Sims Hill Shared Harvest will be taking part in the Get Growing Garden Trail in 2012! In addition to opening our gates to the outside world on Saturday 9 June, we will also be holding our summer community celebration that day, so you can count on good food and drink, farm tours, children's activities, and … Continue reading Get Growing Garden Trail 9-10 June 2012!
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News from the Hill
A quick update from the plot!James is back to work after the birth of his wee boy, hurray (x2).The pond is dug and the water mains is in (but not yet connected), Jay and his team did a fantastic job of it!The right hand side of the field now has hedge planted all the way … Continue reading News from the Hill
Next community celebration 24 March!
Sims Hill CSA will hold its Community Celebration of Spring on March 24, as a joint do with the Barton Hill Community Walled Garden crew, at the Walled Garden. Venue: the Walled Garden, 60 Barton Hill Rd, BS5 0AW Date: Saturday 24 March 2012 Time: 11am -3pm Activities will include an apple tree grafting workshop … Continue reading Next community celebration 24 March!
Hedge planting this Saturday 3 March 10 to 1!
There will be a hedge planting workday on the plot this Saturday 3 March from 10 to 1. Please bring spades. Hedge: crab apple, hazel, dog rose, hawthorn. We have 800 whips to plant with 20 permaculture students. We hope to see you there!
Making Local Food our Future Conference in London 20 March (free!)
The Mermaid Conference and Events Centre Puddle Dock Blackfriars EC4V 3DB London United Kingdom Tuesday, 20 March 2012 from 09:30 to 16:45 *FINAL PROGRAMME ANNOUNCED! Download here!* Tim Lang, Professor of Food Policy at City University has added his name to a roll call of top names at a landmark event that will debate the … Continue reading Making Local Food our Future Conference in London 20 March (free!)
A different way to spend – CSA style
Even if we buy certified organic or fair trade marked products it is still very hard to avoid long and large retail chains which contribute to the pressure to industrialise and exploit human and non-human alike somewhere along the line. The idea of fair trade products in a supermarket is somewhat of a contradiction in … Continue reading A different way to spend – CSA style
Sims Hill Spring Party 4 February at the Walled Garden!
at the Walled Garden, 60 Barton Hill Rd, BS5 0AW Saturday 4th February 2012 11am -3pm Tours of the walled garden Bring and share food in the courtyard Competition : "most unusual use of your veg share?" Sims Hill in pictures – the story so far – what's next? Seed stories – from the seed … Continue reading Sims Hill Spring Party 4 February at the Walled Garden!
News from the Hill!
We are just coming to the end of our first year at Sims Hill Shared Harvest. It has been a challenging year, yet we now have nearly fifty households getting vegetables grown just up the road. We have only a few harvest shares left available. There will be a few more difficult months to come … Continue reading News from the Hill!
Cabbage and caraway soup!
Another tasty soup recipe (this time from member Kate Whittle): I bought some caraway seeds yesterday for a herbal tea mixture I'm experimenting with (mint, fennel seeds, chamomile & caraway seeds - good after dinner drink) so when I saw Hugh Fearlessly's recipe for cabbage and caraway seed soup in Saturday's grauniad I thought I'd … Continue reading Cabbage and caraway soup!
Sims Hill apple and autumn veg stew
From Sims Hill member Carla Denyer, who says: Confronted with huge numbers of carrots and cooking apples from Sims Hill recently, I made an autumn stew last night which was a massive hit. Serves 5 on its own, or 8 with side dishes of mashed potato (skins on) and steamed kale. Ingredients: 2 onions 6 … Continue reading Sims Hill apple and autumn veg stew
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