[ March 13, 2010; 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. March 17, 2010; 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm. ] For those of you itching to get going again, the next work day at the orchard will be Saturday 13 March, 10 am — 2 pm. Please come appropriately dressed and bring tools, lunch, etc.
The next meeting of the Food Group will now be on Wednesday 17 March (postponed from 10 March) at the Dalriada […]
Entries Tagged as 'Food'
Upcoming meetings
February 18th, 2010 · No Comments · Food, Orchards, events, gardening
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New jobs with PEDAL
February 6th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Energy, Food, Orchards, PEDAL, carbon reduction
PEDAL -> Portobello Transition Town is recruiting 3 workers to run a new project aiming to reduce the collective carbon footprint of Portobello and to develop local resources to meet the needs of our community.
1. Project Manager: £33,900 pa, 35 hours per week
An experienced manager with a proven track record in fund raising and skills in […]
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Brief cartoon Video explaining Cap and Trade
November 22nd, 2009 · No Comments · Food, events
[ November 26, 2009; 6:30 pm to 10:00 pm. ] The Story of Cap and Trade
Although they sound similar, Cap and Trade and Cap and Share are entirely different approaches to climate change:
CAP and SHARE (www.capandshare.org) is a system which can be used to CAP (to limit and dramatically reduce the carbon coming into the country in line with the science), and to SHARE (to distribute the […]
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Next orchard workday
November 5th, 2009 · No Comments · Food, Orchards, events
[ November 22, 2009; 11:00 am to 3:00 pm. ] The next workday at the Donkey Field Community Orchard will be on Sunday November 29th, 11am — 3pm. The orchard is really starting to take shape now — BTCV have made a wonderful path, which, when finished, will give wheelchair access to the site. Come along on Nov 29th and have a look!
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Dingle the donkey
August 21st, 2009 · No Comments · Food, Orchards
At last, here we have it! A genuine photo of Dingle, the donkey who used to live in the field which is now the community orchard. This must have been taken around 1968. Also in the photo is my brother Duncan (the one in the foreground, ha, ha).
Sorry Dingle isn’t actually facing the camera — he certainly wasn’t […]
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Orchard Midsummer celebration
June 12th, 2009 · No Comments · Food, Orchards, events
[ June 20, 2009; 6:00 pm to 11:00 pm. ]
Over 80 folk came to the Midsummer celebration at the orchard site (Brunstane Road South, just opposite Brunstane Station) on Saturday 20 June.
People brought food and drink and good humour, and some brought musical instruments (thank you Jicca, Misha and Ian!).
We had lovely weather and the children have created their own climbing and leaping place, […]
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New Community Orchard, the planting has begun!
April 13th, 2009 · No Comments · Food, Orchards
The first workday at Donkey Field Orchard was productive and fun! Three trees and four fruit bushes planted. This is just the beginning– the next workday is the 10th of May, everyone welcome to lend a hand.
See Orchard Project under Food heading for location of Orchard and more about the project.
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