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 👇

Community in a bowl Dave McCormick on Incredible Edible Barnet getting together to make and share soup barnetpost.co.uk/2025/11/11/c...

UK megafarm operators hiding climate impacts from the public - NEW research by Sustain and @desmog.com in The Guardian today! www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Barnet is lucky enough to be getting two, yes two, new community orchards this winter 🥰 Both have various sessions to join in with the creation, planting and caring for the trees. Find out more 👇 and pop long to help out 🌳

Hertfordshire County Council rules for library use, 1930

Disappointing to say the least. Maybe they missed ALL THE INFO ABOUT FIXING THE FOOD SYSTEM TO FIX THE PLANET 😵

We had a very apeeling day at the Incredible Edible Barnet Apple and Pear celebration a few weeks ago. Thanks to everyone who came, donated apples, chopped, crushed, pressed, drank, chatted, tasted, shared food memories, made mobiles, peeled apples and looked for bugs!

Want to know more about the amazing apple? Don't worry, we've got your back 🍏🍎👇 #WorldAppleDay #AnAppleADay

🥣 Brazil’s recipe to end hunger is shockingly simple – and it works. 👧🏽 Universal school meals 💸 Cash transfers + minimum wage 🌾 Buying from family farmers 🍲 Community kitchens 📜 The right to food in law 🌱 Support for agroecological farmers ipes-food.org/brazil-beats... #WorldFoodDay

Nestle quietly exits global initiative to reduce dairy methane emissions #climatecrisis HT @carbonbrief.org www.latimes.com/business/sto...

Thank you FoE for finding the right words for such a terrible situation. And sending my personal thoughts to the Jewish people in my community in Barnet. We stand with you against hate.

I don't think the media realises they don't need to tell people to eat less meat to help climate and biodiversity issues, they just need to help people eat more beans (and other veggies)!

Absolute treat to find this little one in my garden this evening! It was in an area that wouldn't have been easy for it to get out, so it was moved into the veg beds, where it can hopefully snack on all the visiting 🐌🐌🐌🐌

Tis the perfect time to get some apple cider vinegar on the go ✅

The @bmfforum.bsky.social's Interfaith Gardening and Green Food picnic last weekend, as part of the @london.gov.uk's #MayorsCommunityWeekend, was such an enjoyable day 😍 I loved sharing plants from Incredible Edible Barnet with people from across Barnet and beyond. And the food was delicious too 😋

🍎 Come one, come all, and help us celebrate all things fruity!

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This looks like a crucial event. @dantomlinson.bsky.social @sarahsackman.bsky.social @davidpintod.bsky.social It doesn't look like any of the Barnet MPs have registered yet. Please can you let us know if you will be attending?

This is bean-yond (sorry, not sorry) great news! Thanks for spilling the beans about the brilliance of beans 🫘

🍂 Doing a Harvest collection this year? 🍂 Support Chipping Barnet Foodbank and help local people facing hardship. ✔️ Collect non-perishable food ✔️ Get your school, workplace or church involved ✔️ Give financially Every tin, packet or pound counts 💚 chippingbarnet.foodbank.org.uk/2025/09/08/i...

I'm very much looking forward to talking all things food at this community gathering in East Barnet on Sunday (2 to 5pm). Come along to grow, eat and chat at this family-friendly afternoon 🌱

Please please please please please can this government not go down the route of the last lot who changed department secretaries every five minutes. Surely it takes at least ten to figure out what's going on and sort out some of the 1000s of issues.

It's called #Climateflation… It's pushing food prices ever higher – and changing how we eat. Extreme heat, droughts & floods are proving disastrous for farmers on the frontline of #climatecrisis, disrupting supply chains, and intensifying inflationary pressures. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Marjoram: One of the absolute best plants for pollinators! This is one of a series of short videos in a YouTube playlist highlighting some of the best plants to grow if you want to attract bees, butterflies, hoverflies and more. youtu.be/gisVGo-Yirk

Film fans - you need this book if you want to call yourself a film fan 👇

Community Food Growing Leadership Training 🌱 Don’t miss out – this is the last chance to take this free 8-week course at: Basing Hill Park, Childs Hill - from Fri 5 Sep 10am-noon Church Farm Open Space, East Barnet - from Thur 4 Sep 1-4pm Find out more & apply yourhealthbarnet.org/food-growing...

I've just donated a small amount to this crowdfunder. If you are in #NorthLondon and would like to help protect this fabulous piece of land on the green belt in #Enfield please take a look and share a few pounds, if you are able 🙏 #SaveWhitewebbsPark www.crowdjustice.com/case/savewhi...

The people of Instagram didn't get this reference, so let's see if Bluesky folk can do any better. "Na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na...

I've been digging into PAN's latest data about council's use of pesticides in 2024 and sadly it's not a pretty picture in Barnet 😞 Compared to other London LAs, Barnet council: 👎 Used the most herbicides (3546 l/kg) 👎 Was 5th worst for litres per sq km 👎 Was 7th worst for cost (£120k)

Wise words from @barnetfoe.bsky.social TLDR: 1 / Save money and help save the planet by buying less stuff, making the most of what you do buy and reducing the amount you throw away. 2 / Look out for what is already going on in your community and see how you can get involved.

It was a convivial and productive atmosphere at Barnet Friends of the Earth’s AGM. We recounted the things we’ve done, motivated each other to do more, and enjoyed tasty tidbits. If Barnet residents want to help protect our local and wider environment, let us know!

🌿 Barnet FoE joined the Act Now, Change Forever nature lobby today. Constituents spoke with MPs about the environmental issues that matter most. Are you from Barnet and met your MP? We’d love to hear what was discussed 💬🌍 #ActNowChangeForever #BarnetFoE #Barnet #FriendsOfTheEarth #BarnetCouncil