July 2010 Blog Posts (7)

Incredible Edible Rossendale have featured in the latest blog by Pennine Life.

Read the full article here:

http://www.pennine-life.co.uk/?p=863

Despite the heavy rain today, volunteers were present at Haslingden Community Link to position two planters and fill with lovely fruit and herbs.



The planters each contain a redcurrant plant with several unusual varieties of herbs around them, and, are situated at the front of the Link car-park by the 'wildlife garden.



Next time you're passing, go and have look - maybe even try something new!…

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Incredible Edible Rossendale are set to feature in the September edition of Garden Answers magazine!

http://www.liveforgardening.com/

'Our' edition will be on sale from 24 August.

Incredible Edible Rossendale are delighted to confirm that Christine Walkden has agreed to become our Patron offering her support to our project

We are sure you will recognise Christine from her appearances on BBC's Gardeners World, Gardeners Diary and resident gardening expert on The One Show. She has also had two series of Christine's Garden.

Christine was born in nearby Rishton and trained at the Lancashire College of Agriculture and then worked at…

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Rossendale Markets are being advertised on local radio for the first time as part of Rossendale Council's ongoing strategy to revitalise the markets in Bacup, Haslingden and Rawtenstall.

Read the full article in About My Area here:



http://www.aboutmyarea.co.uk/site/content.asp?area=268&story=169237…

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The Co-operative Group has been named Green Supermarket of the Year at the prestigious Grocer Gold Awards in London, beating off competition from Tesco, Ocado and Morrisons.

The award was given to the retailer that had done the most in the past year to reduce its impact on the environment and change consumer behaviour.

Read the full article here:…

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Below are the top five easy vegetables that the One Pot Pledge team (more about them below) recommend to anyone who wants to give growing a go.

All you need is a pot, some peat-free compost and some seeds.

• Summer salad leaves: Possibly the easiest thing to get started with is salad leaves. Using your pot, seeds and compost, you will need to wait between 4-12 weeks until you can tuck into your tasty
  
  greens. The bonus is, if you…

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