tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89363150730441082902024-03-12T23:43:27.976+00:00Sustainable LedburyLocal people coming together to help Ledbury reduce waste and improve sustainability.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8936315073044108290.post-16294946494882095882023-10-10T19:13:00.002+00:002023-10-10T19:14:31.104+00:00Herefordshire Gleaning Network fruit pick<div><br></div><div><div dir="auto">Sustainable Ledbury were delighted to be included in setting up this project with the Herefordshire Food Alliance.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">The Herefordshire Gleaning Network has been <a rel="noreferrer"></a>born! </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Great morning last Sunday, picking Apples and Damsons at the Nest for Ledbury Foodbank.</div></div><div><br></div><div>At our cooking day next week, we will process these for longer term storage. </div><div><br></div><div>Our cooking day will be at Ledbury Community Hub @ Pot and Page - Sunday 8th October 11-3.</div><div><br></div><div> Contact Ruth on <a href="mailto:ruthpullan@hotmail.co.uk" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">ruthpullan@hotmail.co.uk</a> to find out more!<br></div><div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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out for an hour on the stretch of the Town Trail between Bridge Street and
Woodleigh Road. We've finished the project funded by Severn Trent Community
Fund </span><span style="color: #050505;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/stcommunityfund?__eep__=6&__cft__%5b0%5d=AZUbRqxvD07PRNcZrPRrpS70jcY5Hy2SJpPHSch8fHSm0QdJaO50mKGk240D85OCjaIutH8XjYYpwzLeeVUWohoNz7PGfoS1N2yiQ2CYSyTUNOD2S9QOCjyXLFNPhaj36ZVtoaMaMDEmBSNtaLgBhAyJLr55jIorJ6phI4-H9JXWstrFMSwEJmQj_WQYWO-Ifio&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="border-color: initial; border-style: initial; box-sizing: border-box; outline: none; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm;">#STCommunityFund</span></a></span><span style="color: #050505;"> but the work goes
on! </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">We were clearing around the wetland plants that we bought with the grant
funding. They are still getting established and need a bit of help.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The photos
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weather for our next session in a fortnight.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">If you'd like to join us, contact us via email on <a href="mailto:sustainableledbury@gmail.com">sustainableledbury@gmail.com</a> for
details</span><span style="font-family: Segoe UI Historic, sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Ledbury, UK52.023805300000006 -2.417773751.854242650609926 -2.692431903125 52.193367949390087 -2.143115496875tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8936315073044108290.post-74211088390476069542023-09-14T17:48:00.001+00:002023-09-14T17:50:01.911+00:00New - Fruit Gleaning Project<p></p><p class="MsoNormal">As some of you may know, we've been involved in setting up a
fruit gleaning project with Herefordshire Food Alliance. The aim is to make use
of fruit which is not harvested for various reasons. There are two locations
for the project, one Ledbury based and one Hereford based. Details are as
follows.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> <b><span style="color: black;">1<sup>st</sup> October</span></b><span style="color: black;"> - Ledbury picking day 11-3. Sites in
and around Ledbury. Meeting point TBC.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;">6<sup>th</sup> October</span></b><span style="color: black;"> - Hereford Picking day, Lower House
Farm Herefordshire Wildlife Trust reserve near Cock of Tupsley, </span><span style="color: #242424;">HR1 1UT</span><span style="color: black;">. 11-3<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;">8<sup>th</sup> October</span></b><span style="color: black;"> - Ledbury preserving and community
cooking day, preserving the harvest for Ledbury Food Bank at Pot and Page
community hub 11-3<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;">14<sup>th</sup> October</span></b><span style="color: black;"> - Hereford preserving and community
cooking day at the Living Room. 11-3 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">Lunch provided on
each day, please bring your own mug for soup on the picking days as we won't
have kitchen facilities available to us!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="color: black;">Transport to
venues:</span></u><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">Picking days are
at rural locations.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We will be hiring
the community bus in Ledbury to go to the picking locations, picking up point
TBC.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><o:p> </o:p></span>Lower House Farm
Orchard is accessible by public transport with the 420, 469 and 476 from
Hereford bus station stopping at the Cock of Tupsley pub, a 10 minute walk from
the orchard. There is also a car park for those coming by car. We are also
hoping to hire the Hereford community bus for those without transport and to
bring the apples back to the Living Room in the afternoon. We will set off from
The Living Room at 10.30.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">The processing
days are in central town or city locations and we encourage the use of public
transport where possible, however there are large car parks nearby if coming by
car.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">Please contact
Ruth Pullan 07951399176 or <a href="mailto:ruthpullan@hotmail.co.uk">ruthpullan@hotmail.co.uk</a> to
register as a volunteer. We need to know numbers so we can make arrangements
for refreshments on each day and to have enough equipment available.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">If any volunteers
have fruit, particularly in Ledbury, we could pick as part of the 1<sup>st</sup> October
date if a large quantity <u>or</u> they are welcome to bring smaller
amounts to the Pot and Page date on the 8th.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">These promise to be fun events which will also help the
community. The produce from the Ledbury event is destined to go to our Food Bank.
