Urban Edibles

07/12/2017

Sophia van Ruth is delighted to be giving a talk next week about urban composting and the booklet that she and Marten Witkamp wrote that gives you the low down on how to compost without a garden...
http://impacthub010.nl/events/15-december-impact-talks/

15 december Impact-Talks op de Impact Hub Loading Map.... Impact Hub Rotterdam1ste Middellandstraat 103 - ROTTERDAMEvenementen 51.9186849 4.460335999999984 Datum/Tijd Date(s) - 15/12/201717:00 - 22:00 LocatieImpact Hub Rotterdam Categorieën Impact Hub Rotterdam blijkt het broednest te zijn voor vel...

03/08/2016

Tips on systems to water your plants whilst you are away...
http://urbanedibles.eu/?p=1127

watering when you are on holidays Posted in: news, tip of the month | By: Urban Edibles | 3 August 2016 Image by Gamzeyaavor, via Wikimedia Commons It is the holiday season, many people will be going away and leaving plants in warm conditions where they can easily dry out. Three methods come to mind...

03/01/2016

Time to start sourcing seed for the coming season... Check out our tips here http://urbanedibles.eu/?page_id=341

21/10/2015

Open Source Gardening Kits!

We recently came across this online. Great Stuff!! Kits for making planter boxes, wormfarms, beehives and more... You can buy these kits pre made, OR, you can download the 'blueprints' and make them yourself. You can pay what you want for for the designs as they are open source, so you can have them for free or pay what you feel is appropriate. Nice work and thank you to AKER.

http://www.aker.me/ -open-source

31/08/2015

This is a nice series of short videos on permaculture. Starting with one about Marten Crawford's forest garden. We haven't viewed them all but those that we have we give the thumbs up.

http://www.filmsforaction.org/watch/living-with-the-land/

50 minutes | A rich and imersive nine part series looking at all aspects of living with the land. Produced by Permaculture magazine and Permaculture People the films explore successful permaculture projects...

31/08/2015

There's still time to plant some winter salad plants....

http://urbanedibles.eu/?p=1105

autumn plantings No Comments Posted in: news | By: Urban Edibles | 31 August 2015 As September begins, there are still a few things you can sow in the European garden. According to Charles Dowding in his book ‘Winter Vegetables’ early September is a good time to sow winter salads, with crops such a…

03/06/2015

Check out our top 5 watering tips for hot balconies and rooftops in our latest blogpost.
Roll on summer!
http://urbanedibles.eu/?p=1094

Watering tips for hot balconies Posted in: tip of the month | By: Urban Edibles | 3 June 2015 A hot balcony or rooftop can be a challenging environment for a pot plant. As we move into summer here in Europe we’d like to share our top 5 watering tips: 1. put your plants in the right place Check out h…

03/03/2015

grow your own grain this season...
http://urbanedibles.eu/?p=1086

If you want to try growing something a little more unusual this year, you might consider the grain Amaranth. A stunning...

04/12/2014

Do you really need to tidy up your garden for the winter? Check out winter tips...

http://urbanedibles.eu/?p=1081

In the northern hemisphere it feels like the winter is finally upon us, leaving us with short days and not much inclination to be in the garden. The good news is that the garden doesn’t generally need much from you a…

16/10/2014

Our salad today at The Hub Rotterdam. 100% from the garden and windowsill.

Did you know that you can still plant lambs lettuce (veldsla in Dutch) and winter purslane (winter postelein) in October for an early winter harvest in Europe?

Keep those home grown salads coming...

14/09/2014

We have had a late cancellation, so there is now one spot free again in the make-your-own-wormfarm workshop on Tuesday in Rotterdam. Is it for you?
http://urbanedibles.eu/?page_id=1029

Join this three hour workshop where you will make your own wormfarm out of recycled polystyrene boxes. You will go home with a worm farm ready to go with bedding material inside – you will just need to order your worms online. See the photos below of what it will look like.

14/07/2014

Do you need to hand pollinate your courgettes, pumpkins or cucumbers? Our latest post will let you know. If your baby vegetables are going yellow and dropping to the ground then you definitely need to check this post!
http://urbanedibles.eu/?p=1045

hand fertilising cucurbitsNo CommentsPosted in: tip of the month|By: Urban Edibles|14 July 2014If you are in the northern hemisphere then your cucubits should be in flower, or even beyond to be giving you some mature vegetables already.Plants of the cucurbit family (pumpkins, squash, courgette, cucu…

20/05/2014

The time is ripe for transplanting your seedlings... Take a look at our top three transplant tips
http://urbanedibles.eu/?p=1020

The weather in the Netherlands is certainly favourable for transplanting all of those cold sensitive seedlings before the end of May (such as tomato, cucumber, courgette, eggplant, paprika etc).In order…

12/03/2014

One plant that we think you should make room for in your garden this year is....

http://urbanedibles.eu/?p=1002

chamomile is a seriously useful herb in the garden and a great little companion plant…

10/02/2014

Check our three golden rules for healthy seedlings this spring....

http://urbanedibles.eu/?p=989

healthy seedlingsNo CommentsPosted in: tip of the month|By: Urban Edibles|10 February 2014.Your precious seeds will be set to meet the soil soon if you live in the northern hemisphere.So you can give them the best possible start in life we’d like to offer our tips on avoiding one of the more deadly…

30/01/2014

Feel welcome at our upcoming spring courses in the Hague and Rotterdam.

Smart Sprouting: how to grow edible plants from seed
http://urbanedibles.eu/?page_id=508

Compact Composting: how to make compost without a garden
http://urbanedibles.eu/?page_id=578

22/01/2014

Planning a trip to London? Check out these free seed saving workshops...
http://londonfreedomseedbank.wordpress.com/2014/01/11/free-seed-saving-workshops-coming-soon/

Happy New Year to you all! We're looking forward to welcoming you to our Spring series of re-skilling workshops to support you in your seed growing and saving activities this year. Learning the sk...

14/01/2014

The tip of the month for January is designed to help you get ready for the new growing season. Take a look.
http://urbanedibles.eu/?p=939

.It is quickly approaching the time when you will be buying seeds for the new growing season. You can already get your eggplant seeds going on a warm windowsill in February in the Netherlands and capsicums and tomatoes are not far behind with a seed date in March.