We will be at the gardens on Straits Parade between 11 and 1 this Saturday. Hopefully the sun will still be out and we can get this garden ready for the real start of spring in a couple of weeks.
Come for ten minutes or stay for the whole event. The more the merrier and you can talk to us about what’s happening in this garden.
Everybody is welcome. We will bring the tea…!
Come along to the first Edible Fishponds Work party of the year and get involved with this great community garden and the amazing folk working on it as it grows and strengthens.
There is always plenty to get on with as we turn Straits Parade edible!!
Come along to our first Edible Fishponds work party of the year and get involved in this amazing community garden as it grows and strengthens.
There is always plenty to do so wrap up warm and see you there!!
Come along and help us support our garden in Fishponds on straits Parade. As always there is plenty to do and crops to be picked so come along and join in the edible revolution!!
Come along to help our friends at #ediblefishponds!! We will be planting out onions that have been growing on in modules, sowing broad beans and pruning trees!
The garden is on Straits Parade, opposite the Coop so why not come along and help to support this great community asset that is growing free food for all!!
Today we will be or have been depending when you are reading this post, at the Make Sunday Special day in Fishponds. At the Fishponds garden this year we have grown loads of different varieties of potato, and we will be giving some of these away, as well as giving children the opportunity to make their own fresh salad and take it home for their tea. We grew the potatoes for several reasons; firstly we wanted to show case different potato varieties but we are also aware they are great at breaking up the soil they are growing in and this was definitely needed in the garden on Straits Parade.
We have also been donated some vegetables by the Co-op in Fishponds and by the wonderful Simms Hill Shared Harvest, and these will all make up what we are giving away today. A lot of what has been donated are carrots so below are 2 recipes-one for a warm patato salad and one for carrot and coriander soup, the perfect thing to make when you have a glut of carrots!
We really look forward to seeing you there and hearing about the exciting things you chose to make with your goodies!! Don’t forget to post photos to our Facebook group or our page, or tag us in the photos on Twitter or Instagram!!
Carrot and Coriander Soup
1 tbsp vegetable oil
1 onion, sliced
450g/1lb carrots, sliced
1 tsp ground coriander
1.2 litresl/2 pints vegetable stock
large bunch fresh coriander, roughly chopped
salt and freshly ground black pepper
Method
Heat the oil in a large pan and add the onions and the carrots. Cook for 3-4 minutes until starting to soften.
Stir in the ground coriander and season well. Cook for 1 minute.
Add the vegetable stock and bring to the boil. Simmer until the vegetables are tender.
Whizz with a hand blender or in a blender until smooth. Reheat in a clean pan, stir in the fresh coriander and serve.
Warm Potato Salad
500g pack baby new potato
1 tbsp Dijon mustard
finely grated zest and juice unwaxed ½ lemon
5 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
3 tbsp chopped flat-leaf parsley
2 spring onion
, thinly sliced diagonally
Method
Cook the potatoes in a pan of boiling salted water for 12-15 mins until just tender. Meanwhile, in a small bowl, whisk the mustard with the lemon zest and juice, and slowly whisk in the oil to form a smooth emulsion. Season to taste.
Drain the potatoes and tip into a large bowl. Drizzle over the dressing and gently mix. Leave to stand for 15 mins to allow the potatoes to absorb the flavours. To serve, stir the parsley and spring onions into the potatoes. Season to taste and serve immediately.
Pop along to the Edible Fishponds Garden and get involved in making it spic and span for the Make Sunday Special event in Fishponds on the 11th September!!
All welcome-come along and get involved in this amazing community space.
The garden at Fishponds is going from strength to strength and this session will see planting of some more crops, including the planting of a fig tree!!
There may also be some harvesting to be done!!
We look forward to seeing some of you there.
July is the beginning of an exciting time in the garden, when crops begin to mature and harvesting begins!! Edible Fishponds will be harvesting, sowing crops for late autumn and winter and generally maintaining the garden at this session. Why not come along and see what you can take home for your tea?
The garden is beginning to be really productive now it is in it’s 2nd full year of being a productive space. At this session there will inevitably be weeding as well as some sowing for later on in the season and hopefully the strawberries will be beginning to fruit!
Why not pop along and talk to the crew about the garden, how it came about and how excited they are to be going food in the centre of this busy strip of urban shops?
All welcome!!