Food4Macc Programme of Events 2013/title> <style type="text/css">  </style>  <style type="text/css">  </style></head> <body> <table width="824" border="0" cellpadding="10" align="center" > <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <td width="800" height="150" colspan="3" valign="bottom"><p align="center"><a href="http://www.maccinfo.com/Food4Macc/Twitter.html"><img src="Images/Facebook40.jpg" width="40" height="41" hspace="40" vspace="25" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.maccinfo.com/Macc2020/" target="_blank"><img src="Images/CalendarLogo.jpg" alt="Macc2020 is an umbrella group for sustainability work in Macclesfield" title="Macc2020 is an umbrella group for sustainability work in Macclesfield" width="101" height="91" border="0" /></a> <img src="Images/ffmlogoIncrEd.jpg" width="409" height="100" border="0" usemap="#Map2" /><a href="http://www.maccinfo.com/Food4Macc/Twitter.html"><img src="Images/twitter40.jpg" width="40" height="41" hspace="40" vspace="25" border="0" /></a></p> <div id="topmenu"><ul> <li> <a href="http://www.maccinfo.com/Food4Macc/Index.html">Home</a></li> <li> <a href="http://www.maccinfo.com/Food4Macc/Grow.html">Grow Food </a></li> <li> <a href="http://www.maccinfo.com/Food4Macc/Local.html">Buy Local </a></li> <li><a href="http://www.maccinfo.com/Food4Macc/Agenda.html">Activities </a></li> <li> <a href="http://www.maccinfo.com/Food4Macc/BackgroundPeak.html">Information</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.maccinfo.com/Food4Macc/HowtoHelp.html">Join In</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.maccinfo.com/Food4Macc/Contact.html">Contact</a> </li> </ul> </div></td> </tr> <tr> <td height="38" colspan="3" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <h2 align="center" class="style1">Learn to Grow your Own Fruit and Veg.</h2> <p align="center"><img src="http://www.maccinfo.com/Food4Macc/Images/wheelbarrowL.jpg" alt="gh" width="300" height="177" /><br /> <br /> <br /> For 2013 <strong>Food</strong><strong>4</strong><strong>Macc</strong> has a programme of <strong>Talks</strong>, <strong>Demonstrations </strong>and<strong> Visits</strong> for vegetable growers, offering advice on topics listed below. You can swap surplus seeds, plants and produce, or pick the brains of experienced gardeners, some of whom have agreed to act as mentors.</p> <p align="center"> If you don’t have anywhere to grow vegetables at the moment, you could make use of a disused plot under our <strong>Garden Share Scheme. </strong>(see website for sites).<strong></strong></p> <p align="center"> See theory put into practice at one of our<strong> Community Gardens</strong> in Macclesfield, Prestbury and Bollington, or help with the <strong>Town Centre Planting</strong>. See website for dates.<strong> </strong></p> <h1 align="center"><span class="style1">Events/Talks Calendar 2013/14</span></h1> <p align="center"> <a href="Food4MaccEvents.pdf">Printable Version (pdf file)</a> </p> <table width="800" border="1" cellpadding="5"> <tr> <td valign="top">10 Jan</td> <td><strong>Boosting local food sales in Macclesfield:</strong> Progress report by<strong> </strong><strong>Food</strong><strong>4Macc</strong><strong>direct</strong>. </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">14 Feb</td> <td><strong>Planning a Vegetable garden</strong>. Location, varieties to plant, growing on patios and window sills by<a href="PeterWoollam.html"> Peter Woollam </a></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">14 Mar</td> <td><strong>AGM and Talk on Freeganism</strong> by <a href="AshGhinn.html">Ash Ghinn.</a> How to find free food. <a href="AshGhinn.html">more details</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">11 April</td> <td><strong>Macclesfield Community Garden Centre </strong>. What produce is for sale + How gardening helps their clients.</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">9 May</td> <td><strong>Practical Bee Keeping</strong> by Graham Royle, and visit to the hives at All Hallows.