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Together we grow this! A big thank you to all the donors of lovely fruit and veg at today’s Foodival. Don’t miss the cooked up dishes tomorrow at Tooting Market.
Tag: Growing
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Community Garden
The TTT Community Garden looked a hive of industry when I dropped by this lunchtime. As a result of our intrepid garden volunteers’ efforts lots of lovely-looking vegetables are ripening or already ready to harvest. Here we have potatoes, tomatoes, radishes and even wheat; could a Tooting loaf soon be a possibility?
There should be loads ready for September’s Foodival in only 4 weeks time. What amazing local dishes await us I wonder? Can’t wait.
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Foodival 2012
This year’s Foodival takes place over the weekend of the 22nd & 23rd September. As in previous years we hope all you local gardeners and food growers have been as busy as this bee and will be able to donate any surplus produce you can spare. Local chefs and restaurants will use your hard won local produce to cook up delicious local food. Watch the Foodival site for full details over the coming weeks.
Saturday 22nd – Food collection & Pop-up cookery demo at Mushkil Aasaan 11-4pm
Sunday 23rd – Local food from local restaurants, exciting stalls, live music & competitions at Tooting Market 12-4pm
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TTT Food Grower’s Event!
Bring your Seeds and Gardening Needs!
On April 6th TTT will be holding a Seed Swap and Food Growing event at Mushkil Aasaan from 7-9pm and the event needs YOU!
Do you have any spare packets of seed lying around from last year? Do you have any unloved gardening tools or would you like some for free?? Do you have any questions about urban growing or any tips to share?? If so, the TTT Food Grower’s event definitely needs you!
There will be a seed swapping stall with free gardening tools refurbished by inmates from Wandsworth Prison. Alongside this will be tips on how to grow in urban environments and how to get garden equipment like plant pots from the dump (the ones I got last week were ace :)) there will also be details of how to get a special TTT 10% discount at local garden centres so don’t miss out.
Bring a dish to share food and talk over your gardening successes and disasters with all of the TTT network and get inspired to grow some grub for this Autumn’s Foodival.See you there! -
A Few Interesting Things
Here’s a free guide to Urban Fruit Harvesting which looks good.Here are some showings of climate films at the London Bridge Festival next week.
And here is a an Earthwatch debate in November called “From Tsunami to Drought” where they are looking for an extra speaker aged 18-30.
Meanwhile, Giles still needs your pictures of all things growing for the Foodival site and, demanding as he is, he now also wants pledges of what you will bring at harvest time … so please get pledging here !
And Giles look >>>> these are going crazy! DT
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Send in Your Photos for Plant of the Week!
As part of the build up to this year’s Tooting Harvest Foodival on Sunday 27th September Giles wants your entries for Tooting’s home growing plant of the week! The Foodival now has its own webpages here. Mail your photos to Giles asap for a chance to win … er … well at least the honour of sharing your home or garden with a Plant of the Week! Some early contenders …