Thanks to a grant obtained by HFA, they have a new freezer.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">If you know of anyone who might be interested, please share
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</div><br></div><div>We started work in October 2022. Now, over 200 volunteer hours later, we have completed the project.</div><div><br></div><div>The ditch was in a sorry state, overgrown, filled with debris, and liberally sprinkled with litter. The grant covered the cost of hand tools, plants and an information board. </div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</div><br></div><div>Over the winter, volunteers worked to dig out the ditch, remove litter, and clear a strip of land along the bank, ready for planting. </div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</div><br></div><div>The information board was designed and made during the early summer and we took delivery at the end of July. Balfour Beatty installed this for us - a professional job as there are gas pipes in the area.</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</div><br></div><div>On 4th September 2023 we had a small celebration to mark the end of the project and say thank you to our volunteers and supporters.</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</div><br></div><div>The plan is to continue to maintain this area and hopefully cover a longer stretch of the Trail. We try to get out on the Trail once a fortnight on a Monday morning and new volunteers are always welcome.</div><div><br></div><div>(See the dates for the next sessions in the sidebar on the right.)</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8936315073044108290.post-83089081846868780002023-08-09T19:11:00.004+00:002023-08-29T19:14:27.268+00:00New notice board!<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">As people have spotted, we now have our information board installed on the Town Trail - thanks to Balfour Beatty. This almost completes the project funded by Severn Trent Community Fund. As with all grant funding, there's always the paperwork!</span></span></p><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; transition-property: none !important; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">We'll be keeping an eye on the progress of the planting we've done to make sure it doesn't get swamped by other wild flowers. With the increase in light in the area, everything is growing more strongly - and we've noticed an increase in <span style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><a style="animation-name: none !important; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; transition-property: none !important;" tabindex="-1"></a></span>birds and butterflies.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; transition-property: none !important; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; transition-property: none !important; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Residents have asked if we can do some work on the next stretch of the Trail, south of Woodleigh Road, and we'll be looking at that during the winter.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; transition-property: none !important; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; transition-property: none !important; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Thank you for all the positive comments we've received since we started work on the Trail. There's always plenty to do and new volunteers are always welcome.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; transition-property: none !important; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; transition-property: none !important; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; transition-property: none !important; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgONUtLOvveCE55SDDoGC0Cj8s9Y7wbBmBO47kGa4rfsWJPTvVeRxZodhbuaPaBmin6UEe88Zh3oBGeIE04j2vK8ifsI1qqTsy-fYE575rsZoWlqSpS8y2b22Q7pIroXMlhsjIsA8Gw7a6h-Ryp_VJmK49JJ7NBRlvvVeKHba0a6tUftGIgSjjLjd5hw_Cf/s701/Town%20trail%20August%2023.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="701" data-original-width="526" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgONUtLOvveCE55SDDoGC0Cj8s9Y7wbBmBO47kGa4rfsWJPTvVeRxZodhbuaPaBmin6UEe88Zh3oBGeIE04j2vK8ifsI1qqTsy-fYE575rsZoWlqSpS8y2b22Q7pIroXMlhsjIsA8Gw7a6h-Ryp_VJmK49JJ7NBRlvvVeKHba0a6tUftGIgSjjLjd5hw_Cf/w300-h400/Town%20trail%20August%2023.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8936315073044108290.post-31794035005995519872023-08-06T19:06:00.001+00:002023-08-29T19:07:48.155+00:00LIFE ON AN ORGANIC DAIRY FARM<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;">LIFE ON AN ORGANIC DAIRY FARM</span></span></p><div class="xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Join us on Monday 21st August at 6.30 p.m. in the Burgage Hall, Ledbury, when Claire Howlett will be talking to us about organic dairy farming. Claire and her brother power their farm by renewable energy, the cows are grass fed and there are areas for wildlife.</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Claire will be bringing their Halloumi style cheese, Apple Juice and Apple Jam for sale.</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><a style="animation-name: none !important; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; transition-property: none !important;" tabindex="-1"></a></span>Admission is free with donations welcome towards the cost of the hire of the hall.</span></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8936315073044108290.post-47473369079299581512023-06-30T19:00:00.012+00:002023-08-29T19:05:59.501+00:00Town Trail Ditch update<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuviVerBWTIGsut4jk8OlukM5Vl5T1uIfchr1c14Cd-_KXUWsYqXhzU3QrjQLxff-AgP3UUhDxz9bePlGe7-DhN3pUeKu6rb6vPJV7H5lJ4EhMEYtqiPF_Y8HbTrIbajEBJ2yAC1gfD2_xYmvQzeuhlDUSzQJccsVnhqY6nlboAJS4YrZVGTUbM4urcvQr/s701/June2729233293_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="701" data-original-width="526" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuviVerBWTIGsut4jk8OlukM5Vl5T1uIfchr1c14Cd-_KXUWsYqXhzU3QrjQLxff-AgP3UUhDxz9bePlGe7-DhN3pUeKu6rb6vPJV7H5lJ4EhMEYtqiPF_Y8HbTrIbajEBJ2yAC1gfD2_xYmvQzeuhlDUSzQJccsVnhqY6nlboAJS4YrZVGTUbM4urcvQr/w300-h400/June2729233293_n.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: var(--primary-text); font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="color: var(--primary-text);"><span style="font-family: arial;">Have you walked the Trail between Bridge Street and Woodleigh Road lately? Hard to believe that it looked like the photo only a couple of months back. Since then, we've planted 250 bog plants along the edge of the ditch, and been back to make sure they're not getting choked by other vegetation. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: var(--primary-text); font-family: arial; white-space: pre-wrap;">The grant from Severn Trent Community Fund also covers an information board. This is in production at the moment. 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</div><br><div>Hellens The Garden Festival is aways a brilliant event, two days showcasing Sustainable living in the Three Counties of Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Gloucestershire. <div><br></div><div>Sustainable Ledbury have had a stall at Hellens for a number of years, showing the progress we have made on the various projects we carry out, and providing advice on composting, recycling, food waste, plastic reduction and conservation and sustainable living in Ledbury and the surrounding area.</div><div><br></div><div>This year, we had a stall inside in The Georgian Stables, a much needed cool space as it was a very hot weekend!</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</div><br></div><div>Sarah Blenkinsop, Waste Reduction co ordinator for Sustainable Ledbury, also gave a popular and well received talk on Composting, with around 40 people attending. Sarah did a lengthy Q and A session after the talk. </div><div><br></div><div>A very successful day and a very enjoyable event, as always. </div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8936315073044108290.post-57952351521645659432023-05-30T18:59:00.000+00:002023-08-29T19:00:08.445+00:00Great Big Green Week in Ledbury<p> <span style="background-color: white; color: #202448; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit;">The Great Big Green Week is the UK’s biggest ever celebration of community action to tackle climate change and protect nature. </span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202448; font-family: "Avenir Medium"; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1.5em; vertical-align: baseline;">Every year, people come together to unleash a wave of support for action to protect the planet. <span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Tens of thousands of people in every corner of the country celebrate the heartfelt, brave, everyday actions being taken to stand up for nature and fight climate change.