<a name="Amuse" id="Amuse"></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">13 June</td> <td><p><strong><a href="http://www.maccinfo.com/Food4Macc/Amuse.html"><img src="Images/Amuselogo.jpg" width="161" height="116" hspace="10" border="0" align="right"/></a>Social Evening. </strong> Our pick-up venue on Chestergate, the Amuse Cafe-bar has been running a £10 a head <a href="http://www.maccinfo.com/Food4Macc/Amuse.html">Friday night supper club</a> for some weeks, and we have had excellent reports. </p> <p>Julia Marshall of Amuse has offered to run a special Thursday night supper for us, offering the attached menu. Anyone even remotely interested in Food4Macc’s work and meeting the people involved, is invited to join us at 7.15. Please book via email to <a href="mailto:food4macc@gmail.com ">food4macc@gmail.com </a>by Monday 10th June </p> <p> It will be a very informal evening with no recruitment activity (!), so come along and enjoy good company and an excellent 3 course meal at an unbeatable price.<br /> If you can’t make June 13th, do try to make another Friday. We won’t be there but you will have an excellent meal. The menu is continually changing but a sample is shown <a href="http://www.maccinfo.com/Food4Macc/Amuse.html">here</a>. <strong><a name="Woollam" id="Woollam"></a></strong></p></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">11 July</td> <td><p><img src="Images/Hough2sml.jpg" width="320" height="239" hspace="10" vspace="5" align="right"/><strong>Visit to Peter Woollam’s prolific Organic Garden</strong> at Alderley Edge. (£2 extra per head)<br /> Arrive 7.15pm for 7.30pm introduction by Peter</p> <h3 class="style2">Also Sat/Sun August 3rd and 4th</h3> <p class="style2"> (Open to the public in support of Garden Organic [HDRA] <br /> 12 noon - 5pm)</p> <p>A visit to this extraordinary garden last year was quite inspiring, showing a huge range of fruit and vegetables growing amongst flowers.</p> <p>It is a beautiful and productive garden amply demonstrating what can be achieved with organic methods. </p> <p><a href="https://maps.google.co.uk/maps/ms?msid=212130819364376674085.0004c6444ebdddf48b75d&msa=0&ll=53.304057,-2.199583&spn=0.041391,0.132093">Location Map </a></p> <p align="left" class="style37">Peter and his Organic Garden at Hough Lane Alderley Edge have been the subject of a number of articles:</p> <p align="left" class="style37"><a href="http://www.maccinfo.com/Food4macc/Images/PeterWoollamMX.jpg">Macc Express August 2012</a></p> <p align="left" class="style37"><a href="http://menmedia.co.uk/wilmslowexpress/news/s/451010_the_flower_and_the_glory">Wilmslow Express August 2006 </a></p> <p align="left" class="style37"><a href="http://earthfriendlygardener.net/2009/09/15/organic-gardening-nature-hough-woollam-peter-wildlife-open-garden-alderley-edge-kitchen/">Earth Friendly Gardener September 2009 </a></p> <p align="left" class="style37"><a href="http://www.alderleyedge.com/news/article/4306/alderley-garden-opens-for-wilmslow-wells">Alderley Edge.com June 2011 </a></p><a name="TeggsNose" id="TeggsNose"></a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> 3 Aug </td> <td><p><strong>Teggs Nose Bilberry Pick organised by Ranger Martin James, with guidance on Foraging</strong> by James Wood & Fergus Drennan. Sat 10-1pm. Teggs Nose. </p> <p>Healthy, organic, tasty and free. Bilberry, blueberry, blaeberry, whin; whatever you want to call them they grow wild all over Tegg’s Nose and all you have to do is bring a container and get picking. The Food4Macc team will be on hand with foraging expert James Wood to explain the best places to look and will provide more information about where to source great local food.