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We are a group of micro farmers who welcome anyone who keeps animals or grows vegetables and fruit, or loves cooking! Who would like to come along to our meetings or events and share their experiences with others. You don't need to have lots of animals to be a "smallholder." Many people who grow vegetables, have some bees or maybe a couple of backyard chickens come along and enjoy the meetings and events as well.
Saturday, 26 December 2015
Annual General Meeting
Tuesday, 15 December 2015
Essex Wildlife Trust would like to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Thank you for all your support this year.
Last-minute Christmas Gifts
Looking
for a last-minute Christmas gift? Buy someone an Essex Wildlife Trust
membership gift this Christmas: perfect for wildlife lovers. We offer
four types of gift membership, and we can send the membership pack to
you, or directly to the gift recipient.Members receive: 3 editions a year of Essex Wildlife magazine, which highlights our important work, via interesting articles and beautiful imagery; 3 events guides a year, showing the events we offer, for all ages, across the county; our Reserves Guide, detailing all our nature reserves. Family and Watch membership also includes a special Wildlife Watch welcome pack for children, and four issues of Wildlife Watch magazine a year, with posters, stickers and activity ideas.
You can buy your gift online, or by telephoning 01621 862964 (Mon to Fri, 9am-5pm). To guarantee delivery in time for Christmas, please ensure we receive your order by Friday 17th December.
New Year Walks
Why
not make a healthy start to 2016 and join Essex Wildlife Trust for a
guided wildlife walk at one of our visitor centres and nature reserves?
Please wear suitable outdoor clothing and footwear. Advance booking
essential for some walks.Fri, 01/01/2016 11am - Ingrebourne Valley with Havering Local Group
Fri, 01/01/2016 10am - Marks Hill / Hoppits Shaw with Basildon Natural History Society
Wed, 06/01/2016 10am - Abberton Reservoir
Sat, 09/01/2016 10am - Belfairs Park
Wassail Celebration
For something a little different, join our Wassail Celebration at Langdon on Saturday 9th
January. This seasonal celebration in the orchard promises lots of fun
for all the family, and includes the traditional ceremony of
‘wassailing’ (a form of blessing) the trees, to ‘help’ to produce a good
crop of apples later in the year.
For something a little different, join our Wassail Celebration at Langdon on Saturday 9th
January. This seasonal celebration in the orchard promises lots of fun
for all the family, and includes the traditional ceremony of
‘wassailing’ (a form of blessing) the trees, to ‘help’ to produce a good
crop of apples later in the year.
Essex Wildlife Trust, Abbotts Hall Farm, Maldon Road, Great Wigborough, Colchester, CO5 7RZ
Telephone: 01621 862960 Email: admin@essexwt.org.uk Website: www.essexwt.org.uk
Telephone: 01621 862960 Email: admin@essexwt.org.uk Website: www.essexwt.org.uk
Monday, 14 December 2015
The East Essex Smallholders Christmas Quiz 2015
Another great turn out for the East Essex Smallholders Christmas Quiz, with some interesting team names, The Quizzicals, The Pheasant Pluckers, The Moonshiners (you need keep an eye on this bunch!) And some interesting quiz answers, like in the Family Fortunes round: ‘name the top answer from a survey of men, asked to name their favourite body part?’ Possibly a risky question to ask of men, though thankfully responded to well and in the family spirit, the Quizzicals provide a drawing to demonstrate their tactful answer ‘ding-a-ling’!
A close scoring quiz meant a tight fight for the top spot, though as
this picture shows in the end no one could match this year’s prize
winners - Whatever!
A big thank you to everyone that joined in, including the fabulously entertaining dynamic duo, Heather and her trusted assistant, Trevor J, of Quest 4 Entertainment.’
A big thank you to everyone that joined in, including the fabulously entertaining dynamic duo, Heather and her trusted assistant, Trevor J, of Quest 4 Entertainment.’
Sunday, 6 December 2015
Wild Cider Soda Bread
Dedicated forager and HF contributor Dave Winnard, from the popular foraging site, Discover the Wild, shares his recipe for Wild Cider Soda Bread which follows the traditional soda bread recipe but uses cider for the liquid part instead of the buttermilk and has chunks of Wild Crab Apple in it to and you can always add bits of cheese for good measure.
See also:
Easy Soda Bread Recipe Crab Apple Wine Muesli Bread Five Easy Breads to Make
INGREDIENTS
450g plain flour 375ml Cider 1½ tsp bicarbonate of soda Crab apples, roughly chopped into chunks 1 tsp salt
METHOD
1 Preheat the oven to 200°C .
2 Flour a baking tray and put it to one side.
3 Sieve the flour, bread soda and salt into a bowl.
4 Add the cider and mix well until the flour and cider are thoroughly combined into a dough then add the apple chunks.
5 Empty out the dough onto a floured surface and form into a smooth, round shape.
6 Place the dough on the floured baking tray and cut two lines, one horizontally and one vertically, into the bread.
7 Place in the oven for 35 minutes.
8 After the allotted time, remove the bread, turn it upside down and return to the oven for a further 4 minutes.
9 When you take the bread out of the oven again, tap the base: if you hear a hollow sound your bread is cooked.
10 Leave to cool on a wire tray and wrap when cool.
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