The seed collecting season is officially under way. We have been busy traveling the north coast collecting Downy Birch, Hazel and Hawthorn.
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| Collecting Downy Birch on the Glenntop Road. From Left to Right: Diego (Erasmus+), Nerea (EVS), Fran (Erasmus+) and Roxane (Intern). |
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| Collecting Downy Birch at Murlough Bay. From Right to Left: Theresa (EVS), Karen (local volunteer), Ivan (local volunteer), Javier (Ex-EVS), Kristian (EVS), Jonathan (ESF), Fran (Erasmus+), Ben (local volunteer) and Sissy (staff). |
Nerea, Spain:
Thankfully in August we had some nice days, and some friends and I decide to do BBQ on a friend’s rooftop!!
In Tree Nursery we are collecting seeds from different trees. In August we went somewhere near Ballycastle to collect Downy Birch seeds. I like collecting seeds, because we go to different places and see the Irish landscape, it’s awesome!
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| My boss, Pascal. |
Also, the onions were ready to be taken out! So now we can enjoy onions and potatoes from Tree Nursery.
As every month, we did a lot of cultural things and this month we went to Belfast Mela. It takes place every year and is a multi-cultural festival with food, music, art, and dance shows.
At the end of the month, I went to Bushmills to the Arrival Training, with other EVS from different parts of Northern Ireland. It was a really nice experience!
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Erasmus + – EVS – British Council – Youth Pass