardeners can take action to benefit the environment and reduce climate change impacts – visit our Peat Page for more information.

Which? Gardening recommend New Horizon Peat Free grow bag and [...]

Let’s Get Growing

Mel — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:44:42 +0000

To get your growing year off to a good start we’ve arranged two talks before the Easter holidays:

Sat 20th March 10am Guided Tour of Annet House fruit & veg garden We will be talked through growing plans for the year ahead in this productive and historic local garden, which will help you to plan your own [...]

Thanks!

Mel — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 18:19:00 +0000

A really big thank you to everyone who supported our Local Food event on Sat 20th Feb – either by helping us plan the event, holding a stall, mapping existing local food options or simply coming along and tasting the wide range of nibbles on offer. Over 100 adults attended, we met lots of new folk and [...]

Local Food Event

Mel — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 21:19:27 +0000

Sat 20th Feb, 2-3.30pm at the Low Port Centre

Plans are coming on really well for our community consultation – the following information stalls are confirmed: One Planet Food, Transition Towns Scotland, Slow Food, Cittaslow, the Womens’ Rural (West Lothian Federation), Fair Trade and three veg box companies (Damhead, Grow Wild, The Whole Shebag), plus advice stalls on [...]