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Hull to Harwich Festivalincluding Beccles Festival of Cycling25 June 2000 between 11am and 1pmsee events page for details
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Permaculture Design CourseThis is a part time course that covers the Permaculture Design Course and leads to the Open College qualification in Permaculture. After completion of this course students may work towards the Diploma of Applied Permaculture Design through the Permaculture Academy over a further 2 years. The course is aimed at those people who would like to be proactive about improving their environment and live in a more sustainable manner. It includes learning learning about how to create an ecologically and socially sustainable lifestyle. Course content includes:
COURSE STRUCTURE Aug.26th - Sep. 1st 2000 - A seven day summer camp at 'Summerhill Independent School', Leiston followed by 5 weekends at Otley College -
The course will be led by Patsy Garrard and George Sobol, who have been organising and teaching Permaculture Courses for 10 years in Britain, Central and Eastern Europe. It will be delivered in an inclusive learning style using discussion groups, design workshops, self development, lectures, practical work and tutorials. Formal qualifications are not needed to enter the course Cost for the full 120 hours course £244, including camping but not food. It will be possible to just join in the week at Summerhill School, Leiston. Camping £10 per day. Contact Otley college to confirm costs and booking details
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May at Clover Forge FarmMmmmm! Our first meal of asparagus tips and wonderful they are too! So good in fact that they even have to be counted out lest some unfortunate member of the family get slightly less than the rest. Not so with the ‘wild salad’ of garlic cress, garlic pepper, garlic chives, chives, sorrel, dandelion leaves, and currant leaves, which was carefully dissected and examined by unimpressed children. Yet if there is one thing I have learnt from my foray into animal self-medication (18 months research) it is that we should all eat more bitter leaves: bitters because they provide the secondary plant compounds necessary to protect against disease and stimulate the liver into a good working order; and leaves because our physiology is adapted to live off 30% leaves in our omnivorous diet (they are surprisingly high in protein). So not only is a permacultural garden good for lazy/busy people who cannot manage all those annual plants and have to rely on perennial wild food more than most, but it is damn good for you too. Trouble is we don’t like the taste of bitters but much of this is cultural and a result of conditioning. If you can tolerate the bitterness of coffee, you can tolerate a few dandelion leaves tucked away inside a leafy salad. The other thing I have just done in my garden is cut down the first crop of bamboo stems for bean sticks. OK so I only got six but it was satisfying nonetheless. The lettuces and brassicas that were carefully raised from seed and planted out at the optimum moment, succumbed rapidly to slug attack and are no more. Two sowings of early carrots also came to nothing. Only the broad beans, garlic and shallots survive to tell the tale of my planting exploits. Oh, and the early potatoes under glass…they’re about 8" high now and looking very happy. We’ve already had two big rhubarb crumbles and the harvest is yet to come and, judging by the blossom in the orchard and forest garden, this is going to be another bumper year for fruit. Now is an excellent time to make nettle soup packed with minerals, nutrients and medicinal compounds which act as a wonderful spring clean at the same time. Cindy
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Crystal Waters VisitMartin and Anne have very kindly offered their place as a venue for a gathering
to hear Morag Gamble and Evan Raymond talk about their experiences of Crystal waters
permaculture Community and Eco-village, where they live and work, running permaculture
courses and a consultancy on eco-villages and community. They are visiting England and
coming to us for a couple of days. They are very inspired about the course and would like
to meet us all. So, the date for your diary is Monday 12th June, 7pm for a talk at 7.30
and then a discussion ; supper and socialising. Please bring a plate to share and drink.
The weather will be gorgeous I know, or we can use Ann and Martins barn. It'll be a great
eve. so do come along. We've invited the East Suffolk Permaculture Group as well, so it'll
be a good opportunity to mix with them also. Many thanks to Martin and Ann for their kind
offer of hospitality.
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Red CabbageA German recipe from Wales
then fry or oven steam ‘till soft.
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Visit local farms producing your foodAre you interested in where and how your food is produced? East Anglia Food Link has organised a series of farm walks across the region this year to help consumers, retailers and farmers get to know organic methods of production. The farms are either already fully organic or in conversion to organic production. Here’s your chance to see what’s happening and discuss any issues with the farmer. Everyone is welcome! Farmers, consumers and food retailers. For full details of the walks contact Diana, Clive or Rosemary at East Anglia Food Link:01953-889200 or eafl@gn.apc.org Or look on our website at www.eafl.org.uk Booking is essential, as numbers may be limited. Walks begin at 2.00pm. The cost is £3 per person, £5 for families or free to EAFL members. East Anglia Food Link promotes and supports the growth of local and organic food production across East Anglia. In recent years there has been a growing trend towards re-evaluating the role of food production within the rural economy, and the links between urban and rural areas. Between producers and consumers, we have a good idea of what the problems are. The challenge is to find ways of working together in partnership. Building a sustainable local food economy will not happen overnight and requires the participation of consumers, producers, and local and national government in creating new and innovative partnerships for change.
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