Blue Finger Alliance video

If you are interested in why our land had such a productive year, have a look at the short film made by the Blue Finger Alliance. This is a group set up to promote the value of a fantastic natural asset that Bristol has. The Blue Finger is a strip of land running along the M32 corridor, of high grade agricultural soil which Feed Bristol sits on. It is also a strategic green corridor for wildlife and nature.

Link to film which features Feed Bristol:

http://www.bluefingeralliance.org.uk/

Wassail (Photos)

Well I think we definitely managed to warm up the summer spirits and get them to think about coming back for another year of growing at Feed Bristol. They certainly blessed us with some sunshine for the the day.

Many thanks to Poko Drum for entertaining the kids, the Pigsty Morris for showing us all how to have a jolly good knees up, the absolutely fabulous newly formed Feed Bristol Mummers and of course Mr Medlers Micro Ceilidh for keeping the blood flowing to round us off at the end.  And to the many other people who helped the event along feeding us cake, hot stew, stoking the fires and sprinkling magic on the day. Thank you.

A few photos of our play, Robin of the Apple Hood.
Performed to resurrect our crops where they once stood.
Enjoyed by many and all,
Amongst the trees of Feed Bristol.

Wassail Wassail all over the town

We are celebrating with a traditional Wassail on Saturday 26th January to kick of the new growing season.
The home made cider is ready, we have written a Mummers play and hopefully we will be having a right old knees up with a Mr Medlers Ceilidh.

All for a good cause to scare of the old winter spirits and welcome in the fresh new summer spirits to ensure another great harvest.  Although we try our best with organic practise and encourage all the wildlife to work for us, sometimes a little sprinkle of magic can help the growing along.

Feed Bristol Film

During the fantastic year we had last year we decided to make a short film to review some of the work we had been doing. Follow the link below to check out the project. Thanks to everyone that took part. This just shows a snippet of what we have been doing with a few of the folk we work with. Amongst all the food growing we also explore the local nature and help develop ways to encourage wildlife.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQK8GBYCsis

Photos of wintery start to the new year

We'll be open again from Mon 21st Jan, and we'll be marking our re-opening for the new year with a Wassail. We will be open every Monday and Tuesday 9:30 til 4pm and when Spring kicks every day except Thursday. Weekend open on first Saturday of the month.

The new willow circle.

Group effort

Thanks to the efforts of different groups including a volunteer day from Burges and Salmon and HSBC we have now got the third poly tunnel dug over and prepared for the new season. Lots more tomatoes to come.  Lots of hard work went into these as the soil has be covered in plastic for many years and very compacted.

Apple pressing

After much debate about the lack of fruit on trees this year because of the bad weather we decided it was time to harvest the apples. We are fortunate to have a lot of very big mature apple trees, with lots of different varieties. Lots of the tree did have a good crop as they were so big. We discovered some very good little red apples which make excellent eater and a range of cooking apples. The combination of different apples on site means that you get the right ratio for making...cider. On the glorious sunny day we set to it harvesting and crushing. In the end we counted 24 gallons of apple juice. Half of this has been shared with Simms Hill and the other half is bubbling away gentle getting ready for our Wossail event on the 26th Jan. Wossail is used to welcome in the new year and to bless the land in the hope of another excellent growing season. January is a perfect time to have a big event as we can shake off winter and launch ourselves into the new season.