The Great Summer Clothes Swap – Saturday 8th June
Change the clothes you no longer wear for a new look
Saturday 8th June at TAAG, Northumberland Place, Teignmouth
Admission £1.50 + at least 1 item of clothing to swap
- Each item gives you a free swap!
- Extra items can be purchased for only £1 each
- All clothes welcome – must be clean and in good condition
- No shoes, socks, or underwear
9.30 – 11 am: bring clothes to swap and get your ticket
11.30 am: the Swap begins!
Refreshments available
For further details about the Clothes Swap, please call Mary: 07713 648589 or email info@teigntransition.org.uk
You can download a copy of the poster from the link below, if you’d like to display it:
The new season – April 2013
We waited for an extra month this year – hopefully by this time the weather will be warm enough for seeds to germinate.
Eat the Hedgerow! Sat 27th April
Drinking Water presentation by Andy Case
This is the presentation, kindly made available by Andy Case, which he gave at one of our Climate Week events, at the Oystercatchers Cafe on 6th March 2013.
Please contact Andy via Case Environmental for further information.
Electric Bikes
Ever wanted to be GREEN, EcoFriendly and FIT at the same time?
Well here is your chance to be all that … try out an ELECTRIC BIKE … it will change how you feel about tackling all those hills around us and maybe change your life..!
Local resident, artist and electric bike convert MEI LIM has procured a demo and mates rates (if you decide to buy one – no pressure – on the day or later ) … next weekend from 22-24 March 2013… on your doorstep … in Shaldon. Please contact her to register interest as well as to book a time slot … she expects a lot of interest.
EBikes are:
• economic – less than 10 pence of electricity for a 40 mile journey• ecologically sound and fun• with little effort you can float up hills and let the motor pull you along when you are tired, but you still get the exercise.
22-24 March between the 10am and 5pm they will have several bicycles for you to look at and try.
Along with a trial ride … special prices just for you on that day to put a smile on your face
BOOK now:
or email: lim16@btinternet.com
Seed Swap for Climate Week
As part of the T.E.T Climate Week we held a seed swap on the 9th March at TAAG. Over recent years it has become illegal to sell seeds that are not on the ‘official’ seed list. This has resulted in many old, unique seeds being lost – partly due to them not being submitted for seed trials, or they were not available at the time. Coupled with this, reinstatement on the list whilst available, requires an annual fee.
To overcome this problem Lawrence Hills set up the national Gene Bank and Heritage Seed Library whereby you can become a member and then be given seeds. Alternatively, there is a growing ground swell of people who are meeting up and exchanging seeds. Indeed, this has become so popular that even ‘Gardener’s Question Time’ recently took place at Brighton’s Seed Swap (play it again online).
So here in Teignmouth it was really good to see so many gardeners bringing their seeds to exchange or taking seeds home for a donation towards the cost of the venue. Tuckers, the seed merchants from Ashburton, had kindly donated many seeds, both vegetable and flower. A short talk was also given about the history of seed saving and ways to be most successful in this satisfying activity. Wonderful refreshments were also enjoyed.
With more than a dozen people we have now started a list of interested people so that we can form a local Teign Estuary Seed Bank. We will then hopefully run a Seedling Swap in the spring and a Food Swap in the autumn besides making the Seed Swap an annual winter event. If you are interested please do send your name and contact details to T.E.T.
Meanwhile, an excellent book to get you going is Back Garden Seed Saving: keeping our vegetable heritage alive by Sue Stickland, or Seedswap: The Gardener’s guide to saving and swapping seeds by Josie Jeffery (a very pretty book).
Submitted by Fran
Teign Estuary Transition 