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Friday July 23, 2010
The Grow Your Neighbour's Own scheme needs your help! Do you have a garden that you'd love to see planted up with edible plants but just don't have the time or capacity to look after it? Register your garden with Grow Your Neighbour's Own and we'll help match you up with a willing gardener. There's no cost to use the scheme, and garden owner and gardener share the harvest. We're also looking for more experienced gardeners who could share their skills with the less experienced gardeners on the scheme. The scheme can also match up allotment holders with a co-worker who will share the labour and the produce. If you'd be interested in being a co-worker, registering your garden or sharing your skills, please get in touch on 01273 431700 or email drew@bhfood.org.uk .
Preston Park Demo Garden work day this Saturday: Drop by the garden (located just behind the Rotunda Cafe) this Saturday 24 July between 10:30am and 12:30pm to help with sowing seeds for the autumn and find out more about the garden. Read our garden blog for more info.
Gardening training this summer: Whitehawk Community Food Project will be running a second 'dealing with pests and diseases organically' course on 7 August as well as a seed saving course on 21 August. Recognising pests and diseases and knowing how to manage them without using chemicals is a crucial part of organic gardening. Seed saving is a practise used by gardeners for hundreds of years. Seed saving helps save money and allows you to save and share good varieties of fruit and veg. Come on the course and learn more!
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This months growing & eating tips
 In the kitchen... There's just so much to choose from right now it makes cooking that much easier (well unless you're indecisive and struggle with choice!) - courgettes, onions, cucumbers, beetroot, salads, beans, potatoes, artichokes, radishes, raspberries, red currants and many other kinds of delicious fruit & veg. Summer cooking is great, especially on those sunny days when you get to eat outside. If you're packing a picnic, try this recipe for spinach pie (good hot too). And what meal is complete without dessert? Why not try something different like beetroot chocolate cake? Visit our recipe database for more ideas for summer cooking.
In the garden... It's still been warm and dry out there so do keep up with the watering! Also be on the lookout for blight on potatoes and tomatoes (more info about blight ). It's the end of July so there's lots to harvest (see 'in the kitchen', above), but also lots to sow. Plant spring greens this month, as well as leafy greens like chard, kale and perpetual spinach to keep you going throughout the winter. More July gardening tips.
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Funding & Project Support
 Ready, responding and resilient grants: up to £1000 of funding is available to help community and voluntary sector groups manage the impacts of the recession. Find out more...
Want more involvement in your food? Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) is model of food production in which the farmer and consumers share the risks and benefits of farming. Would you like to see CSA in Brighton & Hove? Please share your views by filling out this short survey.
New weekly farmers' market coming soon! Brighton Farm Market will open on Saturday 14 August in the North Laines. The market will run each Saturday from 9am-3pm at 73 North Road and will sell food from over 20 local farmers and producers.
Public spaces survey: Are you involved in caring for your local public spaces? Please take a moment to fill out this short survey to gather information about community involvement in caring for and using public spaces in the Lewes Road area.
Have a great weekend! - The Harvest Team
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Training
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Upcoming courses
7 August: Dealing with Pests and Diseases Organically
21 August: Seed Saving
£5 off August courses! Use discount code JSDSCA when you book online or call 01273 431700.
Autumn courses
4 September: Build Your Own Wormery
9 September: The winter salad box
30 September: Seed Saving with Alan Phillips
21 October: new date announced for Preserves, pickles and chutneys
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What's On
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Moulsecoomb Forest Garden Woodland Open Day
Saturday 24 July, 12-5pm. Visit this award-winning community project for a day of fun in the great outdoors. Tour the site, go on a woodland walk with a local wildlife expert, learn more about bees, eat some delicious freshly cooked food, and much more. Read on...
Brighton Belles WI Summer Fete
Saturday 31 July, 11am - 4pm, Hove and Kingsway Bowling Club Lawns. A proper summer fete with fun, games and food for all ages!
Workday at the Transition Community Allotment
Saturday 7 August, 12-4pm. Come on up to the plot on Whitehawk Hill to help out, meet some nice people and enjoy the view. Read on...
Networking day for food growing projects
Friday 13 August, 10am-3pm: A great opportunity for people working on community food projects to meet, find out with other projects are doing and share ideas and resources. We also want to hear how you think Harvest can support projects. Read on...
Jam making events
Two jam sessions coming up -
Monday 26 July, 6:30pm: Jamming Jelly Session at Coachwerks. Bring fruit (or pick red currants at a nearby allotment), sugar and a jar! More info
Saturday 14 August, 12-4pm: Jam making at the Transition Community Allotment. An afternoon of blackberry picking and jam making. More info
More upcoming events
You'll find info about other upcoming food-related events and training here.
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Harvest is a city-wide project, delivered by a wide range of partners and led by Brighton & Hove Food Partnership and Food Matters. The Food Partnership is a membership organisation, and membership is free to anyone who lives or works in Brighton & Hove. For benefits of membership and to join go to: www.bhfood.org.uk
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Hi, just a reminder that you’re receiving this email because you subscribed via our web site or at an event.
