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Winter is the ideal time to plant new fruit trees. On Tuesday this week the Edible Garden volunteers went to help plant apple trees at Casa San Lorenzo…
We were visited on wednesday by Edinburgh Community Food’s Talk of the Walk group. The healthy living group for women in North East Edinburgh trekked down to the…
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Each year RBGE’s first-year HND/BSc Horticulture students take responsibility for a small plot within the garden. At one end of their plot each student must grow five vegetables…
It is unusually warm for January which means that the vegetables in the polytunnel have had a bit of a boost…
Hakonechloa macra; is a perennial, clump forming, grass. It is named after Mt. Hakone, on the island of Honshu, Japan and is a monotypic genus. The foliage browns…
We had a fantastic weekend at the Life Above the Clouds event last 24th and 25th of November. There were all kinds of activities for everyone to learn…
I had the very good fortune to visit Mexico recently and was lucky enough to go to the Xochimilco World Heritage Site. The area is known for its…
One of the many ecosystems that exist in Colombia is that of the high altitude Páramo. Join RBGE PhD student Maria Camila Gomez this weekend at the Gateway…
As described last week we have planted up the polytunnel with hardy winter greens. The crop includes some winter herbs; parsley, chervil and coriander can all see the winter…
It’s all change in the edible garden. The final green tomatoes have been made into chutney. The sweetcorn is nearly ready we just need a little bit more…
Paramo Chingaza, Colombia
We aim to inform people of the work we are doing in Colombia, one of the most biodiverse countries on earth, with ecosystems ranging from deserts and rain…
We had a glorious day for our Harvest Festival on the 23rd September. The sun came out and brought the crowds with it. Visitors arriving on one of…
I don’t feel quite ready yet to think about autumn tasks in the garden but all the evidence suggests that summer is coming to an end. I had to clear fallen leaves from some of…
Jenny Mollison, from the Scottish Allotments and Gardens Society, gave us a handful of carlin peas earlier in the year. We dutifully planted them and I’m pleased to…
Blight has struck our potatoes! This is a very common disease that has affected many crops this year because of the warm damp conditions. Healthy looking potato plants…