</span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202448; font-family: "Avenir Medium"; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">In 2023, Great Big Green Week will take place between 10th and 18th June.</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202448; font-family: "Avenir Medium"; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202448; font-family: "Avenir Medium"; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1.5em; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The first Great Big Green Week took place in September 2021, and was the largest event for climate and nature ever seen in the UK. Over 5,000 events celebrated how communities are taking action to tackle climate change and protect green spaces, and encouraged others to get involved too.</span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202448; font-family: "Avenir Medium"; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1.5em; vertical-align: baseline;">Communities came together once more in September 2022 to show how people everywhere are ready and willing to take action to tackle climate change. Over a quarter of a million people got involved, and n<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">ational organisations, institutions, businesses and media outlets joined in, ultimately putting pressure on the government to up its game on climate change.</span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202448; font-family: "Avenir Medium"; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1.5em; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8936315073044108290.post-24283658679851039972023-04-04T17:45:00.013+00:002023-04-22T18:28:53.162+00:00Town Trail - Bog Plants go into the Ditch.<p><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit", serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiktqCoEYYHFDJF55Yl5ngC__V6bKY_6MpujyV2FFuhwlwkjRmbf9YAWTkHHfacLDc900WCAxylHgAbT9IeVZdosSQpAJgzeF3UxLzQwtpcwL9VdE_TCPek-gms-4JiJN6dxcVveFB1mgNtnHGWdqxI5o4z_WqNDd96mpgDM8WsrkRTqORAOjcmwWKSrA/s4608/P1000261.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiktqCoEYYHFDJF55Yl5ngC__V6bKY_6MpujyV2FFuhwlwkjRmbf9YAWTkHHfacLDc900WCAxylHgAbT9IeVZdosSQpAJgzeF3UxLzQwtpcwL9VdE_TCPek-gms-4JiJN6dxcVveFB1mgNtnHGWdqxI5o4z_WqNDd96mpgDM8WsrkRTqORAOjcmwWKSrA/s320/P1000261.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p><span style="color: #050505; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">We had a hard working
morning on the Town Trail yesterday, Monday, planting bog plants along the
stretch of ditch between Bridge Street and Woodleigh Road. Many thanks to our
lovely volunteers who, undaunted by the mud, finished preparing the ground and
planting 250 plants. With the funding from Severn Trent, we are preparing an
information board to explain what we've done and the plants we've used.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic";"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj50QK-4pCGo_nmbVr24U54gaYYrrWCrE2icxNj81DbOVSoK7lzlc6abEa-7dg1nOwnXMHJFc9YBcp8fiekouUdJJ-TASY610MFTpn8jd_VZn7GSQhwS53iaQrJpJaocN9TqweKputGWTSSpFOG0kXKu2jbxR-WmTL1zcNjsnP0P6-GkTmWfo8oLGVwYg/s4608/P1000260.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj50QK-4pCGo_nmbVr24U54gaYYrrWCrE2icxNj81DbOVSoK7lzlc6abEa-7dg1nOwnXMHJFc9YBcp8fiekouUdJJ-TASY610MFTpn8jd_VZn7GSQhwS53iaQrJpJaocN9TqweKputGWTSSpFOG0kXKu2jbxR-WmTL1zcNjsnP0P6-GkTmWfo8oLGVwYg/s320/P1000260.JPG" width="240" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">You won't notice much
difference for a while as it will take some time for the plants to settle in
and grow. Once they start flowering then they'll be obvious, although we'll
need to keep an eye on the nettles so they don't swamp the bog plants.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic";"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8936315073044108290.post-87696722863029557492023-03-30T18:05:00.008+00:002023-04-22T18:27:35.914+00:00Town Trail - preparing to plant up the ditch<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;">We</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"> were out last Monday preparing the ground for planting and clearing nettles (there are still plenty for butterflies). This Monday (3rd) we will be out again planting bog plants.</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiNAbPV_CBD_ZYVAVl29X1MbG_dC8CxlZFvnziuDTgU91SIGEZ9VtKMeoLg_xnoZbjHD9OIJedOa4uBYQIhXWfxME9cSdqRVxiNwP9OAvdMvDD3KaAZuUnzu1GeYP31oGd4a0iDWzChQL45XG_iPyfa2sv-f9BXHw92foySUuBkFh_hwf3dwlDl9_VaXw" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img alt="" data-original-height="701" data-original-width="526" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiNAbPV_CBD_ZYVAVl29X1MbG_dC8CxlZFvnziuDTgU91SIGEZ9VtKMeoLg_xnoZbjHD9OIJedOa4uBYQIhXWfxME9cSdqRVxiNwP9OAvdMvDD3KaAZuUnzu1GeYP31oGd4a0iDWzChQL45XG_iPyfa2sv-f9BXHw92foySUuBkFh_hwf3dwlDl9_VaXw=w300-h400" width="300" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /><br /></span><p></p><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">If you'd like to join in, contact us on sustainableledbury@gmail.com for more information.</span></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8936315073044108290.post-62259219791638703802023-03-08T19:00:00.009+00:002023-04-22T18:26:54.503+00:00Town Trail update<p><span color="var(--primary-text)" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; white-space: pre-wrap;">We've been working away on the stretch of the Town Trail between Bridge Street and Woodleigh Road. We've got a bit more work to do clearing out the ditch and then we'll be planting marginal plants. The photos don't look very interesting at the moment - </span></p><p><span color="var(--primary-text)" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p><span color="var(--primary-text)" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; white-space: pre-wrap;">We're looking forward to seeing flowers along the bank, hopefully this summer. </span></p><p><span color="var(--primary-text)" style="font-family: arial; font-size: large; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p><span color="var(--primary-text)" style="font-family: arial; font-size: large; white-space: pre-wrap;">Our next session is on Monday morning (13th) - fingers crossed that the weather is fine again </span><span color="var(--primary-text)" style="animation-name: none; font-family: arial; font-size: large; transition-property: none; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a style="animation-name: none; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; transition-property: none;" tabindex="-1"></a></span><span color="var(--primary-text)" style="font-family: arial; font-size: large; white-space: pre-wrap;">by then. If you'd like to join us, contact us on sustainableledbury@gmail.com</span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8936315073044108290.post-56150741777439645582023-03-07T18:56:00.002+00:002023-04-22T18:26:05.080+00:00Seed Library reopens!<p> <span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; white-space: pre-wrap;">Let's start sowing - it's time to get growing! </span></p><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xdj266r x126k92a" style="animation-name: none; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="animation-name: none; display: inline-flex; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; transition-property: none; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="🌱" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t69/1/16/1f331.png" style="animation-name: none; border: 0px; transition-property: none;" width="16" /></span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">After a generous donation, the free Seed Library at Pot & Page in Ledbury (in partnership with <span style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/SustainableLedbury?