By Ross Laird While I was looking for volunteering opportunities for my Duke of Edinburgh Award I came across Greener Kirkcaldy. I found out that there was a chance to volunteer at the orchard and I soon contacted Greener Kirkcaldy and before I knew it I was helping to weed the strawberry patch and organizing […]
Food & Growing
Seed Swap – February 23rd 2013
The seed swap took place at Ravenscraig Community Orchard on a cold, wintry morning in February. The aim was to avoid wasting seeds and still be able to sow a variety of plants. People brought along a good variety of vegetables and companion flower seeds to swap, and also a selection of herbs. It was […]
Asparagus Planting 30th March
by Ross Laird Ross is working towards his Duke of Edinburgh Award and is volunteering with us as part of this. As well as attending volunteer sessions he’s been writing blog posts for us about our activities. The weather was warming up and the sun was finally out after the late snow. It was the […]
Growing asparagus
The Ravenscraig Community Orchard volunteers spent a lovely afternoon a couple of weeks ago planting an asparagus bed on our training allotment. You can read our volunteer Ross’s report on the work day here. Asparagus is a perennial vegetable – once planted, it can be productive for 20 years! So its well worth […]
Greener Ideas – help us plan our next steps
We’re planning our projects for the next year, and we’d love to know what you think. We want you to guide our plans – so please take our online survey, come along to our consultation open day on Friday, or even better, do both! And to thank you, all responses will be entered into a […]
Greener Kirkcaldy Volunteers Scoop Award
We’re celebrating a win at the Fife Voluntary Action awards last Thursday – the Ravenscraig Community Orchard volunteers won the Volunteer Team awards.