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A loaf of bread

Local and seasonal food News

Breaking Bread – a community cooking project

By Donald Coutts I was brought up on a small highland farm. Our kitchen was…

PLANT3rd May 2022

Bistort inflorescence

Community Forest Food Garden Local and seasonal food

Forest Garden plant profile – Bistort

Bistort (Persicaria bistorta) is a member of the Dock family and is a hardy perennial…

PLANT15th June 2021

Brassica cage at Tayport Community Garden

Community Gardener Low carbon growing tips Tayport Community Garden diaries

May at the Community Garden 2021

The cold and dry April changed into a cold but very wet May with the…

Peter Christopher31st May 2021

Vertical growing bed

Low carbon growing tips

Raised beds – rising higher!

Do you have only limited growing space but want to try growing your own? How…

Jessie Roberts3rd May 2021

Peter transporting top soil to fill raised beds

Community Gardener Low carbon growing tips Tayport Community Garden diaries

April Garden update: frosts, seedling jungles and plant giveaways

April arrived and the garden activity moved up several gears! The weather has been challenging…

Peter Christopher27th April 2021

A photo of eggshells with sprouts

Low carbon growing tips

February growing update- gardening from home

Well here we are snowed-in and locked-down, so what kind of growing can we do…

Peter Christopher11th February 2021

Photo of Elizabeth and Pete birdwatching at the Garden

citizen science Garden biodiversity

Big Garden Bird Watch at the Garden brings a sweet goldcrest surprise

Sunday 31st January turned out to be warmer than forecast reaching a heady 5.0C in…

Elizabeth4th February 2021

A photo of trays with onion sets

Community Gardener Food Local and seasonal food Tayport Community Garden diaries

January at the Community Garden – growing from home

Well, here we are again, being told to stay at home and if possible, to…

Peter Christopher21st January 2021

Garden biodiversity

Big Garden Birdwatch 29-31st January

Usually at this time of the year we hold a RSPB's Big Garden Birdwatch at…

21st January 2021

Zoom photo from Kiss the Ground discussion

Carbon Conversations Low carbon growing tips

Recording from discussion of ‘Kiss The Ground’ documentary

You can listen to this podcast here. World Soil Day celebrates the importance of our…

PLANT4th December 2020

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