Wat een mooie bloementuin! / What a beautiful flower garden!
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Spring is in the air, birds are singing and flowers are slowly coming up, with snow-drops and crocuses stealing the show and we have another growing season at the permagarden to look forward to! Right now, however, most plants are … Continue reading
Een terugblik op 2012
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Ten eerste een gelukkig nieuwjaar gewenst aan alle vrienden, kennissen en volgers van de permatuin! De kou en sneeuw maakt dit een mooi moment om terug te kijken over het afgelopen jaar. Het was alweer het tweede jaar voor de … Continue reading
A look back at 2012
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A belated happy new year to all our friends and followers. Since it is very cold and snowy this is a nice moment to have look back at the last year. This year has been the second year for the … Continue reading
Molenmarkt 2012!
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Deze zaterdag TTPermatuin neemt deel aan de 34e molenmarkt; Transition Town Vallei zijn een van ongeveer 100 kramen. Alle activiteiten worden georganiseerd rondom molen De Vlijt aan de Harnjesweg in Wageningen. Het thema dat dit jaar is gekozen: “Duurzame Kijk … Continue reading
TTPermatuin @ the ASEED Landbouwactiekamp
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I was invited to represent TTPermatuin at the Landbouwactiekamp in Den Bosch last weekend to share the story of the project and the design behind the site. The event was held on open land behind an Albert Hein and several … Continue reading
TTPermatuin goes to the ASEED Agriculture Action Camp!/ TTPermatuin gaat naar het ASEED Landbouwactiekamp!
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The organisers of the ‘Landbouwactiekamp’ have invited Fiona to go along to their event in Den Bosch this coming weekend and talk about the TTPermatuin. The planning has been a bit last minute so we couldn’t confirm it until now, … Continue reading
Voedsel in de Stad/ Food in the City
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Spring update
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The Blog has been quiet this spring as everyone has been busy with site infrastructure, sowing seeds, planting out, and trying to get on top of the weeding. The long cold spring weather has delayed plants but the sudden warmth … Continue reading
Spring is in the air
With spring in the air, work at the allotment is now in full swing. To our delight these last two weeks a group of gardening students from the university visited and joined in the work on the garden. As the … Continue reading
Zadenruilbeurs / Seed Swap
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(Nederlands versie hieronder…) The TT seed swap This spring the TTPermagarden is starting the sowing season with a bag full of seeds thanks to the Transition Towns seedswap. The idea of a seedswap is for people to bring their unwanted … Continue reading
Geen werkdag deze zaterdag/ No workday this Saturday
Once again, it will be -5 degrees on Saturday, the ground will still be frozen, so the next workday is cancelled (11th February). It will be sunny weather though, so maybe you can enjoy some ice-skating… Het wordt komende zaterdag … Continue reading
Next Workday Cancelled/ Komende Werkdag Geannuleerd
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This week we had our first snow and the weather forcast is for very low temperatures all week. The ground will be frozen and it will be -8 on Saturday, so the next workday is cancelled (4th February) – stay … Continue reading
Wilg en Es / Willow and Ash Harvest
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Join us this Saturday to collect willow for the garden bed edging (wear waterproof boots!) Tom has been working with the regional landscape management charity Stichting Landschapsbeheer Gelderland on pollarding local trees. Pollarding is a method used to crop living trees … Continue reading
Happy New Year/ Gelukkig Nieuwjaar!
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The Transition Towns permagarden has been running for almost a year now, for this we have many people to thank. Click on the link below to read our New Year newsletter – send us an email if you’d like to … Continue reading
Pop-Up Restaurants: how to enjoy your local food…
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By Annemarie Wolferink – TTPermatuin’s edible plants expert In April there was an article in the local newspaper about a restaurant that was about to pop up in Ede: Puur-e, run by Christian Weij and his partner Petra Busser. It … Continue reading
Compost, strawberry fields and blackberry bashing
There were lots of new faces today. Some people were visiting to see what was happening at our site and will be busy with their own projects and gardens, but some also expressed interest in coming around more often so … Continue reading
Greenhouse Day – This Saturday!
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We finally have our greenhouse! Last Saturday Jan Joost, Tom, Tomas, and Fiona went to pick up a second-hand greenhouse which we had bid for on Martkplaats. Hoorah! With help from the lovely family who sold it to us, we … Continue reading
TTPermatuin at the Molenmarkt (Windmill Market!) in Wageningen
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After only 6months the TTPermatuin project went public at the Molenmarkt – the local annual community market around the old windmill in Wageningen. We were on the Transition Towns Vallei stand, of course, and managed to put on a colourful … Continue reading
Pomona Edible Garden Opening!
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Well, things have been busy with Transition Towns projects which is why this blog is late! In the middle of a busy schedule of events the Pomona edible garden project finally opened on Saturday the 4th. This is a neighbourhood … Continue reading
