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These waffles can be vegan – but make sure you leave out the choc chips and double check the sugar! You could also try different flavour combinations – blueberry choc chip, raspberry and white choc chip, orange wholewheat… Share your results with us on our social media! Find us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram
Continue reading Step by Step: Wholewheat Vegan Waffles
This article was posted in the blog Health for Life
Introduction: The edible garden in September is starting to wind down and you should be mostly harvesting what’s left. It’s also a good time to start clearing beds, covering with cardboard, and leaving them for the next year. If you are thinking of growing onions and garlic, this month is a good time to prepare […]
Continue reading Grow Your Own in 2021 - September
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This side salad can accompany loads of dishes – why not try it with a jacket potato or fish cakes, or make a smaller version to go alongside a tuna sandwich or add falafel for a filling lunch? Click on each picture to open it in a new window, then right click and select save […]
Continue reading Step by Step: Super Side Salad
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Introduction: August is the peak harvest time! Get your trugs, punnets and baskets ready. Remember to only pick what you want to reduce food waste. Salad leaves, chard, carrots and radish can be kept fresh in bowls or jugs of water in the fridge. Read the previous articles here: January / February / March / April / May / June / July You could […]
Continue reading Grow Your Own in 2021 - August
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The Conservation Volunteers (TCV) are delighted to partner with PwC to help deliver their One Firm One Day (OFOD) annual, firm-wide, fundraising and volunteering event. To celebrate the fantastic achievements of the PwC teams, we asked Peter Hutchings, TCV Fundraising and Partnerships Manager, to share the story of this habitat-creating, biodiversity-increasing and team-strengthening CSR volunteering […]
Continue reading Celebratory CSR challenge brings hundreds together for nature
This article was posted in the blog TCV Blogs
Use this recipe card to roast veggies for Sunday dinner! You could grow these ingredients – carrots, parsnip and radish grow well in the UK. You could also roast swede, pumpkin or squash, celeriac and sprouts. This recipe does not use oil. Click on each picture to open it in a new window, then right […]
Continue reading Step by Step: Herby Roast Veggies
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This blog post in the WildSkills series focuses on Eva, who is based at TCV York. The three activities Eva describes are so varied and highlights the true nature of “no day is the same” for someone working and developing a career in the environment sector. From identifying wildflowers to leading groups of volunteers, Eva’s […]
Continue reading WildSkills: Eva in the environment sector
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Introduction: July is traditionally the time to start harvesting onions and garlic so that they can dry in the warmer weather. It is also a fab time to start crops for christmas if you didn’t start anything in June. If you have any brassica plants that need to go out, you can put them in […]
Continue reading Grow Your Own in 2021 – July
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TCV’s WildSkills trainees are half way through their exciting, career-boosting traineeship and already they’ve made huge progress in their learning and confidence. The traineeship is supported by players of People’s Postcode Lottery and all trainees are incredibly grateful that they’ve been given this opportunity through TCV. So far, we’ve read all about the trainees who […]
Continue reading WildSkills: Reflections at traineeship half way point
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Introduction: June is the start of the harvest period! You can also keep sowing seeds for successional cropping, and loads of flowers can be direct sown this month too. There is still time to start sweetcorn, peas, beans, squash, pumpkin, and salad crops too. Read the previous articles here: January / February / March / […]
Continue reading Grow Your Own in 2021 - June
This article was posted in the blog Health for Life