Fabulous walk around @visitdundreggan.bsky.social this morning. Liked the idea of this rewilding tracker #exploredundreggan

Find out more about our community garden in this new podcast episode, made by Incredible Edible HQ. The 31 min episode is part 1/12 in this new limited series 'The power of small actions', with new episodes being released throughout the summer. Listen here 👉 open.spotify.com/show/3n73Fmu...

Don't worry, plant sale fans, we have your back 🌱 There are a whole host of local plants sales in Barnet and Enfield in the next few weeks - pop along to find a wide range of plants and support local growers at the same time. Let us know if you spot any more (below in date order) 👇

We’ll be having a 🐝🦋🐞🐛🐜🪰🪲🪳🦟🦗🕷️ focus at our community garden session at St John's URC (EN5 1RH) this Saturday morning, between 10 and 12. Kids can do a wildlife themed scavenger hunt and we'll be using iNaturalist and the FIT count apps in case you want to set them up on your mobile in advance 📱

Tip of the day: Find an apple tree and stand under it. It will provide a feast for your 👀,👂and 👃 And lots of food for 🐝🐝🐝 too!

If biocide usage and non-native plants mean that your garden is bereft of colourful Lepidoptera then capitalism has your back @georgemonbiot.bsky.social - seen at a garden centre today #ExtremeCivilisation

Just 3 more days until the start of Capital Growth's #GoodtoGrow week. Some community food gardens in Barnet are holding special events to celebrate the start of the growing season. Visit and join in! 🌱 If you’re not in Barnet find an event near you at www.capitalgrowth.org/spaces/

𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 | Climate change added an estimated £361 to average household food bills in 2022-23. Staples like coffee, cocoa and olive oil have already spiked sharply. And the risks are growing. Our new report traces the impact at every stage of the food system, from farm to fork: buff.ly/MtXrKNM

When you make homemade pitas, and you have leftover chip shop chips, lunch magic happens 😋

Get involved with food growing! Barnet Community Food Growing Network on opportunities around the borough https://barnetpost.co.uk/2026/04/08/get-involved-with-food-growing/

We grow enough food to feed the world — so why are 733 million people still going hungry? A new study co-authored by Project Drawdown scientists finds that more than half of global crop calories never reach a human plate, diverted instead to livestock feed and biofuels. 🌽 🔗 https://bit.ly/4vch2h4

It shouldn’t take a war for Britain to wake up to the need for food security | Tim Lang

I'm excited to be sharing this today 🤩 Incredible Edible Barnet is just one of the fabulous community food gardens in Barnet, and now they are all in one place on this new map. If you live in Barnet and want to learn how to grow food, meet people in your local area or both, this map is for you!

Have you bean 😂 thinking about trying to grow more veg at home this year? Then this webinar, hosted by the fab @finchleypollinator.bsky.social and featuring yours truly, could be the start of your new adventure! Find out more and register 👇

One of my tasks today is to prep for a Citizens Advice Barnet board meeting this evening. For a snapshot of what's happening in the advice sector right now please read this short article in the brilliant @barnetpost.bsky.social 📰 TLDR: "We need help" Daniel Bamford, CEO of Citizens Advice Barnet

Happy #IWD26 to all the amazing women caring for their communities! I was honoured to win an award at Barnet Council’s InspirationAll Awards earlier this week, for my work highlighting the joy of community food growing. www.barnet.gov.uk/your-council... Thank you to everyone who's supported me!

An interesting article in the Bulletin on these issues published yesterday argues, “The job of the intelligence community is to assess risk and issue advanced warning. If you artificially put blinders on, you are artificially narrowing the threat landscape,” thebulletin.org/2026/02/deny...

It’s #NestBoxWeek put up a nest box and you could welcome birds like this into your green space. With natural nest sites disappearing, boxes in gardens can make a real difference. 🐦 Want to make your own? Find our nest box crafting guide via the link below 🛠️🌿 https://ow.ly/uvTe50Yhz6z#NestBoxWeek

Seed swap Incredible Edible Barnet’s annual seed swap is on Sunday, 1st March barnetpost.co.uk/2026/02/18/s...

Disappointed in the @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social who has an account here with 3.3k followers but has never posted. I was going to share its recent Wild Live event but won't if they can't be bothered to post it here. I might start choosing who to support based on their twitter:bluesky usage 😔

The Govt’s own assessment warns that climate change & biodiversity loss threaten long-term food security & worsen natural disasters. I’m pressing for a debate on the Joint Intelligence Assessment so Parliament can scrutinise this important report.

Dream of better things to come, and chat to other food growing fans, at the #IncredibleEdibleBarnet seed swap in a few weeks time. See you there?

