We are doing a series of sessions that look at different ways of exploring nature in Parson Cross, we hope to engage more people with the nature and the outdoors in various creative ways :
So far we have had seasonal Jam making :
24/10/13
GET JAMIN!
With Diane from LEAF - (a local community allotment)
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| Ingredients for hedgerow jelly |
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| Nick straining the fruit pulp for the jelly |
A busy morning resulted in Quince Jam (pictured) and some brightly coloured Hedgerow Jam mmmm!
Next there was:
Get Minibeasting!
31/10/13
A lovely sunny morning started off our hunt for minibeasts in Parson Cross Park, I had a merry band of bug hunters armed with petri dishes and magnifying glasses -see what we found...
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| MMM.. slimey! |
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| Kedan and Ayls |
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| serious hunters! |
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| our findings |
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| Kedan's found a unusual spider at Soar works!! |
What beautiful bugs!
On our hunt today we found a beetle,2 spiders, 3 different slugs, a caterpillar 5 woodlice, 2 snails and some worms along with 1 unidentified bug- mysterious!
Thanks to all my bug hunters today hope you all had fun.
Email: charliehill1@yahoo.co.uk or
text/call 07979604640 to book your free place!
Get Preserving!
07/11/13
Making seasonal chutney With Diane from LEAF - (a local community allotment)
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| Marrows,red and green tomatoes ,apples and dried fruit all went into the chutney mix ! |
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| The Green tomato team busy chopping! |
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| And this is what they made - Tasty Green Tomato Chutney |
Our three hours of Chutney making produced Ploughmans Chutney,Windfall Chutney and Green Tomato Chutney.
Mmm all SO very tasty can't wait to try them at our Exploring Nature celebration
Saturday 30th Nov 10:30-12:30pm at Parson Cross Library ,Wordsworth Avenue
Thanks to Diane from LEAF and all those who took part today.
Exploring Nature with the Well Written group
Friday 15th November
Thinking about the seasons , nature and walking we sat down with a some writing prompts and started to get creative with our words...
Time of the year
Plants and
trees are dying back
Not a time I
like
Not autumn
not winter
It’s neither
here nor there
Leaves in
abundance
Moves from
life to death
There’s soon
to be bare of leaves
Garden bare
without bloom
Neil Offerd
November 2013
There once
was a man at Yew lane,
Who searched
for rhyme in vain,
Inspired by
the flowers,
He sat there
for hours,
But it
nearly drove him insane!
Nick Waterfield
November 2013
Poppies in
the fields
Dancing in
the fancy red skins
There petals
blown away
The harvest
arrives
The combine
cuts the long Corn
The mouse is
homeless
Charlotte Killeya
November 2013
Marking the land
Apparently accurate
Perfect when lost
Spaces, shapes all full of
information
Charlie Hill
November 2013
Thanks to all those creative writers who joined us for this hope to see you at the Exploring Nature Celebration Sat 30th Nov:
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Exploring Nature Celebration 30th November 2013
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| And the set up begins... |
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| Hiding the bugs |
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| Displaying the images in the Library |
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| Setting up the bug hunt |
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| Fascinating Facts on snails... |
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| The hunt is on!! |
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| sharing memories of walks |
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| Trolley outing number 10 |
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| Paul and Nick trying the home-made chutney and jams from the sessions |
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| Making designer walking sticks |
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| mmm tasty....
Thanks to everyone that took part in the project watch this space for a new project Studio Grow starting April 2014 .Connecting people to nature and growing in Parson Cross.
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