PEDAL - Portobello Transition Town » Orchards http://www.pedal-porty.org.uk Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:23:01 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Wassailing Celebration http://www.pedal-porty.org.uk/2012/01/wassailing-celebration/ http://www.pedal-porty.org.uk/2012/01/wassailing-celebration/#comments Fri, 13 Jan 2012 23:33:32 +0000 Chris Booth http://pedal-porty.org.uk/?p=3960

Come and join in  a Wassailing Celebration at the Community Orchard on January 28th.

There will be a normal work day in the orchard from 10am to 12 noon, followed by the wassailing celebration from 12 till 2pm. The Apple …

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We shall prob­ably work for  a couple of hours and then do some was­sail­ing to encour­age next season’s fruit­ful­ness.…

]]> http://www.pedal-porty.org.uk/2011/12/orchard-work-day/feed/ 0 Orchard party cancelled http://www.pedal-porty.org.uk/2011/12/orchard-party-cancelled/ http://www.pedal-porty.org.uk/2011/12/orchard-party-cancelled/#comments Thu, 08 Dec 2011 21:42:44 +0000 Chris Booth http://pedal-porty.org.uk/?p=3648 Bonfire at last year's orchard solstice partyUnfortunately the Orchard Solstice Party planned for 17 December has had to be cancelled because of lack of available people to organise it.
We are instead planning to do some wassailing to encourage next season’s fruitfulness at the next orchard …
]]> http://www.pedal-porty.org.uk/2011/12/orchard-party-cancelled/feed/ 0 Donkeyfield Community Orchard Apple Day and Hallowe’en Party http://www.pedal-porty.org.uk/2011/10/apple-day-halloween-party/ http://www.pedal-porty.org.uk/2011/10/apple-day-halloween-party/#comments Sun, 23 Oct 2011 13:26:37 +0000 Chris Booth http://pedal-porty.org.uk/?p=3527 apple day poster 2011Sat 29th October 2-4pm

All welcome!

  • Apple crushing and pressing – bring apples and bottles to take home some juice
  • Apple dooking and other games
  • Bring home baking to share
  • Fancy dress

If you have any apples that we could …

]]> http://www.pedal-porty.org.uk/2011/10/apple-day-halloween-party/feed/ 0 Exciting dates for your diary! http://www.pedal-porty.org.uk/2011/08/exciting-dates-for-your-diary/ http://www.pedal-porty.org.uk/2011/08/exciting-dates-for-your-diary/#comments Sat, 13 Aug 2011 15:37:26 +0000 justin http://pedal-porty.org.uk/?p=3423 Saturday Aug 27th 2–30-4.30 — Local Currency Event

Join us at Old Parish Church Hall, Belfield Street, to discuss how to get an Edinburgh-wide local currency in place by this time next year (for more information, scroll down to the …

]]> http://www.pedal-porty.org.uk/2011/08/exciting-dates-for-your-diary/feed/ 0 Solstice party rained off http://www.pedal-porty.org.uk/2011/06/solstice-party-rained-off/ http://www.pedal-porty.org.uk/2011/06/solstice-party-rained-off/#comments Sat, 18 Jun 2011 16:10:12 +0000 jane http://pedal-porty.org.uk/?p=3163 Unfortunately we have decided to postpone tonight’s solstice party at the orchard due to the wet weather.

You are all invited to come and celebrate midsummer at the orchard next Saturday 25th at our monthly workday 10 — 2 instead.  …

]]> http://www.pedal-porty.org.uk/2011/06/solstice-party-rained-off/feed/ 0 Free orchard management course http://www.pedal-porty.org.uk/2011/03/free-orchard-management-course/ http://www.pedal-porty.org.uk/2011/03/free-orchard-management-course/#comments Wed, 02 Mar 2011 13:23:19 +0000 charlotte http://pedal-porty.org.uk/?p=2737 Fruitful Skills for a Fruitful Scotland

Interested in setting up or running a community or school orchard?
Want to know more about caring for trees in an established orchard?

Edinburgh and Lothians Greenspace Trust is offering a free community orchards …

]]> http://www.pedal-porty.org.uk/2011/03/free-orchard-management-course/feed/ 0 Scottish Orchards Fife Networking events http://www.pedal-porty.org.uk/2011/02/scottish-orchards-fife-networking-events/ http://www.pedal-porty.org.uk/2011/02/scottish-orchards-fife-networking-events/#comments Mon, 28 Feb 2011 09:41:02 +0000 graham http://pedal-porty.org.uk/?p=2699 Please see information about the Scottish Orchards Fife/ East Coast Gathering

They are looking to roll out this training and networking to other parts of Scotland so even if you cant get to this one, they are open to ideas.…

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Dear All
Happy New Year!
This is to let you know that the next orchard work day will take place this Saturday, 29 January from 10 am — 2 pm.

We are expecting a large consignment of trees next month
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Tuesday 25th January from 7-9pm

Portobello Community Centre

At the last Local Food Links get together we talked about what we wanted to to achieve in a years time…now we want to get things moving!

We …

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