Transition Kensal to Kilburn's Blog (16)

We have a couple of bags of strong smelling lawn fertiliser to give away at the South Kilburn allotment that was left over from 10 years ago. If interested please email michael dot stuart6 at gmail.com or turn up Wednesday between 2.30 and 4.30

Food group meeting

20^th October 2011

 

Present: Marjory, Michael (part), Miko, Sanchia

 

While eating some very nice food….

 

Queens Park day apple pressing

Agreed we need more ‘talkers’ explaining what it’s about (and this applies to Transition events generally). Other suggestions are to have a map of local fruit trees; have a banner / sign / poster explaining harvesting; having more leaflets out…

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Thursday 30^th of June

 

On Sunday when we checked the bees we found a minor engineering problem in our second hive. The first (swarm) hive has settled in well and nearly covered all the frames with a text book combination of food and brood. However, the second hive of reared black bees came on standard sized National foundation frames. This means that when we put them in our deep brood boxes there was some space underneath. Naturally the bees have gone ahead…

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Minutes of food group meeting on Wednesday, 11^th May 2011

held at 8-10pm at 5 Ways meeting room

 

Present:         Marjory (chair), Heather (minutes), Tom, Nadia, Miko, Ali, Maggie, Archie,

Elaine, Jen, Julienne, Elaine

Apologies:     Michael, Ash, David, Paulette,…

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Nettle pesto

 

 

Pick only the younger leaves at the tip of the plant until early June (later if you see more young leave coming through). Older leaves are not so tasty. Wash well and remove the tougher stems.

 

Stinging nettles are tasty and nutritious: 5.5% protein and 2.3% iron.

 

Ingredients: nettles, oil, nuts, lemon, garlic, salt

 

You can use Kent cobnuts, brazil nuts, pine nuts, ground almonds or walnuts. We…

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MINUTES  OF  FOOD  GROUP  MEETING  WEDNESDAY  5  APRIL

 

Attended: Nadia, Ali, Michael, George, Molly, Sanchia, Tom, Jen, Heather, Marjory

 

The group enjoyed a wonderful pot luck supper!

 

1. Food Growing Sites

William Dunbar/Saville House

Michael reported that the pop up Shop 24 at Peel Precinct had been in contact with local people who are interested in resurrecting the garden.  Everyone was very pleased to meet Ali Awes who is…

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Jennifer Rea has written up some brillaintly comprehensive minutes of March's Food Group meeting - attached. Quite a few action points to come back to at our next meeting on April 5th...

 

http://www.incredibleediblelambeth.org/

 

Website just launched...

http://www.rgs.org/NR/rdonlyres/E56B19D5-5005-4214-BED0-A3771FB9133A/0/RobHopkings.pdf

 

 

Good to see NEF on Newsnight last night - making the case for prosperity without growth...

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006mk25

Starts at 34:10

Here's to thee, old apple tree, Whence thou may'st bud And whence thou may'st blow! And whence thou may'st bear apples enow! Hats full! Caps Full! Bushel, bushel, sacks full! And my pockets full too! Hooray!

More than 80 people gathered in Willesden Green to continue an ancient tradition of blessing and celebrating apple trees on old twelfth night. Walking in procession behind a wassailing banner from Willesden Green tube to the… Continue

In May 2009, after many of us had been to see the film ‘Age of Stupid’ a small group of local residents met in a sitting room on Victoria Road, determined to do something local and positive about Climate Change and make a meaningful difference. From this meeting grew what is now called Transition Town Kensal to Kilburn. Here’s our year end newsletter to sum up the progress that we have made in six short months, towards establishing our community as a Transition Town.



So far six… Continue

For anyone who hasn't come across the 10:10 campaign - it was launched a few weeks ago and aims to get people and organisations to commit to cut their carbon emissions by 10% by the end of 2010 - hoping to create enough pressure to encourage the government to make a national commitment. The project is backed by the guardian - see http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/10-10 for more...



The campaign is gathering real momentum... there is going to be a motion in Parliament this week… Continue

At the meeting following the first TT K to K film night at The Lexi on the 16th September George Latham asked everyone to think about two things :

1 What can we do to keep you engaged in TT K to K?

2 What kind of events or activities would you like to see happen under the Transition Town banner?



Thank you for all your diverse, inspired and inspiring responses.



Question 1

Keep in touch – email; Website

Someone to give event news to, to help advertise… Continue

At our stand on Queen's Park Day people were invited to stick labels on a large scale map of the Kensal Rise to Kilburn area describing some of the things they've done, or hope will happen to make our area a better place to live.



Here are some of our collective achievements, hopes and dreams -



Already here :

Willesden Cemetery – Tombstones Apiary locally made honey

Willesden Cemetery – Salusbury School Green Space, growing fruit , veg and flowers and having fun… Continue

The Transition Towns movement began as a grassroots attempt by communities to work out for themselves how to address the twin problems of climate change and the end of cheap oil. Transitioners believe that life will be better – more local, more in touch with nature, more vibrant, less stressed, less chemical – after oil, and that we will be better prepared to deal with the challenges if we start working together now.

A Transition Town initiative is a group of concerned individuals who use… Continue