__cft__[0]=AZVATYPKs-h8BJvH4GRFWoiHFyxlWOZmsfdVIYbPoJzpLW7QKADR2m7ZLeNrgaISc2X7L8FGPv5ftzAJnzyxGGwZ_nR2KtAsB653Rdbl07yc8iWEXklJJO3061jYIGv2br4b-FA3q3K5BZMnJupa_5lqgJnDZqv3Yxb1UcMuSHy8TIOh_X_pfRY6ihH1XMf-lPxC0GGsW11Cr4RXdG8Wi2M_&__tn__=-]K-y-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; animation-name: none; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation; transition-property: none;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="animation-name: none; display: inline; transition-property: none;">Sustainable Ledbury</span></a></span> <span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="animation-name: none; display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; transition-property: none; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="💚" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t94/1/16/1f49a.png" style="animation-name: none; border: 0px; transition-property: none;" width="16" /></span>) is ready for <span style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><a style="animation-name: none; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; transition-property: none;" tabindex="-1"></a></span>spring! </span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Pot & Page also have some super helpful books on sowing, growing and eating all things plants on their shelves for inspiration<span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="animation-name: none; display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; transition-property: none; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><br /></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="animation-name: none; display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; transition-property: none; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><br /></span></span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">It's always exciting to get started with some seedlings inside on your windowsill - aubergines, chillis, cucumber, tomatoes <span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="animation-name: none; display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; transition-property: none; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="🍅" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tc/1/16/1f345.png" style="animation-name: none; border: 0px; transition-property: none;" width="16" /></span> are all good to get started in March! </span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">If you're lucky enough to have some outdoor space, or an allotment you can start preparing a no-dig bed. It may still be a little too nippy to plant most things outside, but hardy flowers <span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="animation-name: none; display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; transition-property: none; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="🌻" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t1a/1/16/1f33b.png" style="animation-name: none; border: 0px; transition-property: none;" width="16" /></span> (sunflowers, nastratium, nigella, poppies, cornflowers etc.) can survive these nippier temperatures along with radishes, lettuces and potatoes <span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="animation-name: none; display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; transition-property: none; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="🥔" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tb0/1/16/1f954.png" style="animation-name: none; border: 0px; transition-property: none;" width="16" /></span></span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Remember, you don't need a lot of outdoor space to grow your own. 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months September and October but then we're back to fortnightly until
Christmas. The dates are as follows; reminders will be sent out to volunteers as usual.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Monday 19th September</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Monday 17th October<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Monday 7th November<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Monday 21st November<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Monday 5th December<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Monday 19th December<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">As usual the sessions will run from 10 a.m. for approx 2
hours - depending on energy levels! Also, as usual we will need the group size
to be no less than 3, for safety/insurance reasons.</span><o:p></o:p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8936315073044108290.post-23852119454202072102022-07-14T17:00:00.003+00:002022-09-24T17:11:57.760+00:00Food waste collections in Hereford powered by bike? And other measures from Herefordshire Council.<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Herefordshire Council could be the first local authority in the country to have food waste collected by bike if proposed plans are agreed by cabinet members.</span></p><div class="editor" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.75rem; max-width: 40em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The innovative proposal is set out in a cabinet report on the next steps for the introduction of the new recycling and waste collection service.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.75rem; max-width: 40em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The recommendations will be discussed at the <a class="link-external" href="https://councillors.herefordshire.gov.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=251&MId=8391&Ver=4" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0002ff; hyphens: auto; max-width: 40em; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;">cabinet meeting on 21 July</a>. </span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.75rem; max-width: 40em;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; max-width: 40em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Cargo bikes pushing ahead</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.75rem; max-width: 40em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">A cargo bike food waste collection is planned for central Hereford. The zero-carbon approach would see kitchen scraps turned into compost. While the environmentally-friendly step would be a first for a UK council, <a class="link-external" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/business-49844490" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0002ff; hyphens: auto; max-width: 40em; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;">a BBC report</a> shows food collection by bike is already underway in Paris. Meanwhile, online retailer Amazon <a class="link-external" href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/jul/04/amazon-e-cargo-bikes-deliveries-london" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0002ff; hyphens: auto; max-width: 40em; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;">is reported</a> to be launching a fleet of e-cargo bikes to replace thousands of van deliveries in London.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.75rem; max-width: 40em;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; max-width: 40em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">New waste collections mandatory</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.75rem; max-width: 40em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">We are working towards introducing a new waste and recycling collection service across the county that includes a weekly food collection and fortnightly garden waste collection service, which councils must introduce as part of new government legislation.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.75rem; max-width: 40em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The new enhanced service will provide much more recycling capacity and will improve both the quantity and quality of recycling. Residents will keep the bins they already have for general waste and recycling. The council will pay the one-off cost of additional bins needed to separate different types of waste. This will be offset by savings made every subsequent year in reduced disposal costs.