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Issue 16 - April / May 2010 |
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From the Editor…
So celebrating the sun is the theme of this newsletter. And as we bask in the warmth of the early spring and summer sunshine, we also welcome two new writers. Steph leads us through her footsteps into foraging and Suki shows us how being green really does save you money. Newsflash! The BGI’s 2010 season is opening on a big high. We are lucky enough to be attending the Malvern Spring Garden Show, from the 6th to 9th May at the Three Counties Showground. Click here for more details. This is a major event and we are thrilled to be a part of it! Do try to come along, if you can, to meet Brigit and lots of other BGI regulars, attend some amazing bus workshops and learn what other wonders the bus has to offer. Busy Bee! Brigit is speaking about encouraging bees into your gardens on the Friday at UK Aware 2010 at Olympia, 16th-17th April. Click here to find out more information, buy your tickets and help raise money for the BGI. Everyday Green Workshops at The Fold. Book your place now BGI Nappy Giveaway: Tempted to try cloth nappies? We have two amazing offers for you. Read ‘Why Should I Use Real Nappies?’ and find out more. Jo x |
About Us The Bus How You Can Help Bus Events Malvern Spring Garden Show 6th to 9th May
Our first Bus event of the year! Click here for more details www.threecounties.co.uk/springgardening Other Events Everyday Green Workshops 20th May and 27th June
Click here for more details A word from Brigit… ‘It is a message; a call back to nature; a plea to remind us that we are in danger of growing so far apart from that with which we are inextricably linked, that if we’re not careful we may never find our way home…’ Find out more
Thoughts from Brigit as the 2010 season unfolds. And it looks like being our best yet! Other blogs we think you may like: Lotions, Potion, Growing and Baking The Comfort-Lover’s Guide to Going Green This Issue’s Ideas Sheet: Green Tip of the Month Isobel in Cornwall says ‘Use cardboard egg boxes as seed trays. The resulting seedlings can then be transplanted, still in the cardboard, with minimum disruption.’ Adapted from Old Wives’ Lore for Gardeners by Maureen and Brigit Boland. Buy it secondhand and through our affiliate here A little Green thought… ‘Why use up the forests which were centuries in the making and the mines which required ages to lay down, if we can get the equivalent of forest and mineral products in the annual growth of the hemp fields?’ Henry Ford Websites We Like!
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Read Brigit’s account of the work done on the Bus over the winter. With a busy season already ahead of us over the summer months, we really need a reliable, mechanically sound bus! Find out what 
Soup and Swap
Do you think that being green is just the domain of the wealthy middle classes? Think again. Loppy’s Green Tips will help everyone, especially those on a limited budget. Read 
Sun-worshipper Bernie is a big fan of Mike Boxwell’s book. For practical, honest and genuinely helpful advice, this is the book for you if you are thinking of solar panels - and let’s face it, who isn’t! Find out 
Footsteps into Foraging
Drip, drip, drop, little April showers…sometimes the spring sun just refuses to shine. But never one to let a bit of wind and rain deter her from watching the wildlife, Fiona tells us how we can see wildlife whatever the weather. Find out 
The sun may have his hat on and summer may be around the corner but it can be a barren time at the allotment. Never one to be easily put off, gardening guru Jim’ll helps us deal with the ‘Hungry Gap’. Find out 
