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Gaia Foundation Seed Saving Course

26 February 2022

The introduction course will run on Zoom over two Saturdays:
22 January and 26 February 2022    from 11.00 - 14.00

We want to make the training as accessible as possible to all. Tickets are available on a sliding scale £30 full price, £15 half subsidised, and free for those with little to no income. Please select the payment option that suits your situation best. Please take note that there are 10 of each ticket type available and they will be sold on a first-come, first-served basis.

The introduction course will be a gateway to our year long Intermediate seed saving course.

Register and buy tickets

This introduction course will cover:

  • Introduction to plant taxonomy
  • History of seed saving in the UK
  • Pollination
  • Isolation distances and techniques
  • Fitting seed saving into your rotation
  • Case studies of two crops
  • Seed sorting, cleaning, and packaging

 

 

 

 


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Culbokie Community Trust Quiz Night

26 February 2022


Starts: 19:00


Team or part-team entries to  event@culbokiect.org

 


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North Kessock Community Market

26 February 2022


Starts: 10:00
Ends: 12:30

Saturday 26 February   10.00 - 12.30   North Kessock Hall

The next indoor market of 2022 is on 26 February, and in addition meat and fish and plant stalls will be at the main village car park as for the weekly outdoor market.

Ariane Burgess MSP will be paying a visit to the market.

Seed potatoes will be on sale - varieties available are
First early  Orla;  second early  Charlotte, Sarpo Una; 
maincrop  Ambo, Setanta, Sunset;  late maincrop  Pink Fir Apple 
Full details of our potato sales are on the website.

Refreshments will be provided by TBI.

Sylvie Main is the market organiser; contact Sylvie to book a stall or for information about the Community Market.

Mobile  07926 044064         or email    market@culbokiect.org                                                   or      sylviemain@googlemail.com


We are part of the rapidly expanding worldwide Transition Towns movement. The Black Isle is a peninsula of about 100 sq miles ENE of Inverness in Scotland, UK.