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.75rem; max-width: 40em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The move follows recommendations approved by the council on <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; max-width: 40em;">25 November 2021</span>:</span></p><ol style="box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: list_item_count 0; list-style: lower-alpha; margin: 0.75em 0px 0.75rem; max-width: 40em; padding: 0px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; counter-increment: list_item_count 1; margin: 0.375rem 0px; max-width: 40em; padding-left: 1.5em; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The council supports residents to increase recycling by adopting the new waste collection model as outlined in this report with a view to being fully operational in November 2023. This includes:</span></li></ol><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.75rem 1cm; max-width: 40em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">a. The introduction of a new two weekly garden waste collection service</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.75rem 1cm; max-width: 40em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">b. The introduction of a new weekly food collection service</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.75rem 1cm; max-width: 40em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">c. The adoption of a twin stream recycling service to enable residents to further segregate recyclable materials and</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.75rem 1cm; max-width: 40em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">d. To adopt a three weekly residual collection model</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.75rem; max-width: 40em;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; max-width: 40em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Getting it right</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.75rem; max-width: 40em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Residents are being encouraged and supported to make good choices to ‘reduce, reuse and recycle’ through our ‘<a href="https://www.herefordshire.gov.uk/reduce-reuse-recycle/recycle/2" style="border-bottom: 0px none; box-shadow: inherit; box-sizing: border-box; color: blue; hyphens: auto; max-width: 40em; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition: inherit; word-break: break-word;">Getting it right’ campaign</a>. This encourages people to put the right items into the right bins. Reducing contamination (putting the wrong things into the wrong bins) will improve recycling rates. </span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.75rem; max-width: 40em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Other waste reduction measures include the incredibly successful <a href="https://www.herefordshire.gov.uk/news/article/1330/vouchers-launched-to-save-on-baby-costs" style="border-bottom: 0px none; box-shadow: inherit; box-sizing: border-box; color: blue; hyphens: auto; max-width: 40em; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition: inherit; word-break: break-word;">reusable nappy scheme</a>, which is helping residents with young families reduce nappy waste. Its popularity meant the scheme had to end just 30 days after its April launch date. We also recently announced <a href="https://www.herefordshire.gov.uk/news/article/1381/reap-repair-rewards" style="border-bottom: 0px none; box-shadow: inherit; box-sizing: border-box; color: blue; hyphens: auto; max-width: 40em; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition: inherit; word-break: break-word;">funding grants for setting up or extending existing repair cafes</a> to discourage people from throwing away repairable household items.</span></p></div><div class="page-meta" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(238, 236, 232); box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; padding-top: 2rem;"><p class="meta meta--date" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Published:</span> 14th July 2022</span></p></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8936315073044108290.post-60239127022468745302022-06-27T16:51:00.003+00:002022-09-24T16:59:41.203+00:00Town Trail - Friendly Robin joins the work<p><span style="color: #050505; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">We had another session
on the Town Trail a couple of weeks ago. You'll see from the photos, that we
were joined by a robin again. We sometimes think the birds are watching out for
us so that they can forage in the earth we've disturbed.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNHrzWIM3TZpsyH0fc_YBJ4NNprY2ad2JWeCXJwc8YkJs0yPLL1aq-cHndkoAOPLUsXbUVIjlfBtOlJnLnWVql2oA9Fxxs7MUPZ26gAFcRq-CUyAGEGxQdQ7ilXW3t7VEqLrovyOgPMkyZHlalKXQjUW-a5bSGrsQ5492gPY2CtUrBOPFdLspS9UOFnA/s4608/P1000029.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNHrzWIM3TZpsyH0fc_YBJ4NNprY2ad2JWeCXJwc8YkJs0yPLL1aq-cHndkoAOPLUsXbUVIjlfBtOlJnLnWVql2oA9Fxxs7MUPZ26gAFcRq-CUyAGEGxQdQ7ilXW3t7VEqLrovyOgPMkyZHlalKXQjUW-a5bSGrsQ5492gPY2CtUrBOPFdLspS9UOFnA/s320/P1000029.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #050505;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">We've had a couple of
comments expressing concern about the nesting season. We stopped working in the
area between Woodleigh Road and Bridge Street for this reason. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXhfdXi-KyWU2dXsrNX_oS-F6wOavn9G8S6ErUGcMSwC57uZx2qmbbegxjdibMOZ9o66kz4p7XSjRkQ_6lfd-BP74_71SPS6NgorJmu28q3fPybHV7TA_lmWF5ybjWx6ssk8HBXsdZRCf2V51y-uBjJF0ydPxNU_Haq6i3ZtvoOqID7ap1rnVgP5hcuw/s4608/P1000027.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXhfdXi-KyWU2dXsrNX_oS-F6wOavn9G8S6ErUGcMSwC57uZx2qmbbegxjdibMOZ9o66kz4p7XSjRkQ_6lfd-BP74_71SPS6NgorJmu28q3fPybHV7TA_lmWF5ybjWx6ssk8HBXsdZRCf2V51y-uBjJF0ydPxNU_Haq6i3ZtvoOqID7ap1rnVgP5hcuw/s320/P1000027.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #050505;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">In the area down from the station, we are mainly clearing excess ivy off the ground. There are no ground nesting birds in the area where we are working - which is mainly a strip either side of the path. This is a good area to encourage woodland edge plants which would increase the biodiversity. We will not be clearing the whole area as it is important to leave some ivy and a diversity of habitats. Whilst we are doing this, we also clear a lot of litter.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="color: #050505;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi9C7xAIhwG5rPH9CxijXGhjGBK57Iek1c6MV8Ex-_RHrYgqSOP6pdXbY8fwYMqtZWvnAuTYAMxAyCzxPg-8fvTt5xZF5aN0ESWpoQlHt7ndpyW9cl8yAeMYSc0rZmti7qBxB7TiMPCV9kz4EePDTEHeSseUDEAcX8gg21bhb5lPo_Xm3iPEurvVFCEg/s4608/P1000031.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi9C7xAIhwG5rPH9CxijXGhjGBK57Iek1c6MV8Ex-_RHrYgqSOP6pdXbY8fwYMqtZWvnAuTYAMxAyCzxPg-8fvTt5xZF5aN0ESWpoQlHt7ndpyW9cl8yAeMYSc0rZmti7qBxB7TiMPCV9kz4EePDTEHeSseUDEAcX8gg21bhb5lPo_Xm3iPEurvVFCEg/s320/P1000031.JPG" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_YyEOhfLUNApLx-7GWZbkm3pKFqt0DgJJOWCJ_b2_8bHJiXzG6GYPsOVWKEk5meBLfKXPia6uAOuzyLA9cfP0IkKGSRPjdY0sLnOraGhfpaZDYgEYP_pl4ahw8wcXjJNiKA-17by-w_3aKAxv3S_vocPJ2EmXFHWjL8xfJ84K58wh6PzWTv5QnotXow/s4608/P1000030.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_YyEOhfLUNApLx-7GWZbkm3pKFqt0DgJJOWCJ_b2_8bHJiXzG6GYPsOVWKEk5meBLfKXPia6uAOuzyLA9cfP0IkKGSRPjdY0sLnOraGhfpaZDYgEYP_pl4ahw8wcXjJNiKA-17by-w_3aKAxv3S_vocPJ2EmXFHWjL8xfJ84K58wh6PzWTv5QnotXow/s320/P1000030.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></span><span style="color: #050505; font-family: arial;">As you may know, the
Trail is owned by Herefordshire Council. We operate under a Licence to
Cultivate granted to the Town Council. The work we do is part of a maintenance
plan agreed with both councils. We also take advice from ecologists and
environmentalists. We have carried out one review with Herefordshire
Council/Balfour Beatty since we started work in October last year and plan to
do another one during the autumn/winter.</span></span><div><span style="color: #050505; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #050505;"><o:p><span> </span></o:p></span><span style="color: #050505;">Our next session is on
Monday 27th June and as always, you can contact us on </span><a href="mailto:sustainableledbury@gmail.com">sustainableledbury@gmail.com</a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">-- </span><o:p></o:p></p></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8936315073044108290.post-13205293719132817742022-06-21T16:43:00.012+00:002022-09-24T17:00:10.666+00:00Sustainable Ledbury Midsummer update<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Summer
is on its way and we’re thinking about the Poetry Festival.