*TONIGHT* 7–8 pm Ever wondered what a species of caterpillar or strange-looking mouse, might be? Join us tonight to learn how to use the iNaturalist app to explore, identify, and record local wildlife. 📷 With Harriet Duffield, Barnet Council’s Biodiversity Officer. 👉 Register here: bit.ly/4qxo4Ky

An across-government technical assessment published today recognises that "nature is the foundation of national security" and that "every critical ecosystem is on a pathway to collapse". A rational response to this would be to get very serious about nature recovery. www.gov.uk/government/p...

Be Patient I'm Trying At East Barnet Valley Bowls Club and life in general 😆

🌟 Join our volunteer team 🌟 We’re welcoming new volunteers at our next training session. 📅 Sat 24th January | ⏰ 9:30am–1:30pm 📍 Chipping Barnet Foodbank From warehouse to client support, every role matters 💚 Sign up: chippingbarnet.foodbank.org.uk/give-help/vo...

I think, even if you don't live in London, #WildLondon is a great watch. My least favourite stat: By the end of summer there could be as many as 14,000 slugs in a london garden 😮 My most favourite quote: The best place to enjoy nature is close to home 😍

Maybe someone should tell Keir Starmer to step up on the climate crisis? https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jan/05/mps-underestimate-support-green-policies-study

Have you made a new year's resolution to be more of a nature explorer this year? If so, this webinar hosted by @barnetfoe.bsky.social on Thursday 22 January at 7pm might be right up your street! Please share with anyone you think will be interested.

It’s time to reflect on the year past, so here are a few of my fave things from 2025. 🎆 Happy new year everyone! 🥂 Here’s to more time in nature next year, more understanding and more hope. We can do this 😍

The #Harvest-ometer results for the year in my home garden are in! 47.8kg harvested, 116.81kg CO2 saved @sustainweb.org #GrowYourOwn #EveryCarrotCounts

Cheeky little twixtmas walk in the woods 🌳🪾

I was a bit sad today when I needed to have the small boats chat with my mum. The rhetoric of excessive immigration has reached her, a generally open-minded women in her 70s living in a majority white town in the Midlands. Can anyone recommend further resources to help me with future chats?

I was a bit sad today when I needed to have the small boats chat with my mum. The rhetoric of excessive immigration has reached her, a generally open-minded women in her 70s living in a majority white town in the Midlands. Can anyone recommend further resources to help me with future chats?

Looks like I might need to revisit my anti-flying stance in 2026 if I am due to be a Top Gun 😬

I really really really wish more people were aware of this

Don't buy crap presents. Buy good ones. Like this!

What a delightful mini series about food plants on BBC sounds. Made in the 80s the series gives a snapshot to our recent food history and much is still relevant. 16 x 8-min episodes about a range of foods from beans to wheat, covering their history and importance to the world we live in. Enjoy!

Well that's a wrap for 2025! A few weeks ago we had a terrific time decorating the garden, having a quick tidy up and planting some bulbs before leaving the whole space (and us) to have a breather for a few months. Here's to more garden fun in 2026, but first it's time to rest 😊

Something exciting is coming!🌿 Wild London, presented by Sir David Attenborough, co-produced by London Wildlife Trust, will broadcast on New Year's Day, 6:30pm on BBC One! 👉 Click the link below to learn more www.wildlondon.org.uk/keep-london-...

This should be an interesting, but probably sobering, event tomorrow ...

What an Incredible Edible year! Here's a quick recap of some of what we got up to at IEB... Warning - there are pictures of peaches (well, peach) and beans 😋

The wonderful charity I'm a trustee for, Citizens Advice Barnet, is taking part in the Big Give Christmas Challenge this year, where donations are doubled until 9 Dec. If you are able to support this great local charity with a few £s we would be very grateful 🙏 donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...

"We did not see enough discussion about livestock or meat production in particular, or even diets in general. So I think this is a pretty big missed opportunity." Dan Jasper, Sr Policy Advisor https://bit.ly/4afp4Oc @sentientmedia.org

Hate Black Friday (like me)? How about Bean Friday instead? Highly recommend you give this #BoldBeanCo Squash, sage and goats cheese bean-otto recipe a try tonight 😋 In fact, just get their cookbooks, there are lots of other tasty treats like this one.

UK folk (and I'm sure the same will apply in other places), sort out your obsolete cables and get them recycled. How do I sort out my cables? - Recycle Your Electricals share.google/BM7Dh0vLmlIk...

I find this info helpful, thanks @octopus.energy Just a little thing but, I was about to put the dishwasher on but will now wait until this evening instead.

You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who’s coming to save you? 🤪

Step outside this #NationalTreeWeek! 🌳 Can you tell your oaks from your ashes on your next forest stroll? Illustration by Harriet Gardiner.

🥗 Just because the weather's getting cooler (and wetter) doesn't mean a lack of locally grown seasonal veggies. 👩‍🌾 We have two excellent growers in #NorthLondon who sell nature friendly food all year: Enfield Veg Co and GROW. They operate slightly differently, find out more in the comments below 👇