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Comment by Julienne McLean on August 28, 2010 at 9:08

Thanks for letting us all know about the local food sites - its fantastic that there is so much enthusiasm and that so many sites are in the process of becoming active.

Could you let us know when the next food planning meeting is please, and when the cycle ride visiting the sites might be happening in the Autumn?

Julienne

Comment by emily rose on August 28, 2010 at 7:18

Does anyone know about elderberries - there is a tree on the corner of creighton and peploe road in a unused garden. I think it is an elderberry tree. It has a few bunches of good looking berries. Can anyone walking or cycling past have a look and let me know if it is before I get my ladder out to pick them and make something...... I would hate to poison my family!!

Comment by Transition Kensal to Kilburn on August 10, 2010 at 21:13

Sites for growing food in ttKtoK.xls This is the file with the list of sites for growing food in ttKtoK to help plan the cycle ride to visit them in the autumn. George

Comment by George Latham on July 19, 2010 at 19:55

http://www.projectdirt.com/events/capital-growth-summer

Capital Growth's summer networking event sounds like a really useful meeting to go to if anyone is interested and available...

Capital Growth is a campaign aiming to support 2,012 new community food growing spaces in London, by the end of 2012. We will be holding our next networking event and this time we'll be focusing on how groups can best engage with the local community. There'll also be the usual opportunity to network with other community food growers over delicious food and drink.

Admission is free to all Capital Growth members and £5 to those people not registered with Capital Growth.

To book your place please email capitalgrowth@sustainweb.org with your name, organisation and whether you are a registered Capital Growth space (quoting your space number).

Comment by George Latham on July 18, 2010 at 7:41

Michael and I both made some brief notes at Wednesday's food meeting. The main subject we discussed was getting more community allotments going for next year. I've got a list of sites that have been mentioned and will post it on a separate discussion page here once I've updated it this week... Here are the other notes from this week's meeting:
• Paulette is going to organise the next meeting
• Ashley suggested a bike ride to visit potential community allotment sites
• There is space for guerilla gardening on Wakeman road
• There is a triangle of land behind Kingsgate workshop
• Kilburn Grange has blackberries planted all around the adventure playground
• Kingsgate workshop has an education room we might be able to use
• The Lexi want to become an eco-hub (and Sally is going to dig up the car park)
• Virginio is a guerilla gardener along the canal towpath
• Josie has contact in Ryde House re allotments
• Claudia has done permaculture course
• Tom is into finding wasteland
• Helen is into garden swap
• Queens Park will have bee hives
• Someone at farmers market has loads of hives
• Some people are apparently cultivating railway embankments already
• Michael used to be a baker and a pastry chef

Comment by Paulette Singer on July 14, 2010 at 21:58

Hi Foodies,
Just got back from my first TTK2K Food Meeting and have found myself responsible for organising the next Food Meeting which will be towards the end of September or beginning of October.
I would be really grateful if people could send me items for the agenda along with ideas about what we want this agenda to look like.
Even if you are unable to attend (once the date is set) please still feel free to contribute your thoughts and ideas.
Looking forward to meeting more of you over the coming months and getting some new food projects off the ground.
Paulette

Comment by Petica Watson on July 13, 2010 at 9:44

Hi guys,
I've got Naturewise interested in coming to run an introductory course into permaculture which I gather there might be interest in. It would cost £300 for the weekend, so the more people interested the cheaper it would be, and they are suggesting late August / September, and we would need to provide a venue.
My idea was that this venue could also be the place where we could start preparing a permaculture garden for the community; however, at intro level, there may not be time to actually physically start the garden.
Since I have done the course a year ago, I am hoping somebody might take over the organization of this as I probably won't come on it, but it is really interesting. There are further courses you can do at a higher level, as there is lots to learn, so I'm doing another in September...
I hope there is enough interest to get this going!
Petica

Comment by Rachel Radford on July 9, 2010 at 8:02

I have 3 courgette seedlings free to anyone who wants them! Please email me on bimmy@maemay.co.nz if you're interested.

Comment by Transition Kensal to Kilburn on July 7, 2010 at 16:10

Hi Food Groupers! I've just added an meeting to the events list: a Food Group meeting on 14th July (next Wed) at 8pm at the Constitution Club (next to the Lexi)... To really capitalise on what has been started in the last year we want to set the Food Group up so that it can initiate and run its own projects... So please come along and tell us what you would like to see and how you would like to be involved. I really hope we will see many of you there - if you can't make it but want to get in touch anyway then please contact me on lathamgeorge@hotmail.com. George

Comment by Rozelle Pope on June 18, 2010 at 10:50

Hello Michael - that sounds a great idea - would be lovely for all involved...
We are a group of 3, 2 are new to growing but our third is experienced. (Helped a friend on an allotment last year and now making a plot from scratch) We are very keen on companion planting. We have planted peppers with petunias and basil, roses with geraniums, courgettes and nasturtiums, marigolds and basil with tomatoes, coriander with cucumber with tomatoes, Have given our site source for all this is an previous email. No idea if it works but it looks so cheerful and charming...

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