Together with our friends at Pot & Page Café we’ve organised a
children’s poetry competition. Details have been out for a while
now but you can still contact us for an application form via email on
<a href="mailto:sustainableledbury@gmail.com">sustainableledbury@gmail.com</a>
or via our website, sutainableledbury.co.uk The closing date is 10<sup>th</sup>
June and winners will be notified by 24<sup>th</sup>
June. Prize giving will be part of a children’s event at Pot &
Page on the afternoon of Saturday 2<sup>nd</sup>
July. The theme of the competition is ‘Looking after Our World’.</span></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">We’ve
been looking after our world too. We’re making progress on the Town
Trail. Before the nesting season started, we managed to clear ivy and
brambles from the section of the Trail between Bye Street and
Woodleigh Road. We’re leaving this section now until after the
nesting season. There’s still plenty to do. With help from Balfour
Beatty, we’ve cut back some of the ivy on the trees on the section
of the Trail that runs down the side of the Recreation Ground,
letting in more light. We’re now making a start at clearing some of
the ivy along the station end of the Trail. It’s been good to get
all the positive feedback on Facebook and to have new volunteers join
us.</span></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">If
you read this before Community Day, come and find us there and we can
tell you more about what we’re doing and talk about our Waste
Reduction project.</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8936315073044108290.post-71355344012446943732022-06-09T16:38:00.007+00:002022-09-24T16:57:44.947+00:00Town Trail - Bridge, what Bridge?<p><span style="color: #050505; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">We had another session
on the Town Trail last week, working on the bridge. You didn't know there was a
bridge? We're not surprised. It was covered in ivy. It looks a bit different
now.</span></p><p><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic";"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuPPi8ry1MHPIAiqEbmMr3h4aGsohoqnggM66V0l3F1J7oJOhDK3aqQrm-LwBUNYhFuiAizjzMlslukIVmYuyKOYodZ33ClV2Mr9SjtCEQv8DeYiyhVnXlliVAsMQ5QsHq7f_HikTL4pmj2Qe_j5ILVt1Ui3b20mQuN5B1YA3o02bruv2OIbRVT7sjFw/s4608/P1000020.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuPPi8ry1MHPIAiqEbmMr3h4aGsohoqnggM66V0l3F1J7oJOhDK3aqQrm-LwBUNYhFuiAizjzMlslukIVmYuyKOYodZ33ClV2Mr9SjtCEQv8DeYiyhVnXlliVAsMQ5QsHq7f_HikTL4pmj2Qe_j5ILVt1Ui3b20mQuN5B1YA3o02bruv2OIbRVT7sjFw/s320/P1000020.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjc6bEH-YqDnWgevC0YaZFa5VdeXaRGCP2OCQ7ieWR8vIWXmdpkrgBFq77Pm4m-ISRzV1D8D-0OATux-JyCPnAWdfxX7NbeTxJx99dCm8Gc2AFZVbBc1a8syfFPJSNsllKKaQz8lbKPA3O3JvYDPlxjyEGBeyKv2guZa1jpxAp6WaSeU2xgpKf4GTZEg/s4608/P1000023.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjc6bEH-YqDnWgevC0YaZFa5VdeXaRGCP2OCQ7ieWR8vIWXmdpkrgBFq77Pm4m-ISRzV1D8D-0OATux-JyCPnAWdfxX7NbeTxJx99dCm8Gc2AFZVbBc1a8syfFPJSNsllKKaQz8lbKPA3O3JvYDPlxjyEGBeyKv2guZa1jpxAp6WaSeU2xgpKf4GTZEg/s320/P1000023.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrPQztX71V0YjCXxZg6xAu2tD8hqWTtR1LrujStJSWuS9Yn6sNk_9HAunN5eILt-TUj4JMasqRvPz6ZthQYqqid-jhuZCXy7RSmijP0U-fqVtaf13CSYZvOfclFVurk6BmFDl9fhOtSJDJ-2wzbINe22n3mZ9BLkn92cLrXXRp7XEEi6Wd2iWPWEvUcA/s4608/P1000025.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrPQztX71V0YjCXxZg6xAu2tD8hqWTtR1LrujStJSWuS9Yn6sNk_9HAunN5eILt-TUj4JMasqRvPz6ZthQYqqid-jhuZCXy7RSmijP0U-fqVtaf13CSYZvOfclFVurk6BmFDl9fhOtSJDJ-2wzbINe22n3mZ9BLkn92cLrXXRp7XEEi6Wd2iWPWEvUcA/s320/P1000025.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhevAYH0bOliBAlx5MyyH6TJ5dRr_t9bEIv2Mfn852u6latDoft3iR78r8qsBvx9eDL9HK5TVFDTXWskykOdFw_VyckpojXF-hXsym9UVGvjoex3wmHdMdwby-POrEBlHa9vniEzlYnlZvJotLvGsbM1GTaBn8DOhUkvzPCrqCSapsK4t6h9ZcV2Km5qQ/s4608/P1000024.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhevAYH0bOliBAlx5MyyH6TJ5dRr_t9bEIv2Mfn852u6latDoft3iR78r8qsBvx9eDL9HK5TVFDTXWskykOdFw_VyckpojXF-hXsym9UVGvjoex3wmHdMdwby-POrEBlHa9vniEzlYnlZvJotLvGsbM1GTaBn8DOhUkvzPCrqCSapsK4t6h9ZcV2Km5qQ/s320/P1000024.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic";"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #050505; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">When we'd finished we surveyed a small area and identified 11 wildflowers. We hope there'll be more as we let the light in.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Our next session is on Monday morning, 13th June. For more information contact us on <a href="mailto:sustainableledbury@gmail.com">sustainableledbury@gmail.com</a></span></p><p><span style="color: #050505; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic";"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic";"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic";"><br /></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8936315073044108290.post-64310934847215193472022-05-08T18:06:00.011+00:002022-05-08T18:09:14.504+00:00Seed Library now open at Pot & Page Café, Ledbury.<p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Sustainable Ledbury is very pleased to announce that the SEED LIBRARY is now open!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="animation-name: none; 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margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXtSal6t6rCbacOsjefj6wlyKHpIEc3E0564rdYCVGTERIJim3CRyrWXHuNbeeWPl51VfP9LquBUZJsXf4WbRsiuzu7gdZp1qCZ9RBpmwDG6Y1Gm-a0S4GsHgjFCvlDxkfgi8ynAqj4OviIuGMkeP04JrJu5N2pYFILeTCmMcmwHJwZUnPWs6Q0Tcctw/w300-h400/seed.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">All seeds are FREE to take home, so discover the joy of growing your own today! </span></div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="animation-name: none; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">If you have any excess seeds, you can also donate them to the library, so the cycle can continue <span class="pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="animation-name: none; display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; transition-property: none; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="♻️" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tf8/1/16/267b.png" style="animation-name: none; border: 0px; transition-property: none;" width="16" /></span> </span></div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="animation-name: none; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">If you want help or advice, there is useful free advice available from Garden Organic <a href="https://www.gardenorganic.org.uk/vegetable-growing" target="_blank">here</a></span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Visit the Seed Library at Pot & Page to find out more! </span></div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="animation-name: none; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Pot & Page, 8 New St, Ledbury</span></div></div></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none;"><br /></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8936315073044108290.post-43074717996666766102022-05-05T19:31:00.002+00:002022-05-08T17:48:56.915+00:00Poetry Competition for school children as part of Ledbury Poetry Festival.