Ofgem announced this month that they’re increasing the energy price cap, the maximum a supplier is allowed to charge for the energy tariffs. This will affect those most on standard or default tariffs, or those with prepayment meters who could see prices rise by around £153 a year. However, as wholesale costs have increased by […]
Key points from Fife Food Summit – 22nd June 2021
A report from the Climate Action Fife Fife Food Summit: speakers, discussion and key take-aways.
July recipe: Garlic scape tempura
Our Community Food Team Manager Ger shares a Garlic Scape Tempura recipe in her latest blog.
Quebec to Kirkcaldy
A GARDENEER, SCIENTIST AND POET have all recently found their way to the Walled Garden and they all seem happy. ‘All’ are in fact combined in one person, volunteer Genevieve Riopel from Quebec, Canada via Edinburgh and now Kirkcaldy. The about-to-be published poet is writing her MSc. Thesis on sea sponges of 445 million years […]
Herb Spiral
GOOD THINGS have a habit of sometimes turning up again – and they certainly do in the Walled Garden. The Garden’s herb spiral – an attractive circular planting of herbs within a brick wall framework – has been reborn after some Covid-driven decline. “It’s a rejuvenation,” said sessional worker Jackie, who with other volunteers helped […]
News from Cosy Kingdom
Getting back to visits and thermal imaging.