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This is happening in Dublin before the next #SolarPunkSunday
Friday 25th April: "monthly #IBIKEBop.
We meet at 6pm on Parnell Square (opposite the Hugh Lane Gallery) for an hour-long, music-filled, leisurely cycle around the city, finishing at Barnardo's Square at 7pm. The cycle is suitable for people of all ages and abilities - all you need is a bike, and a sense of fun!"
Also this in Toulouse: https://mastodon.green/@MasseCritiqueToulouse@masto.bike/114371606186478832
@DoomsdaysCW
Also this!
Earth Day, April 22nd 2025
https://www.earthday.org/earth-day-2025/ #SolarPunkSunday #SolarPunkMonday #EarthDay #EarthDay2025
Back to the #DoomPosting. But thanks to @MaQuest for participating, and @BrambleBearGrrrauwling (and everyone else) for the boosts! We'll be back next Sunday for another #SolarPunkSunday !
A British feast from garden weeds
Jessica Vincent, 8 May 2020
Excerpts: "It was an unusually hot April morning in Colchester, England, and the fields, now in full bloom, were bursting in brilliant yellows, whites and purples. Armed with a wicker basket and David Squire’s book Foraging for Wild Foods, I scanned the Essex countryside for the ingredients to my first-ever foraging taster menu: stinging #nettle soup; gnocchi with #dandelion leaf pesto; #WildGarlic and stinging nettle ravioli; and, for dessert, dandelion flower cookies.
[...]
"The earliest memory I have of #foraging is picking wild #blackberries with my grandmother. Our quest for England’s sweetest wild fruit led us to our local park in Banstead, Surrey, a small patch of green which, between August and October, would burst with swollen blackberries. Under strict instructions, I’d carefully manoeuvre my way around the thick, sharp brambles, my eyes scanning for the darkest and shiniest berries of them all. My grandmother had learned from her mother – who, as a young evacuee during World War Two, would forage wild fruits and plants as a supplement to the meagre food rations – that the plumper, darker berries were the sweetest. Those juicy crimson-purple morsels would often be turned into blackberry crumble, the perfect sweet finish to a Sunday roast dinner."
https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20200507-foods-you-can-forage-from-your-own-garden
#VictoryGardens: A war-time hobby that’s back in fashion
25 May 2020
Ellie Howard
Across the UK and beyond, people are digging in their backyards, potting plants on balconies or using windowsills as suntraps for seedlings.
Read more:
https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20200524-victory-gardens-a-war-time-hobby-thats-back-in-fashion
Seeing folks posting about bicycles made me want to post about bicycles! This was taken last September, but now that mud season is over, time for some new adventures (with plush goat in tow).
Moving some #WildStrawberries to a shadier spot (next to a small patch of raspberries). I'll be moving mint and sweet woodruff to the spot as well. Reclaiming the spot from an old woodpile and some invasive vines!
The Strawberry Variety That Can Grow In Your Shady Backyard
By Kate Nicholson, May 6, 2024
"The moniker "wild strawberry," sometimes also "alpine strawberry" or "wood strawberry," encompasses a bunch of varieties. Fragraria virginiana and Fragraria vesca are the most commonly available and are native to the continental United States, as is the less frequently grown beach strawberry (Fragaria chiloensis). Popular Fragraria vesca cultivars include Alexandra (also "Alexandria"), Semperflorens, Alpine, Baron Solemacher, and Ruegen, and there's also a French-developed wild strawberry called Fragaria Mara des Bois. No matter the cultivar, you can expect to see small, soft, bright pink, deep red, or cream-hued berries between May and July. Sometimes, if you're lucky and conditions are right, they fruit again in the fall! In the wild, these plants grow almost anywhere, from dry sites to damp, full sun to shade, usually at the border of forests or in clearings and meadows."
Read more:
https://www.housedigest.com/1575108/alpine-alexandria-strawberry-variety-grow-shady-backyard/
“I especially love herbs in potager gardens,” says Poshusta, who suggests thyme, oregano, sage, and chives for beginners. “They’re so beautiful and also edible, which feels like the essence of these French ‘soup pot’ gardens,” and, of course, she adds. “Lavender feels, oh-so-so French.”
A '#PotagerGarden' Is Perfect for Anyone Who Wants to Start Growing Their Own Food
Calling all green-thumbed cooks!
By Laura Fenton, April 17, 2025
Excerpt (I LOVE this idea and have used it):
Incorporate Decorative Garden Structures
"Potager gardens often include decorative vertical elements like trellises and tuteurs. 'I replaced all my boring metal tomato cages with willow pyramids, and I love adding trellises for vertical climbers like sweet peas and cucumbers,' says Poshusta. Likewise, decorative cloches can add that vertical element and protect your crops from nibbling animals. Gardner has an arbor with climbing roses that defines the entry to her potager."
https://www.realsimple.com/potager-garden-11715776?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us
@suearcher Awwww. I love #RepairBear!
Tagging for #SolarPunkSunday, #RepairCafe and #Cuteness!
Tagio ar gyfer #SolarPyncDyddSul, #CaffiTrwsio a #ciwt!
17.45-49 Watch in amazement as sturdy little storklet chows down on lump of something as big as its own head!
https://whitestorkproject.org/live-cam-feed/ #StorkFamCam #Stork #Storks #Knepp #ReWilding #BioDiversity #Störche #Storche #WhiteStork #WhiteStorks #BirdsOfMastodon #Birds #Webcam #Bird #Webcams #SolarPunkSunday
#CharlottesvilleVA - #RepairCafé coming up at #ScrappyElephant
Apr 18, 2025
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (CBS19 NEWS) -- "People with a broken piece of jewelry or some clothing that needs to be fixed might be able to get it done for free at an upcoming event.
"The Cville TimeBank will be holding a Repair Café at the Scrappy Elephant on Allied Street on April 26.
"Attendees can bring up to three items in need of repair.
"Volunteers will be on hand to fix items. Repairs will be limited to 25 minutes if there are others waiting for assistance.
"However, organizers say there will be no jewelry soldering or extensive bead restringing at this event.
"This event is free to attend and open to the community. For more information, click on the link below:
@tinker Tagging for #SolarPunkSunday! Wow! 
#WestbrookME - #BicycleCoalitionOfMaine #MountainBike Maintenance Class
April 24 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
"Want to upgrade your bike or find out how to perform regular servicing on your rig? This is the class for you! Learn the tips and tricks to keeping your bike in top riding shape all year round with our intermediate maintenance class specifically geared towards maintaining hardtail and full-suspension mountain bikes. This program is made possible in partnership with Mast Landing Brewing Company, Gorham Parks and GPNemba. Register at the link below."
Free for BCM Members. $45 for non-members.
Mast Landing Brewing Company – Westbrook
920 Main St
Westbrook, Maine 04092 United States
https://www.bikemaine.org/event/bcm-mountain-bike-maintenance-class-2/
#ReuseRepair #SolarPunkSunday
#BicycleRepair #BicycleMaintenance #BuildingCommunity
#RightToRepair #ReuseRepairRecycle
#BathME - May 3 @ 10:00 am – 12:30 pm
"Come to the #RepairCafe, where our expert volunteers can fix your everyday items and keep them out of the landfill. They can even show you how to do it yourself! We can fix:
- Electronics & Computers
- Clothing & Leather goods
- Small appliances & lamps
- Wooden furniture
- Knife sharpening
- 3D-printed repairs
- #Bike maintenance and repairs"
#HabitatRestore
1 Chandler Dr SUITE 2
Bath, Maine 04530 United States
Thank you, @repaircaferugby ! Tagging for #SolarPunkSunday !