<p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Sustainable Ledbury and <a href="https://www.potandpage.co.uk/" target="_blank">Pot & Page Café</a> are holding a poetry competition for school children as part of the <a href="https://ledburypoetry.org.uk/" target="_blank">Ledbury Poetry Festival.</a> The theme is ‘Looking After our World’.</span></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Poems must be no longer than a maximum of 30 lines, on the theme ‘Looking after our World’, and may be in any format.</span></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Entries must be all the children’s own work and must be submitted <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zNJ0bH0J4PuQQaam9wLRwiU2Zaok7hB7/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">with a completed application form</a> via email to <a href="mailto:sustainableledbury@gmail.com">sustainableledbury@gmail.com</a> or handed in to Pot & Page Café, New Street, Ledbury.</span></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The categories are as follows:</span></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Reception/Year 1/ 2; Year 3/4; Year 5/6, Year 7/8; Year9/10; Year 11/12</span></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The closing date for entries is Friday 10<sup><span style="font-size: small;">th</span></sup> June 2022 and winners will be notified no later than Friday 24<sup><span style="font-size: small;">th</span></sup> June. The prize giving ceremony will be held in Pot & Page Café on the afternoon of Saturday 2<sup><span style="font-size: small;">nd</span></sup> July.</span></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;">There will be a First Prize of a £10 book token, Runner Up of a £7 book token and up to 2 highly commended, in each category. All will also receive a certificate.</span></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Sustainable Ledbury would like to print the winners’ poems and the entry form asks for permission from the parent or guardian to do this. Full names will not be used in any publication, only the first name and initial letter of the family name. The application form must be signed by a parent or guardian indicating agreement to this.</span></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;">There will be 3 judges but they will not be able to provide feedback to the children on their poems.</span></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>For any questions or queries, contact Sustainable Ledbury on <a href="mailto:sustainableledbury@gmail.com">sustainableledbury@gmail.com</a></b></span></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;">With thanks to Pot & Page Café for their sponsorship.</span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8936315073044108290.post-60980144252944188792022-05-04T17:10:00.001+00:002022-05-08T17:16:48.020+00:00Town Trail working party; April 26th<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">At the end of April, at Ledbury Town Council's request, we did some more work along the stretch of the Trail that goes by the Recreation Ground. The 'chipper' team from Balfour Beatty joined us so that the brash could be chipped rather than us creating 'dead hedges'. </span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHG4n049apLadCHQdXK22lo2dhBG9y6XRfA9p2p-xG4kZ_rGdBTNc4M0fkKRoPmG-bWP0xHkLOIpYi1uSaBj2Izy5oIljP5fzOXAn1w6_4jMQi_3Jh_BNO2FtFU9s47tw17oRg_tc0QsYk67zeuIfCfLrenthHx7fTmwVywuNGe7zwq89qXXbve0nYmQ/s4608/P1010003.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHG4n049apLadCHQdXK22lo2dhBG9y6XRfA9p2p-xG4kZ_rGdBTNc4M0fkKRoPmG-bWP0xHkLOIpYi1uSaBj2Izy5oIljP5fzOXAn1w6_4jMQi_3Jh_BNO2FtFU9s47tw17oRg_tc0QsYk67zeuIfCfLrenthHx7fTmwVywuNGe7zwq89qXXbve0nYmQ/w400-h300/P1010003.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: large; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sadly we found quite a lot of rubble. This kind of fly tipping slows down our work but we were very thankful that the Balfour Beatty team could both deal with the brash and remove the rubble.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCeJwBCDsX8Ggpz06wn-RwOOCJ5wy4BvvH6NDgf3qFOVQIwQ8jsNTB96cDgemuoFgAGG_eaW3dxK0JqSCliivabYCOPlnb-nJ54-yJWUHoZhqlerzQ0_PJKbCYCgmmr4R5xBClindJZ-LTmvX59gkmALV7xT5j7E9BdQo7uGVjHS_DC2es7-RPxW3svA/s4608/P1010004.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCeJwBCDsX8Ggpz06wn-RwOOCJ5wy4BvvH6NDgf3qFOVQIwQ8jsNTB96cDgemuoFgAGG_eaW3dxK0JqSCliivabYCOPlnb-nJ54-yJWUHoZhqlerzQ0_PJKbCYCgmmr4R5xBClindJZ-LTmvX59gkmALV7xT5j7E9BdQo7uGVjHS_DC2es7-RPxW3svA/w400-h300/P1010004.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: large;">Clearing away some of the ivy lets a lot more light into the area. We hope this helps you enjoy the area through the summer.</span></span></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixrgpGfmdadii12WAWUSg6m-sJL8y1zsI0BDu5MjkX6A5iMOrlCYurC3GT2WH7A3dwGhQIR-sk-XqYEXvz_mJKAmFx7TKUXtBahDf3Fp_Xeivdo5dgUfXsDW-5v0CJEbOjZYPD_3tWWFJBvSJibgYpN5O9giJtetlfLIH8KQK6svKSchWor01xMJTb2A/s4608/P1010006.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixrgpGfmdadii12WAWUSg6m-sJL8y1zsI0BDu5MjkX6A5iMOrlCYurC3GT2WH7A3dwGhQIR-sk-XqYEXvz_mJKAmFx7TKUXtBahDf3Fp_Xeivdo5dgUfXsDW-5v0CJEbOjZYPD_3tWWFJBvSJibgYpN5O9giJtetlfLIH8KQK6svKSchWor01xMJTb2A/w400-h300/P1010006.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span><p></p><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="animation-name: none; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">After Monday 9th May we will have a 3 week break before the next session on 23rd May. It was hard to schedule fortnightly sessions around bank holidays and everyone's other commitments!</span></div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="animation-name: none; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">As always, if you'd like to join us, do contact us via email on sustainableledbury@gmail.com for more details. 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A group of our supporters signed up for the training which took place in early 2022. From now on they will be attending local events to raise awareness and give advice on how to reduce our waste. This will include information on reducing food waste (and saving money!), recycling, and composting.</span> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Some of our supporters had been involved in the </span><span style="font-family: arial;">waste reduction </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Master Composters and Love Food Hate Waste campaigns, run jointly by Herefordshire Council, Worcestershire Council and Garden Organic. Sadly, Herefordshire pulled out of this some years ago. It was therefore a natural step to consult with Garden Organic to see if we could set up something on a smaller scale for Ledbury.