Comments for Hackney Permaculture

Comment on Making leaf curd from lime tree leaves by michael cole

michael cole — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 18:15:28 +0000

For more info on leafu try my web site http://www.leafcycle.co.uk Incidentally nettles are easier to harvest than lime tree leaves.

Comment on Recycled Hessian Sacks by Abbie

Abbie — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 11:14:56 +0000

Hello, Im in need of some recycled hessian sacks for a sculpture im doing. I wonder, do you still sell the sacks?
eagerly awaiting your reply,
Abbie :-)

Comment on Making leaf curd from lime tree leaves by Guy Rees

Guy Rees — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 14:29:17 +0000

Thanks for the link to David Kennedy. We want to start small scale processing up North and this is just the sort of info we’re after.

Comment on london permaculture festival by Incunabulum

Incunabulum — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 14:58:43 +0000

The festival look great. Fantastic blog, by the way. I look forward to reading more!

Comment on growing salad in polystyrene by ID

ID — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:37:17 +0000

Hi,
nice use of old vegetable oil cans! I do have the same question as paulina – how did you get the tops off?

Comment on growing salad in polystyrene by paulina

paulina — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 13:32:06 +0000

I really like your use of the discarded vegetable oil cans as planters, but how did you manage to get the tops off them? I tried to do the same to one of them but was defeated by a lack of tools up to the job… Also, loved the street gardening on Farleigh Road! Have my eye on a derelict patch on my street (round the corner from you) that I might subject to similar treatment…

Comment on Farleigh Road street gardening by anna

anna — Sat, 29 May 2010 20:44:45 +0000

ohhhhhhh gooooooey xxxxx

Comment on scrumping! by Kelly

Kelly — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 14:51:54 +0000

Chutney, maybe, why not cider. Crazy to think that there are these trees just growing, producing apples and then not getting picked. The apple are just waste unless someone comes around and does something with them. It is unfortunate what has happened to society. I am glad to hear you are doing the right thing. I work at a place that goes around, picks apples, makes cider (soft), give half to homeless shelters and sells the other (which keeps the program going). It is a pretty cool idea, but really shows the true potential our communities have in them.

Food for everyone, edible landscapes. Keep up the good work.

Comment on dad’s allotment and the three sisters by Kelly

Kelly — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 15:22:59 +0000

I have always been curious how this would work. Please keep us posted on it. I think guilds are the way to go, vertical stacking, grouping beneficial plants together, it all makes sense.

Comment on Mulching the edge of a pond by Jeanette Sitton

Jeanette Sitton — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 10:31:07 +0000

Hi there!V

Very interesting to read how you go over the problem of the pond liner showing around the edge of your pond. We are based at Tottenham Hale and have precisely the same problem. See your web page: http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://hackneypermaculture.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/cluadia-planting.jpg&imgrefurl=http://hackneypermaculture.org.uk/2009/04/11/mulching-the-edge-of-a-pond/&usg=__luhIbgENShgI-nZNZ3xsFNv5Hh8=&h=600&w=800&sz=375&hl=en&start=202&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=efxpo-8oGSnnXM:&tbnh=107&tbnw=143&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dpond%2Bplanting%26start%3D198%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26ndsp%3D18%26tbs%3Disch:1 Sadly, some of the photos on that page aren’t showing and I’d love to see them. We’ve built a small pond, primarily a place for bats to drink, (as we’re a bat group), but it looks really poor as the liner is showing around the edge. I would love to see your photos of how you got around the problem of showing liner, by mulched the edge. Could you perhaps send me some photos, please?

Many thanks
Jeanette Sitton
Secretary
Lee Valley Bats
(working with Rebecca Turpin of Froglife)