From Plot to Pot (PLOTTERS!)
If you are interested in hearing more about Plotters, attending any of the Grow Your Own or Beekeeping courses, volunteering at our veg gardens, buying food from or supplying surplus fruit and veg for the Veg Van, then please send us your details on rotterscomposting@yahoo.co.uk or 01833 69 00 22
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We are members of Federation of City Farms and Community Gardens (FCFCG) - you can see all the offers and areas where they may be able to help you with your own Community Gardens at http://www.farmgarden.org.uk/ |
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Plotters Update We are pleased to say that the Plotters project has got off to a fantastic start. Our Community Gardener John Battye, is now managing three sites; Grow Your Own courses are up and running; we have a group of Veg Doctors Ros, Pete, Jo Bird, Jo Blakey and Joan. Our Veg Van has launched its weekly service around Teesdale. For more information on the Veg Van service please visit our Veg Van page. Our dedicated team of Veg Doctors are now availabe to answer questions and help solve problems regarding growing fruit and veg at home. They can help in the following ways; - Via the forum on this website - Over the phone - Visiting your plot The Veg Doctors have also been busy devising monthly growing tasks and seasonal recipes to help the novice grower. See the forum for further details. |
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The Project - From Plot to Pot
We have secured Local Food Funding to help people in Teesdale produce their own supplies of fruit, veg and even eggs or at least get hold of a ready supply of fresh, wholesome local food at a reasonable price and eat more of it.
We believe that folk shouldn't have to pay massive premiums for locally produced, natural food, so From Plot to Pot will be about relationships within the local community and not making money as a business idea.
The first stages have involved employing two members of staff; a Community Liaison Officer and a Community Gardener. We have started to develop growing areas at the Conservation Centre for training and produce and are developing three more community growing sites in Teesdale at Barningham, Cotherstone and Bowes Museum. We have created the Veg Van and it will be launched as a service during the Spring of 2010.
The Veg Van will be visiting most Teesdale villages every week and we will publish a schedule at a later date. The Veg Doctors are now creating seasonal recipes to inspire you to use more local veg and what to do to use up all those beetroot or courgettes you've ended up with!
Are you a potential plotter?
If you say yes to any of the following you should get involved;
I would like to learn to grow my own fruit and veg?
I would like to buy local fruit and veg?
I have been a veg grower for many years and would like to pass on my skills?
There are particular skills I would like to learn?
I'd like to have a go at community gardening
I'd like to meet other like minded people
You could get involved in Plot to Pot project in any of the following ways;
1) Volunteer in our veg garden or one of the satellites at Deepdale, Cotherstone or Bowes Museum.
2) Help on the Veg Van
3) Attend any of the free Grow Your Own workshops
4) Grow veg at home, eat healthily and donate your excess to the community via the Veg Van
5) Be a Veg Doctor; this will involve you being on call to offer advice to new fruit and veg growers.
Here are a few things we will be looking at;
Sowing indoors and outdoor, thinning, harvesting, raised beds, planning crops, bee-keeping, crop rotation, hens, permaculture, composting.
Seasonal Recipes and Monthly Growing Tasks
Please visit our Forum to see our Seasonal Recipes and Monthly growing Tasks - you can ask questions of the veg doctors, add your own insights, thoughts, reviews, recipes, tasks and help us create a Teesdale online community around our locally grown produce.