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><span style="font-family: arial;">Ledbury Town Council supported this idea and commissioned Garden Organic to train some volunteers in a range of things that can be done to reduce waste.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">We now have a group of </span><span style="font-family: arial;">trained, enthusiastic volunteer Waste Reduction advisors</span><span style="font-family: arial;">, who will be out and about at various local events in 2022. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />Our first stall will be at the Ledbury Community Day on the 4th June 2022.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">If you have an interest in reducing, reusing, recycling and composting, and enjoy sharing your knowledge with others, we would love more volunteers, and the online training is still available.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">If you would like to know more about volunteering for this campaign, please contact Sarah Blenkinsop by email at sustainableledbury@gmail.com or, alternatively, you can send your details in a sealed envelope addressed to Sustainable Ledbury to the Ledbury Town Council office on Church Street.</span></p><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8936315073044108290.post-66251417624100501132022-04-07T16:54:00.009+00:002022-05-08T17:08:50.790+00:00Cherry Blossom and Alkanet on the Town Trail<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Taken a while to get round to doing this post, but on 4th April we started working at the station end of the Town Trail. The cherry blossom was looking great and some Green alkanet was in flower (blue flowers in one of the photos). The roots of this plant supplied the red dye which Egyptian women used on their hair and nails. It's not certain when it was introduced to Britain or why.</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFgqBKHh6Juvf6Wv3oF1UK-fpvOMO5jRQszori4KsJZx-IKR5fupwXzP0-YrHM92mGcyabFwiMGR13Y7FNQdu6TjXKIHDNKa-iRBNHg8drx9ERiOkdmZm1Wr8rfmB7jpapic7yCjA-2mGFtGGioY2YrMGjr9mRftcqjru_-nDAAW-RmsXvXio26Hv27g/s1728/278704037_704776750873676_4487283742697093960_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1296" data-original-width="1728" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFgqBKHh6Juvf6Wv3oF1UK-fpvOMO5jRQszori4KsJZx-IKR5fupwXzP0-YrHM92mGcyabFwiMGR13Y7FNQdu6TjXKIHDNKa-iRBNHg8drx9ERiOkdmZm1Wr8rfmB7jpapic7yCjA-2mGFtGGioY2YrMGjr9mRftcqjru_-nDAAW-RmsXvXio26Hv27g/s320/278704037_704776750873676_4487283742697093960_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW3oKpvFmoENeF0a_XNONtau77Hetq7-E9cGRYyQosRZD3VexwPzof1_7qhMbPzUavMuP1TD6rr9BhdOgvSCdh5GsNWhEi_yvT-8D6YKfOMm6mBWgP4XNyjTrVUnK3C_rAPNyblun-OdvRm3gSW_Q9Jb6z0COdSlKXHhQcHi8SVRpNry_3CHsdQ-2DGg/s1728/278766532_704776897540328_2012734007175330561_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1296" data-original-width="1728" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW3oKpvFmoENeF0a_XNONtau77Hetq7-E9cGRYyQosRZD3VexwPzof1_7qhMbPzUavMuP1TD6rr9BhdOgvSCdh5GsNWhEi_yvT-8D6YKfOMm6mBWgP4XNyjTrVUnK3C_rAPNyblun-OdvRm3gSW_Q9Jb6z0COdSlKXHhQcHi8SVRpNry_3CHsdQ-2DGg/s320/278766532_704776897540328_2012734007175330561_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx4oRSxIAysmqYDw8JErpmIkwoxWG9l4F2gJAg5gx0wsslz6qc23CWbvT8zlX0HcEIski3-HZzqZma9E3gSDRzT9WabHYRJi0hbjHH-YaFT6d_2vgHc1ZHgCuIEtvEXeYgCHty6wWPlWMTsZI05tSmBJqntigoDj63-rEFkm1M81EjfSv0p1bgl6sW4A/s1728/278792919_704776547540363_8200048782391368607_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1728" data-original-width="1296" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx4oRSxIAysmqYDw8JErpmIkwoxWG9l4F2gJAg5gx0wsslz6qc23CWbvT8zlX0HcEIski3-HZzqZma9E3gSDRzT9WabHYRJi0hbjHH-YaFT6d_2vgHc1ZHgCuIEtvEXeYgCHty6wWPlWMTsZI05tSmBJqntigoDj63-rEFkm1M81EjfSv0p1bgl6sW4A/s320/278792919_704776547540363_8200048782391368607_n.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><span><br /></span></span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">We've taken a bit of a break for Easter but will be back next Monday - 25th - doing some work along the stretch through the Recreation Ground. The 'chipper team' from Balfour Beatty will be with us to chip all the brash so that we can leave the area looking good for the music fest for the Jubilee.</span></span></p><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="animation-name: none; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">As always, if you'd like to join us, do get in touch via our email sustainableledbury@gmail.com</span></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8936315073044108290.post-83879661602078179302022-03-24T20:11:00.006+00:002022-05-08T16:54:16.030+00:00Town Trail - Raspberries and Roman salads<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Our latest session on the Town Trail was on Mon 21st March. We finally got down as far as the Woodleigh Road bridge - just! We now need to change location as we're into the nesting season and there's a lot of wild life in this section. It felt like a real achievement to get this far and our work has let so much light into the area. We're looking forward to seeing what plants grow through now they've got some light.</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiANBU9enylLZT3Ys0zksxk3mzXLlNmEQVZEpz0d4_iO4ORO9HH235lgzE9R0j8WwhbW0Re6rmQvi8wCtHJQ7bN8QxSM70w8T_3THqLDTti8S5y2xRAPg5Kd031kMoZs7DRaP7F1zR1OhqLIp52ENaKa-GrGzVQRfFcgsejkZBJFlsHf4VAgSTwsobsdQ/s600/277224600_693271165357568_1093651751409259554_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiANBU9enylLZT3Ys0zksxk3mzXLlNmEQVZEpz0d4_iO4ORO9HH235lgzE9R0j8WwhbW0Re6rmQvi8wCtHJQ7bN8QxSM70w8T_3THqLDTti8S5y2xRAPg5Kd031kMoZs7DRaP7F1zR1OhqLIp52ENaKa-GrGzVQRfFcgsejkZBJFlsHf4VAgSTwsobsdQ/s320/277224600_693271165357568_1093651751409259554_n.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><p><span style="background-color: white; 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font-size: medium;"><br /><span><br /></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;">The plant finds this time included raspberries! We clear</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;">ed the ground around them so who knows if they'll bear fruit later in the year. We also spotted ground elder. Did you know that the Romans brought this plant over to use as a salad vegetable? They probably didn't realise how invasive it would be if you get it in your garden!</span></span></p><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="animation-name: none; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Our next session is on Monday 4th April. We'll be up where the Trail starts, near the station, where we'll be clearing ivy off some of the ground - to encourage more wildflowers. </span></div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="animation-name: none; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The group is growing and new members are always welcome. If you're interested, contact us on sustainableledbury@gmail.com for more informatio</span>n.</span></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0