Grow your own – ECRF – Sustainable Wellness

The Allotment is coming!

By mleslie2 26/07/2023 26/07/2023 0

I got the exciting news this month that I have been allocated one of the new allotments being provided in my village. The project at St Monans is being looked at as a model project,

with the Council working with a house-builder building a new housing estate in the village to create a great space with around 40 allotments.

Hopefully I will get access soon, to get it set up ready for planting for next season. Watch this space!

I know of at least one allotment-holder in the CRF already (step forward Dickie!). Does anyone else have one?

I am looking to get some research done before I get my hands on it, so if anyone has any recommendations for the best books to get, best way to set it up etc, please let me know!

Marie

Jul 26, 2023

Grow your own, Mental Health, Walking routes

I hope you all, like me, enjoyed the spring Mental Health newsletter that was circulated during Mental Health Awareness Week by our Mental Health First Aider team. If you missed it, here is a link – https://sway.office.com/Li3TO3IdQYfnGpF7?ref=email. It’s a great read, so do have a look. I really do appreciate …

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Healthy Eating Week – best lunch in ages!

By mleslie2 01/10/2020 01/10/2020 2

Inspired by the posts about Healthy Eating Week, I ditched usual lunch options today and instead had home-made leek and potato soup (with my own home-grown leeks), accompanied by some home-made wholemeal bread. It was the nicest workday lunch I’d had in ages and set me up well for my …

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The Good Life continues!

By mleslie2 29/09/2020 29/09/2020 3

Today – ‘Vary your Veg’ day in Healthy Eating Week – seems like a good day to brag … I mean provide an update on my first year of home growing. Over the summer, the garden peas became a daily treat. I didn’t cook them – I just picked them …

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The Good Life – Part 2!

By mleslie2 09/06/2020 09/06/2020 2

It’s nearly 12 weeks since I took my first steps into the world of home-grown veg. In that time, there has been a lot of glorious sunshine, so I have been kept busy watering. Unfortunately, there was also a storm a couple of weeks ago, and the pea plants and …

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The Good Life!

By mleslie2 07/05/2020 07/05/2020 5

Anyone who knows me knows how much I love fresh garden peas, straight from the pod. I get ridiculously excited when they first appear in the shops, and eat them by the bagful. I never cook them – they never get as far as the pot! I can remember my …

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Have you seen our chilli crop?

By mleslie2 03/10/2019 09/10/2019 0

Our crop of chillies has suddenly turned red this week! Must be all that lovely autumn sunshine on the kitchen windowsill. Please help yourself to a chilli, and let us know what you made with it. Oct 3, 2019

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