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		<title>Defrosting the freezer</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 11:39:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The deepest layer of the freezer had rhubarb from Spring 2010 and some undated bean chilli. Higher layers contain the remnants of undated Buy two get a discount deals which turn out to be buy one, store one and throw &#8230; <a href="http://18saughtonmains.wordpress.com/2011/12/14/defrosting-the-freezer/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=18saughtonmains.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1035087&amp;post=1378&amp;subd=18saughtonmains&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Note to self: items from Jane Perrone&#8217;s The allotment keepers handbook</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 11:25:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just going to donate the book to charity, but wanted to keep a note of a few things that haven&#8217;t cropped up elsewhere Michael Pollan&#8217;s Second nature: a gardener&#8217;s education National lists of varieties that must be distinct, uniform and &#8230; <a href="http://18saughtonmains.wordpress.com/2011/12/05/note-to-self/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=18saughtonmains.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1035087&amp;post=1375&amp;subd=18saughtonmains&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Theory informs, but practice convinces &#8211; George Bain at the Galleries on the mound</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Nov 2011 21:35:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[First committee meeting of the Saughton Mains Allotment Association this morning, where I learnt about the role of treasurer and the bean-counting that entails. We also heard about the other assets and duties that the committee is responsible for, which &#8230; <a href="http://18saughtonmains.wordpress.com/2011/11/26/theory-informs-but-practice-convinces-george-bain-at-the-galleries-on-the-mound/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=18saughtonmains.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1035087&amp;post=1358&amp;subd=18saughtonmains&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Where are you of? Notes from Fife Diet&#8217;s Food Revolt</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 21:57:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was excited to be attending my first Fife Diet event: Food Revolt on 12 November 2011. Here&#8217;s some notes and thoughts about the day, and presentations from the day are available here. Update: some photos from the day are &#8230; <a href="http://18saughtonmains.wordpress.com/2011/11/21/where-are-you-of-notes-from-fife-diets-food-revolt/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=18saughtonmains.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1035087&amp;post=1274&amp;subd=18saughtonmains&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Trading Officer as well&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 20:56:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Further to my election to Saughton Mains Allotments Association treasurer, I find it also comes with the role of Trading Officer for seeds, potatoes, onions and fertiliser. Filed under: outwith<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=18saughtonmains.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1035087&amp;post=1342&amp;subd=18saughtonmains&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Spare raspberries go to a good home</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 14:30:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[More on localised food production, but this time it&#8217;s the social and economic benefits that I&#8217;m concerned about&#8230; Last year I bought some Summer-fruiting raspberries (Glen Ample) which I planted down the allotment. Bought 10 but realistically there&#8217;s only space &#8230; <a href="http://18saughtonmains.wordpress.com/2011/11/21/spare-raspberries-go-to-a-good-home/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=18saughtonmains.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1035087&amp;post=1335&amp;subd=18saughtonmains&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Food security begins at home</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 10:54:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was quite excited to hear that the Society of Biology was running a symposium on food security, partly in response to Tim Lang&#8217;s talk at the RSE back in February (slides from Tim Lang&#8217;s talk are available halfway down &#8230; <a href="http://18saughtonmains.wordpress.com/2011/11/21/food-security-begins-at-home/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=18saughtonmains.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1035087&amp;post=1306&amp;subd=18saughtonmains&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Spuds out; garlic, onions and broad beans in</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Nov 2011 18:36:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last harvest from the allotment today: 3 kgs of Fellside Hero potatoes that had been sitting for a while. The tubers are quite small &#8216;cos the shaws got damaged just as they were growing, but I&#8217;m hoping they&#8217;ll still roast &#8230; <a href="http://18saughtonmains.wordpress.com/2011/11/13/spuds-out-garlic-onions-and-broad-beans-in/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=18saughtonmains.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1035087&amp;post=1282&amp;subd=18saughtonmains&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hidden Gardens of the Royal Mile, Thursday 27 October</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 08:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[JEAN BAREHAM launches her book on the hidden gardens at this free event. By revealing the hidden growing spaces that are in our city, and the history behind them, Jean shows us a model for sustainability in cities: actively used &#8230; <a href="http://18saughtonmains.wordpress.com/2011/10/25/hidden-gardens-of-the-royal-mile-thursday-27-october/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=18saughtonmains.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1035087&amp;post=1267&amp;subd=18saughtonmains&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>No patents on plants and animals! Petition the EU online</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 20:16:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s an Open letter To Members of the European Parliament and European Commission, calling for an urgent re-think of European patent law in biotechnology and plant breeding. Ten years of patents on plants and animals show that the negative impacts &#8230; <a href="http://18saughtonmains.wordpress.com/2011/10/24/no-patents-on-plants-and-animals-petition-the-eu-online/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=18saughtonmains.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1035087&amp;post=1260&amp;subd=18saughtonmains&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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