Summer veggies and more beds
6 more beds have appeared and five filled with compost and seedlings. It’s going to be an organic production and needs to ramp up as the economic pressure mounts on households unused to facing food poverty. A 12 tonne load of organic compost has…
Children grew 60 lettuces from six beds!
The School term finishes on Friday so the idea was to let the kids take home some of their produce. Lettuce was the only obvious thing they could take and 60 were harvested from the beds. Photos of excited kids are shared with parents…
Organic vegetables donated to Eats Rosyth
This is the first donation in 2022 to Eats Rosyth; cabbage, lettuce, crookneck (yellow) and romanesco (green ridged) courgettes and shallot scapes used in an omelette for the volunteer’s lunch. It was delicious. Bravo Brendaš©āš³ Have you tried scapes? They are onion/shallot/garlic flowers and…
How to build a raised bed from pallets
The aim is to show how easy it is to make a bed. Finding a the right pallet is the hardest part of making this bed. Vinegar and oil are the only materials and cost a couple of pounds. This is a free course…
Treetop Family Nurture Center Rosyth
Something special happens when you show youngsters how plants grow, explain how to be gentle with the seedlings and letting them push them in the soil. Some are slightly damaged, some in the wrong place but it does not matter. The importance is that…
In as little as a month
The children at Carron Primary near Falkirk were enthusiastic at planting and most, had no idea what the seedlings would grow into. In less than a month of watering and spraying with ‘onion and garlic fermented plant juice (FPJ)’ this is the result. Purple…
Jubilee, more beds and salads
These salads are from the garden, and are delish; Onion Scapes (flowering stems) are like spring onions, loads of lettuce varieties, baby carrots, radish, red and green sorrel, nasturtium leaf and flowers, brassica flowers, peas, spinach and chard. A few marjoram leaves and anything…
Working with my community
It has been rewarding to work with schools, nursery schools and individuals who are struggling with where to start growing vegetables. There are six raised beds for six classes and they planted hand fulls of seeds, nearly 500 seedlings, onion sets and potatoes in…
March, April and May are super-busy
The original hen house has passed it’s use-by date and a new one has been erected. Pallet wood for the sides, covered with trampoline mat to allow some air flow, a rollaway nesting box and skids to make it easy (easier) to move. The…
Who thought volunteering could benefit your mental health?
Volunteering at the Sanctuary Garden offers a few things; It is outside with a view over the Forth Valley, the three bridges and Edinburgh. If it’s cold or wet, there is shelter in a warm poly tunnel. There is no pressure to actually do…