</p> <p>Time: 10.00am to 1.00pm<br /> Meeting point: Tegg’s Nose Visitor Centre, Buxton Old Rd Macclesfield. SK11 0AP (SJ950733)<br /> Leaders: Cheshire East Ranger Service and Food4Macc<br /> Information: 01625 614279<br /> (Please wear suitable boots/clothing, Please leave your dog at home, Suitable for anyone over the age of 5, Ideal for families and accompanied children, Children must be accompanied by an adult, Easy to Moderate walking grade, Bring a packed lunch, Healthy walk/event, Partnership event)<a name="Show" id="Show"></a></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">25 Aug </td> <td><p><strong><img src="Images/ProduceShow.jpg" width="362" height="183" hspace="10" align="left"/>Summer Produce Show</strong>: </p> <p>Our third annual summer produce show has moved to a new date to coincide with August's Treacle market and will be held under cover on St Michael's Church lawn beside the Town Hall. </p> <p> Drop off your best garden produce, bread, cakes etc. between 10am and 12 midday. Winners announced 2.15pm. <br /> See the <a href="A5F4MShowFlyersml.pdf">Rules and Flyer</a> (please print & display for us).<a name="Chickens" id="Chickens"></a></p></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">10 Oct </td> <td><p><strong><a href="http://www.maccinfo.com/Food4Macc/Chickens.html"><img src="Images/Cover.jpg" width="226" height="169" border="0" align="right" /></a>Chicken Keeping</strong> – how to get started. </p> <p>It is quite easy to start keeping a few chickens at home, and if you don't buy a cockerel, there won't be any early morning noise problems! </p> <p>This talk will explain where to get your chickens and the equipment you need, and how to look after them. </p> <p>See our new chicken keeping page <a href="http://www.maccinfo.com/Food4Macc/Chickens.html">here</a> </p> <p><a name="AppleJuice" id="AppleJuice"></a></p></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">27 Oct </td> <td><h3><img src="Images/ApplePress.jpg" width="167" height="125" hspace="10" align="left" /><strong>Apple Juicing at the Treacle market Sunday 27th October</strong></h3> <p>Come and see how local apples are chopped, pressed, and turned into juice.</p> <p>Buy local apple juice on the stand, or from <span class="style3">Food<span class="style4">4Macc</span>Direct</span> <a href="http://www.food4maccdirect.co.uk/apple-juice.html">here</a> </p> <p> Contact Stuart 01625 432808 or 07494 988977</p> <p><a name="Pruning" id="Pruning"></a></p></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">16 Nov</td> <td><h3><strong><img src="Images/Prune.jpg" width="141" height="168" hspace="20" align="left" />Tree Pruning Workshop. </strong> </h3> <p>Led by local tree surgeon, Joseph Wells, this practical learning session will be held outdoors on Saturday 10.30 - midday at <a href="http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=upton+priory+primary+school&client=firefox-a&fb=1&gl=uk&hq=upton+priory+primary+school&cid=0,0,13598912939315874138&t=m&z=16&iwloc=A">Upton Priory School</a>, where we will be pruning the trees in the school's orchard. </p> <p>If you would like to attend, please email us at <a href="mailto:food4macc@gmail.com">food4macc@gmail.com</a> </p></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> </td> <td bgcolor="#FFFF00"><strong>Starting a smallholding – the first years. </strong>Melany Davis-West. <span class="style1">This event postponed until next year </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><p><strong>2014</strong></p> <p>26 Jan </p></td> <td><p><a href="MacclesfieldPotatoDay.html"><img src="Images/PotatoDaySml.jpg" width="277" height="168" hspace="10" border="0" align="left"/></a><strong>Macclesfield Potato and Seed Fair </strong></p> <p>This annual event, formerly held in Bollington, has moved to Macclesfield Town Hall, coinciding with the January Treacle Market, and will offer you the opportunity to buy all your seed and plant requirements for the coming season. <a href="MacclesfieldPotatoDay.html">more information</a> </p> <p><strong>Sunday 26th January 2014, 10am - 3:00pm</strong></p> <p>Macclesfield Town Hall, Market Place, Macclesfield, SK10 1EA</p></td> </tr> </table> <p align="center">Unless otherwise stated above, meetings start at 7 for 7.30 p.m. on the 2nd Thursday of each month at <br /> All Hallows Catholic College, Brooklands Ave, Macclesfield, SK11 8LB</p> <p align="center"><strong>Admission</strong> free for <strong>Food</strong><strong>4</strong><strong>Macc</strong> members and first time newcomers. 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