Transition Kensal to Kilburn
Kensal to Kilburn Fruit Harvesters (active project)
We pick over a ton of apples, pears and plums from local back gardens and give most to Foodbanks and community groups.
Why do we do it?
* to reduce waste
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* to raise awareness that food doesn't have to come from a supermarket
* to get to know our community, the place and the people.
What else do we do?
Over 100 harvesters and tree owners contribute each year. We make juice to sell at Queen's Park Day (when that can happen), have a dehydrator for members to borrow, run jam making workshops, Parlour restaurant kindly makes jam for us, we've harvested with children's nurseries, lend a fruit picking tool through the library on Salusbury Road and have planted 40 fruit trees on a local estate and elsewhere.
Contact and visuals
Twitter @k2kfruitharvest
Photos:
Wonderful film about us, by Jonathan Goldberg:
Wine making
At a recent general meeting, one of the participants talked about making the NW6 wine - sorry, can't remember your name. I have an old copy of the Penguin book of Home Brewing and Wine Making, by WHT Tayleur. A bit scruffy now, but if anyone would like it, please get in touch.
Amandine Alexandre-Hughes
Thank you, Matthew. John Smith and Leo Johnson are the people behind Unthinkable Drinkable.
http://unthinkabledrinkable.org/2015/
Oct 5, 2015