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  Our community loves apples, we are inclusive, so that means all sorts   The apple and foraging active travel outing for wildlings FEL has generously provided our active travel team with a cargo bike once again, this time to assist in our pre-Apple Day apple collection efforts. Since this lease is longer than the one we had for Monty's big day out, there's potential for planning other local cycling adventures focused on wild harvests if anyone is interested. We think it would be fun to bike around the Upper and Lower Braes communities to not only gather apples but also look for other items our community might know about. For example, Kenny and Claire have already collected some sweet chestnuts. Any help with collecting apples or other food harvesting ideas would be greatly appreciated.  We have only taken the cargo bike out once to gather apples. It was a quick but bountiful visit to three local trees, allowing us to fill three baskets. The team has learned w...

  Seed library  We  borrowed Grangemouth library`s seed library for Apple Day   What is the Seed Library? You can use (or “borrow”) seeds from the seed libraries for free! No prior gardening skills needed! We only ask that you take what you will definitely use, then we would like you its not a demand, but if you donate (or “return”) seeds at the end of the growing season. Others will benefit Seed donations keep the library stocked for the next season. If you plan to help keep the lending library stocked, pick a variety or two of your plants and let them mature all the way to seed production. A seed library is a simple way of preserving and sharing a diverse array of seeds. It spreads the love of gardening, strengthens access to food resources in the community, keeps rare plants circulating, therefore protecting our food source diversity. Our own planned seed library will become part of the global movement of food security  Our sustainability manager has gathered...