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October 2010 Blog Posts (4)

What to grow in Autumn and Winter

Give it a grow!

Anyone can grow their own food; even on a small scale all you need is just one pot, some compost (preferably peat free and organic)
and some seeds. However, before you start here are some things you might
need to think about.

http://www.onepotpledge.org/getgrowing.html?dm_i=4UO,A88S,2JQZPW,RUGI,1

Added by Paul Scott-Bates on October 27, 2010 at 16:59 — No Comments

Get your chickens from Helmshore!

Not only can you get chickens and lots of chickenny advice from Bull Hall Barn, you can also do the same at the other end of the Valley!

Cronkshaw Fold Farm in Helmshore is a working hill farm and offers many attractions.

Have a look at their website and go get your chickens!!!

http://www.cronkshaw.co.uk/index.php

Added by Paul Scott-Bates on October 24, 2010 at 10:54 — No Comments

Get your chickens from Bacup!

Bacup now has its own chicken shop – not the ‘ready to roast’ type, but, organically raised, point of lay birds.

Peter and Christine Stafford at Bull Hall Barn raise birds so that you can have eggs forever fresh from your own back yard or garden (and they taste INCREDIBLE!). You don’t need

a huge garden to keep chickens, a back yard is sufficient…

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Added by Paul Scott-Bates on October 22, 2010 at 14:30 — No Comments

Incredible Apple Day

Come and join our friends at Incredible Edible Ramsbottom this Saturday!

They are planning an Apple Day to celebrate our success at the orchard at Greenmount.

As well as planting apple trees in Nuttall Park we’re hiring an apple

press so that people can bring along their apples and have really fresh

juice.

There will be lots of children’s activities such as apple bobbing and various competitions.

Primary school children are invited to… Continue

Added by Paul Scott-Bates on October 11, 2010 at 12:33 — No Comments