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SarahF's FoodTalk – September 2011 Archive (6)
Local Veg Box - Starting up
Hi all,
I have just come back from speaking with Lawrence, at Dan's Sway Farm Shop, Pitmore Lane. He is planning to start up a veggie box scheme in the local area - Lymington, Sway and Brockenhurst. So, if you fancy your veg delivered straight to your door, why not drop by and say hello, or email or phone.
Boxes are for 1, 2 or 4 people and very reasonably priced at £10, £15 or £20.
My family are just loving the lovely red peppers and sweet…
ContinueAdded by SarahF on September 29, 2011 at 14:15 — No Comments
Food Challenge Cafe - at the Festival
A great big thank you to all the help we had on Sunday at the Festival for our local food cafe. We had some fantastic cakes and cup-cakes - made by Feast Creative Food, Berry's Cakes in Lymington and Minstead Study Centre itself. They all contained local eggs, and many contained local fruit and veg too! (PS did you try one of those amazing strawberry cupcakes?).
There are a few things we would change if we had…
ContinueAdded by SarahF on September 29, 2011 at 14:00 — No Comments
Possible Money for the Food Challenge
Hi all,
Can you spare a couple of minutes to vote for us to win some money from Nat West Community Force Fund? We have plans to buy some more fruit and/or nut trees this winter, and would like to give them to as many individuals, groups, schools, community gardens across the forest that we can.
You can go on line, sign up and vote at
http://communityforce.natwest.com/project/4665
You get three…
ContinueAdded by SarahF on September 26, 2011 at 20:30 — No Comments
Food Challenge 2012 - Finding Growing Spaces
Hi all,
I realise now that everyone is in picking and pickling mode, but I just wanted to tell you about our ideas for 2012, so that you can mull over somes ideas that might help us.
What we are really looking to do is make more land available for food growing, in whatever form.
We have come up with a few ideas, below, but please just add to them as well.
- Individually - in our own gardens, planting edible hedges, edible…
Added by SarahF on September 16, 2011 at 12:00 — 7 Comments
Garden Jobs for September
(From the Homebase Get into Gardening Website)
Vegetable Garden
Hardy varieties of peas and broad beans can be planted now. Most benefit from cloche protection in winter, especially in very cold areas.Tip: It’s worth buying fleeces that fit over hoops and pots to help protect your crops.
- Bedding Plants
- Deadhead…
Added by SarahF on September 9, 2011 at 11:17 — No Comments
Forest Festival Needs a couple of Demo Cooks
On the Saturday 24th September, there is an apple day at Minstead Studay Centre, as part of the New Forest Festival.
Sunnyfields Organic Farm is providing us with a demo food kitchen, and we would like to invite about 5 people to do a 40-45’ food demo with a local or…
ContinueAdded by SarahF on September 6, 2011 at 13:33 — 3 Comments
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Hi all
Can you help us?
The Food Challenge have booked a stall at the New Forest Spring Fair on Sunday 5th May.
We will running a very activity led stall, with lots of seed planting, poem writing and pot making.
We…
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