Aviary Update – Summer 2020
We have been busy, busy, busy at the aviary in Cooper Park, have a look at all the tasty fruit and vegetables we have been growing!
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Grow Elgin Bulletin
Bulletin 4 – late June 2020 We’re still rocking these beauties out! Tips and info on videos, factsheets and web articles from REAP and others galore! Keep on Growing Your Own and have fun whilst doing it – that’s the key! And do tell us how it’s going – we’re …
Cooper Park Community Beds
There are fruit bushes, veg and herbs available at the beds near the old aviary in Cooper Park. Please help yourself to what you can use. Bear in mind it’s a public space so follow guidance about coronavirus – keep a distance if others are there, wear gloves and/or wash …
Grow Elgin Bulletin
Bulletin 3 – late May 2020 Here we are again with our third bulletin. You’ll find more links to videos, factsheets and web articles from REAP and others, plus tips. We hope you find some interesting inspiration to Grow Your Own and maybe do it differently. We always love to …
Grow Elgin – Bulletin
Bulletin 2 – early May 2020 Welcome back to our second REAP Grow Elgin Bulletin. You’ll find more facts, tips and links to videos, webpages and Facebook posts, from REAP and others. We hope you get some ideas and inspiration to grow your own in these interesting times… And do …
Getting Growing with Grow Elgin!
We’re looking for residents in Elgin to get involved in our food growing, composting and carbon saving project at REAP. If you’ve not been involved in food growing before and would like to get going, we’d love to hear from you. We can help with a food growing pack with …
Edintore Wind Farm Community Benefit Fund – Coronavirus Grants
Grants of up to £500 are available to constituted groups and voluntary groups providing support to their communities during the Coronavirus pandemic. The fund is available to groups providing support within the fund area of benefit (see ‘Who can apply’ below). The deadline for applications is 31st May 2020. Who …
Grow Elgin – Bulletin
Bulletin 1 – early April 2020 Welcome to the first REAP Grow Elgin Bulletin! We’ll be publishing regularly in these interesting times – we aim to give you wee ideas and inspiration to keep or start growing your own food (and composting) at home, even with limited resources, and even …
Growing tatties in a bag
You can grow tatties in a bag anywhere, minimum mess and a lovely harvest. Use a compost bag, sturdy old shopper or any other strong bag you have. Kids love digging for buried treasure when harvest time comes. Now is a good time to get planting. Gardeners’ World has a …
Covid Energy advice
REAP are still here to help As the situation around COVID-19 keeps developing, we’d like to reassure you that we’re still here to help with energy advice and worries. Our team is working from home and we’re not offering home visits for the time being, but we can still help …