With April being one of the wettest months in recent memory, it was refreshing to see the commitment from all the volunteers in attendance. There’s apple and cherry blossoms on the trees and dormant plants are coming alive, so it’s a great time of year to do some gardening! Read the rest of this entry »

In collaboration with local small business, Black Mamba Chilli Venom & World Vision, we are training two groups of women farmers in Permaculture farming practices.

The aim of our training is to share with the women soil improving & water saving techniques to enable them to produce a variety of produce, including organically grown chilli’s for Black Mamba’s red hot sauces. Read the rest of this entry »

We decided to run the ‘Bark Grafting of Fruit Trees’ course on line, providing information and links to tutorials on our website, as preparation for practical work next winter as we ran out of time for practical work this spring.

This month we have been continuing development at Plot 20, our allotment at Redacre Growing Project. Read the rest of this entry »

A great month in Broomhouse, with a new weekly fruit and veg stall now running on a Wednesday morning at Sighthill Health Centre. On the first morning alone we sold over £70 of produce! It means we are now reaching a whole new local audience who aren’t already aware of us in the heart of the local area.   Read the rest of this entry »

For over eight years people in Newport have wanted allotments. Now we have a lease agreed with a land owner, the barony. It is for 0.8 of an acre, quite high and sloping, but with running water. There are fourteen families on the waiting list, eight of them are now very happy to have land at last in sight. Read the rest of this entry »

2 TENNIS COURTS TO BE BUILT ON LEITH LINKS

Almost since the beginnings of Greener Leith we have been campaigning to have the tennis courts re-instated on Leith Links.  Sadly no more of these remained than an area of hard standing while elderly residents would regale us with colourful stories of the courts that used to be there.

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The growing season is well underway at ‘Green Up Your Act’s’ Eco Clubs! We have already planted peas, spinach, leeks, rainbow chard and corn into our raised beds. Also this season we are particularly excited about growing Cardoon, a heritage vegetable and member of the artichoke family, usually found in the Mediterranean. Growing heritage Vegetables is a new and exciting addition to this seasons Eco Clubs, and will help preserve the seed stock for future generations.