After the success of our jam making last time, we thought we'd aim higher and attempt...soup! We dug out some newly ready organic Kerrs Pinks, dug up some garlic and with the help of a stock cube, an onion, salt and pepper ...
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Sofa..so good…
The Conservation Volunteers spent a day at Kilmarnock on Wednesday working on a wildlife garden for a primary school. On a previous visit they had dug out an area that is to be used as a bog garden and another that the ...
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Amondell Country Park 22nd 23rd and 24th July
This week we were back at Almondell Country Park in West Lothian.
Our main task was to work on a strech of path leading from the north car park to the main public path into the park. The existing path had been worn away ...
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Himalayan Balsam Part 3 This Time It’s Really Personal
Today was the second massacring of Himalayan Balsam at Cleddans Burn in Drumchapel. The mid-week group had their third attempt at trying to eradicate the Himalayan Balsam and I have to say they worked very hard and seemed to ...
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Green Gym Jam
Coming along and volunteering in Howden Walled Garden finally paid off as everyone pitched in to make the first ever pot of Green Gym jam! First of all the fruit was picked, all the blackcurrants (not redcurrants as ...
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