Roots and Shoots 2012 Awards

 On 3rd December, Lewis and Charlotte along with two pupils from the "Fantastic Plastic" recycling elective course were at the Zoological Society of London's headquarters in Regents Park.  They presented their Dingwall Academy activities to Jane Goodall and her Roots n Shoots charity and were presented with the Gold Award.

 It was a real privilege to meet Dr Jane Goodall in person.

 They gave a talk and presentation with lots of photos in.

 The Roots n Shoots charity encourages the Youth of today to do something to help people, animals and the environment that we all depend upon.  To see more photos of the event, visit the charity's website at: http://www.rootsnshoots.org.uk/blog/2012/12/08/jane-goodalls-roots-shoots-awards-2012/

Photos on this page were taken by Miss Canham who accompanied the group on their overnight journey to London.

Christmas Dinner

A snowy Wednesday this week saw us in the shed enjoying our Christmas dinner.

 It felt nice and spacious after we cleaned it out last week.

 Par boiling the vegetables before roasting and frying the bacon/garlic/walnuts/sprouts and curly kale mix.  We didn't grow sprouts this year, so had to buy those in!  The vegetables included several varieties of our own potatoes - Blue Belle, Highland Burgundy Red, Golden Wonder and Smile.  We also enjoyed sweet potato, butternut squash and swede in roasted selection.

 Keep that tongue in Danielle!  Carrying hot food out to the shed: Cameron carries the mash, Danielle the roast vegetables and Grigor the jug of gravy.

It was a freezing day, but the crowd and hot food soon warmed up the shed!   

 We enjoyed the bad cracker jokes!  Everyone had seconds and even "thirds".

We had mince pies for second course, and when the bell went, there was nothing left!  A feast enjoyed by all!  Happy Christmas to all members and I look forward to seeing you in the New Year for more gardening.  Happy Christmas also to our followers - we hope you have enjoyed following our activities this year, and look forward to your comments next Year.

Feeding the Birds

 We have not managed to plant any more hedge trees this week as the ground has been frozen!  Instead, we filled the bird feeders and hung them up (above).

 

Danielle and Connorhan also started putting up decorations in the shed ready for our Christmas Dinner next week!  We moved lots of "stuff" - boxes, bits of timber etc into the greenhouse for temporary storage in order to create space in our shed.  Now it needs a good sweep ready for setting the table up.