Wildlife Insect Hotel

Insect Hotels! with Spring moving along and Summer in sight, most of us with gardens hope that there will be a nice lively ecosystem, with insects, worms, birds all balancing each other somehow. To help at the bottom rung of this ecosystem, we can build 'insect hotels' in the garden that become self sustaining, but provide a habitat. This can be built almost entirely from jumble, either old pallets, or waste wood and logs and bricks.
See this picture from Whitemoor Allotments, Nottingham

From: http://www.gapphotos.com

From: http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/gardening-blog/
From:  http://www.wiltshirewildlife.org/ReducingImpact/GreenGardening/BuildABugHotel
and this best one from Ulster Wildlife Trust.

Home brewing workshops at Stonebridge Farm - Saturday 30th April

We will be hosting a series of seasonal workshops at Stonebridge in conjunction with the Home Brew network. The aim will be to show people what they can do with seasonal produce, details of the first two are attached. Places are limited to fifteen people and we will open the workshops for Green Street members first so if you are interested in attending please let me or Matt know asap.


HomeBrew Network is a cooperative brewery, urban vineyard and knowledge exchange network
powered by home-brewers.

WORKSHOPS
Nettle Beer
Saturday 30 April
10 – 4pm at Stonebridge City Farm, Sneinton
An introduction to home-brewing. Make delicious Nettle Beer to take home, where to find free ingredients, what you need to start brewing and how to join HomeBrew Network.

Experimental Brewing
Sunday 01 May
10 – 4pm at Stonebridge City Farm, Sneinton
This second day is for people who might want to try their hand at experimenting with different ingredients, we will invent a new drink based on what we can find on the farm and out in the city.
If you already brew or want to learn how, get in touch – places
are limited.
To sign up email info@homebrew-network.net or call/text Mat
on 0773 887 9173 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting              0773 887 9173      end_of_the_skype_highlighting

You will need to bring an empty backpack
Twitter: @homebrewnetwork

Solar Panel cleaning

Brian comes to the rescue!


I have been trying to find someone who could wash and clean my solar panels but to no avail.
Then yesterday it struck me that we have a fantastic steeple jack in our group. I asked him if he would be willing to give it a go. Armed with very long ladders, a HA-RA window washer and cleaning product (all totally Eco friendly) he set off to tackle a job no one else wanted to do.

Within an hour the job was done and the sun could shine again. The dirt that came off it was amazing and the difference between the panels washed and those that were not made me realize how important it was to do. Thank you so much Brian you have now got another string to your bow.





The best PV solar panel cleaner in town!

Call Brian at 07974550118

West Bridgford Summer Gathering 14th May

This will be the 5th celebration of sustainable and community living in West Bridgford
It will be held on Bridgford Park where many of our Eco suppliers and advisors will be to inform you about their most up to date products.

Transition West Brigford will have a stall there too, as will the Eco House group.
The day after the Summer Gathering we shall have our 2nd Eco houses open day.

If you can spare some time to either help out on the Transition stall or on the day after at the Eco House open day, we look forward to hearing from you.