Pumpkins!
Save your pumpkin from going to waste. Carve it, eat it, feed wildlife with it and compost it. #NoPumpkinLeftBehind #EatYourPumpkin 2020
Back to Business in the Community Garden at Westbury
We were back in the community garden for a work party on Sunday 9 August where our volunteers did some weeding and made DIY ollas to help keep the garden watered.
Beware: Bitter tasting courgettes, cucumbers, pumpkins, squash & melons can cause food poisoning
Please be alert to an increased risk of “curcurbit poisoning” in the cucurbitaceae family of flowering plants that include courgettes, cucumbers, pumpkins, squash and melon this year…
Shall we do this permaculture course together?
Calling all Planting Up Milton Keynes members… Shall we do this 6-week, online, Introduction to Permaculture course together, as a group? We will learn how to design sustainable ways of living and working, giving us the foundation for the full Permaculture Design Certificate if we choose to go further with the course next year.
Surplus courgettes
Agne’s food-growing experiment in the forest garden that started during lockdown has worked so well we are now appealing to Planting Up members to come along to take surplus courgettes…
Wild Parishes Webinars from Berks, Bucks & Oxon Wildlife Trust
Join Berks, Bucks and Oxon Wildlife Trust and partners in webinars throughout August to discover how to improve and “wild” parishes for wildlife and residents.
Podcast Interview on the Benefits of Nature on Our Health & Wellbeing
In this short interview with Jon from Arthur Ellis: Mental Health Support we talk about nature and community gardening in Milton Keynes, and all the benefits they can have on our mental health and wellbeing…
A tranformational experiment over lockdown
It all started with an idea… Back in February our newest volunteer, Agne, emailed to confirm that she had bought the two hay bales the group had talked about over lunch at the last permablitz garden work party. Agne had mentioned that she’d read an article about growing pumpkin out of hay bales and wanted…
Covid-19 Self Care & Community Resources in Milton Keynes
We can’t underestimate the impact of social distancing and self isolation (not to mention the financial burden) that the pandemic is having on people’s health and wellbeing. Milton Keynes NHS Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) have these helpful self-care resources to share with us…
Planting Seeds: Grow Your Own Food
Despite the lockdown, we’re still Planting Up. Here’s what we’ve been doing to start off some seeds which we hope will inspire you to grow your own at home too…