When Elaine moved into her house over thirty years ago, the pond was there already. Roughly circular, it is 1.5m in diameter and lined with a butyl-type rubber liner. What makes it special is the series of mini-waterfalls, powered by a motor which circulates the water from the bottom pond back up to the top, …
One day in April 2019, I decided to build a pond. I’d just dug out a huge, thirsty New Zealand flax plant and needed something to put in its place. I like things to happen quickly and easily and so, after minimal research I realised that digging and lining a pond from scratch was not …
On a frosty morning in February, we visited Gill and Tom’s pond. Tom built their pond over ten years ago, digging it out himself to create a hole about 1.5m x 1m and ranging from 16–30cm deep. It’s double lined with a thick white base layer which prevents sharp things from creating leaks, and then …
I had a vague aspiration for many years to make a small pond in our (shared) back garden. In 2021, I finally got around to making it happen and mistakenly thought it would work best if I could just sink a smallish container into the ground. However, after a couple of failed attempts, I did …
You are warmly invited to a community event on Saturday, 5 March, 2.00 – 4.00 pm: the Sustainable Community Café, in the Upper Hall, Bruntsfield Evangelical Church. It will be a welcome opportunity to catch up with each other (and make new friends!) as we emerge from winter and the ups-and-downs of Covid. There will …
Despite the very un-springlike weather of gusty winds and cold drizzle, nine of us gathered together for the first Leamington Terrace Spring Clean. We had already advertised the date — Saturday 5th February — and decided to persevere with our plan, albeit with some misgivings. The initiative emerged from the GatE group, inspired in part …
Hello dear Bruntsfielders! I’m a very recent and ephemeral resident, who reached Scotland thanks to the hospitality of Mimo & Ewan and Mick & family. My journey had its target in Glasgow, where the Conference of Parties of the United Nations Framework on Climate Change (COP26) is taking place. As a recently retired climatologist from …
Event Overview On 23 September 2021, we organised a film screening plus discussion as part of Climate Fringe Week as well as for the European Day of Sustainable Communities (EDSC21). The event took place 6.30pm–9.00pm and was kindly hosted by Bruntsfield Evangelical Church (with generous assistance in person from LT resident Fraser McLaren), which provided first-rate facilities for …
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