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Friday July 30, 2010
The Grow Your Neighbour's Own scheme needs your help! Do you have a garden that you'd love to see planted up with edible plants but just don't have the time or capacity to look after it? Register your garden with Grow Your Neighbour's Own and we'll help match you up with a willing gardener. There's no cost to use the scheme, and garden owner and gardener share the harvest. We're also looking for more experienced gardeners who could share their skills with the less experienced gardeners on the scheme. The scheme can also match up allotment holders with a co-worker who will share the labour and the produce. If you'd be interested in being a co-worker, registering your garden or sharing your skills, please get in touch on 01273 431700 or email drew@bhfood.org.uk .
Preston Park Demo Garden work day this Saturday: Drop by the garden (located just behind the Rotunda Cafe) this Saturday 24 July between 10:30am and 12:30pm to help with sowing seeds for the autumn and find out more about the garden. Read our garden blog for more info.
Gardening training this summer: Whitehawk Community Food Project will be running a second 'dealing with pests and diseases organically' course on 7 August as well as a seed saving course on 21 August. Recognising pests and diseases and knowing how to manage them without using chemicals is a crucial part of organic gardening. Seed saving is a practise used by gardeners for hundreds of years. Seed saving helps save money and allows you to save and share good varieties of fruit and veg. Come on the course and learn more!
Back to top
This months growing & eating tips
In the kitchen... There's just so much to choose from right now it makes cooking that much easier (well unless you're indecisive and struggle with choice!) - courgettes, onions, cucumbers, beetroot, salads, beans, potatoes, artichokes, radishes, raspberries, red currants and many other kinds of delicious fruit & veg. Summer cooking is great, especially on those sunny days when you get to eat outside. If you're packing a picnic, try this recipe for spinach pie (good hot too). And what meal is complete without dessert? Why not try something different like beetroot chocolate cake? Visit our recipe database for more ideas for summer cooking.
In the garden... It's still been warm and dry out there so do keep up with the watering! Also be on the lookout for blight on potatoes and tomatoes (more info about blight ). It's the end of July so there's lots to harvest (see 'in the kitchen', above), but also lots to sow. Plant spring greens this month, as well as leafy greens like chard, kale and perpetual spinach to keep you going throughout the winter. More July gardening tips.
Back to top
Funding & Project Support
Ready, responding and resilient grants: up to £1000 of funding is available to help community and voluntary sector groups manage the impacts of the recession. Find out more...
Want more involvement in your food? Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) is model of food production in which the farmer and consumers share the risks and benefits of farming. Would you like to see CSA in Brighton & Hove? Please share your views by filling out this short survey.
New weekly farmers' market coming soon! Brighton Farm Market will open on Saturday 14 August in the North Laines. The market will run each Saturday from 9am-3pm at 73 North Road and will sell food from over 20 local farmers and producers.
Public spaces survey: Are you involved in caring for your local public spaces? Please take a moment to fill out this short survey to gather information about community involvement in caring for and using public spaces in the Lewes Road area.
Have a great weekend! - The Harvest Team
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Training
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Upcoming courses
7 August: Dealing with Pests and Diseases Organically
21 August: Seed Saving
£5 off August courses! Use discount code JSDSCA when you book online or call 01273 431700.
Autumn courses
4 September: Build Your Own Wormery
9 September: The winter salad box
30 September: Seed Saving with Alan Phillips
21 October: new date announced for Preserves, pickles and chutneys
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What's On
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|
Moulsecoomb Forest Garden Woodland Open Day
Saturday 24 July, 12-5pm. Visit this award-winning community project for a day of fun in the great outdoors. Tour the site, go on a woodland walk with a local wildlife expert, learn more about bees, eat some delicious freshly cooked food, and much more. Read on...
Brighton Belles WI Summer Fete
Saturday 31 July, 11am - 4pm, Hove and Kingsway Bowling Club Lawns. A proper summer fete with fun, games and food for all ages!
Workday at the Transition Community Allotment
Saturday 7 August, 12-4pm. Come on up to the plot on Whitehawk Hill to help out, meet some nice people and enjoy the view. Read on...
Networking day for food growing projects
Friday 13 August, 10am-3pm: A great opportunity for people working on community food projects to meet, find out with other projects are doing and share ideas and resources. We also want to hear how you think Harvest can support projects. Read on...
Jam making events
Two jam sessions coming up -
Monday 26 July, 6:30pm: Jamming Jelly Session at Coachwerks. Bring fruit (or pick red currants at a nearby allotment), sugar and a jar! More info
Saturday 14 August, 12-4pm: Jam making at the Transition Community Allotment. An afternoon of blackberry picking and jam making. More info
More upcoming events
You'll find info about other upcoming food-related events and training here.
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To find out more and keep in touch with Harvest, you can find us at www.harvest-bh.org.uk
or become a fan of Harvest on Facebook, follow us on Twitter, or see what we've been up to on Flickr.
Harvest is a city-wide project, delivered by a wide range of partners and led by Brighton & Hove Food Partnership and Food Matters. The Food Partnership is a membership organisation, and membership is free to anyone who lives or works in Brighton & Hove. For benefits of membership and to join go to: www.bhfood.org.uk
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