Month: September 2018
You are invited …
AYTON COMMUNITY GARDEN APPLE DAY 8th October 1pm – 3pm Come and join us for a fabulous afternoon celebrating the wonderful apple harvest. Expert GRAHAM BELL will be on hand to answer your questions; the best trees to plant here in The Borders, how best to store apples and bring […]
Read MoreMore volunteers equals more progress
The Hawick Community Garden was a hive of activity today. Welcome to Katy and Jamie our new volunteers
Read MoreWell done to the cooks
The cooking course has made a huge difference to the participants who learned new skills and made new friends! A picture paints a thousand words so just look at some of the happy, proud faces….graduates, cooks and helpers!
Read MoreDeliziosi
The final day of the Healthy Cooking course through in Hawick – vegetable lasagne today and it was absolutely delicious. Lorna again in the star role presenting her own dish and the amazing Joyce, on loan to us from Burnfoot Futures, who has been (and is!) an absolutely wonderful teacher. […]
Read MoreFrom garden to plate
…in less than a minute! Part of the philosophy that underpins the whole Abundant Borders project – growing fresh food and getting that food onto a plate as quickly as possible. It would be difficult to beat Rachel, a wonderful volunteer who planted the lettuce, tended it through the summer […]
Read MoreAbundance at Ayton
Look how wonderful the garden is looking – potatoes, onions, apples, courgettes on the Ayton Primary school plot, two types of bean and lots of fresh herbs and salads. There are even sprouts coming along nicely, despite the foliage being ravaged by Cabbage Whites.
Read MorePolytunnel prepping
What a busy day in the Hawick Community Forest Garden yesterday! Great to see John, Bryan and Dylan back in the garden and to have their help clearing a space for our polytunnel. And it isn’t all hard work. We also had a visit from the cookery course participants who […]
Read MoreHealthy is fun and tasty!
It is just wonderful to see so many happy, shining people…. who are now also great cooks!
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