maria

Still lots of potatoes! Any swappers?

Super news. Can anyone get involved? I am a garden organic master gardener so happy to help with any advice and support. Maria

Hi there. We have loads of large potatoes a red heritage variety. We are after some carrots, cabbage or salad. Any takers? Maria

Hi Sue, If you go to the website www.localgreens.org.uk then you can see whats in this weeks bag. But the standard bag includes: spring onions new potatoes rainbow chard salad bag cucumber purple peppers aubergine broccoli here is some feedback this week from one of our happy customers "I am absolutely delighted with my mixed bag of vegetables each week and think it's very good value for money. The vegetables are so fresh and taste amazing. I feel as though I have just picked them straight from the field!" As an avid veg grower myself I also agree! Maria

I am so sorry to hear your news. the same thing happened to my cat a few years ago. Hope you are successful with getting feedback. Maria

Dear veg growers, If you aren't quite growing enough to meet all your weekly needs then I would like to invite you to participate in a new local veg bag scheme. Local Greens is a not for profit weekly veg bag scheme set up by four enthusiastic people living in Herne Hill and East Dulwich. We provide the local area with great tasting, seasonal veg from small organic or spray-free farms, which are as close to SE London as we can find. In fact the closest farm is less than 11 miles away. We are currently piloting our scheme so we aren't widely publicising it at the moment but thought people on this thread might appreciate really good local veg. Great veg grown with minimum intervention from farms who we work in partnership with Minimum packaging and transportation so we can pay the farmers a good price for their produce Collected by you locally - often on the day it was picked That simple and as sustainable as we can make it. The small bag is ?7.50 and the standard bag is ?11.82- these prices truly reflect a fair price for our farmers and cover our costs. For more info and to sign up visit www.localgreens.org.uk Hope you like our initiative Maria

Rats in London are normal dont panic. Get a cat. Mine regularly catches them

It does get a bit much the other month I got stopped 4 times in 2 days.

Hi there, I have loads of lovely organic salad leaves. Anyone got anything they want to swap? Otherwise you can buy a good sized bag for ?1.50 and ready for collection in East Dulwich tomorrow. Just round the corner from the Bishop pub Lordship Lane. Let me know. maria

Anyone want to swap some veg plants. I have many purple sprouting broccoli organically grown and all ready to plant. Maria

Great idea. Count me in.

Count me in

I am involved in setting up a not for profit local veg box scheme (launch Sept) so this might go some way to address some of these issues. The veg will be organic and from local farms as close to the Dulwich area as poss eg Sutton. But happy to be involved in any discussions about a retail venture for the community. Maria

Might be good to approach the London farmers market organisation. www.lfm.org.uk. maria

Just found a set of keys in spurling road with a key fob that says firbank. If they are yours please pm me. Maria

Thanks Cate, I hadnt been for a while and someone had told me it had closed. So I'll definately be going again.

They also park in disabled bays - I plan to take some photos next time.

I am really pleased there arent any more fast food joints in ED - maybe Leon would be a good addition though ie good fast food.

They do still sell fairtrade bananas but always run out of them - I know cos I buy them

Having shopped in the EDD since it opened I have always found the staff delightful and knowledgable about their food. Yes it does get busy and crowded in there especially when they have super seasonal displays. It sounds like an unfortunate accident but any shop in similar circumstances would have asked you to pay for anything broken. I love having this shop on my door step which does such a fabulous range of quality food, we should also be proud of our local, independently owned shops and support them.