Friday 30 December 2011
Tuesday 27 December 2011
Ocean sticks..
I used to be addicted to these, but when I started low-carbing I found that these can be quite high in carbs. So do check before buying, because they obviously aren't 100% seafood.
The KiteKat Trout... Fishy Tales Part Three..
At one point in my childhood, I was lucky enough to live in a converted watermill, with a trout stream. My mother is an animal lover, who prefers them to people. So instead of allowing us to fish the trout, my mother fed them on KiteKat. Often, we would return from holiday to find a few missing. Ma would be upset, but probably not as upset as the angler who tucked into the big, fat, trout, tasting of catfood..
My first lobster..
The only saucepan that we owned which was big enough to hold a large lobster, was the one which Ma boiled up the whites in. Not sheets and towels, just handkerchieves and knickers. So my brother and I were quite worried that this lobster would taste of Persil (and I don't mean parsley).
Pa was late home and Ma was so incensed that he'd kept this special meal waiting, that she hit him over the head with the lobster.
When the lobster was pronounced ready, there was the problem of breaking it open. Pa was lucky that he didn't get hit with the rolling pin, which Ma attacked the lobster with.
We were handed a bread board and a meat tenderiser and told to bash it - that remains my preferred stress-busting way of dealing with lobster.
Pa was late home and Ma was so incensed that he'd kept this special meal waiting, that she hit him over the head with the lobster.
When the lobster was pronounced ready, there was the problem of breaking it open. Pa was lucky that he didn't get hit with the rolling pin, which Ma attacked the lobster with.
We were handed a bread board and a meat tenderiser and told to bash it - that remains my preferred stress-busting way of dealing with lobster.
Fishy tales Part Two..
My mother is a cod's roe fan. Myself, I prefer taramasalata. As a child, I remember being presented with a pile of grey cod's roe on a plate, with a mound of lumpy mashed potatoes. I can still remember the taste, like gritty wet sand and the smell. Ma would tuck into her roe happily, to a background noise of two wailing young children. I'm really not sure that forcing children to eat food they just can't bear, is a good maternal strategy. I don't eat cod's roe, liver or tripe at all.
Fishy tales Part One..
When I was a child, my mother would drag myself and my brother into the one remaining wet fish shop in Maidstone, Kent. As soon as my younger brother heard her ask for herrings, he would start screaming and crying. He would do a little war dance on the spot. If the idea was to embarrass our mother into buying something else, it never worked, not once.
I can't remember eating the herrings but I must have done. I was a big fan of rollmops (pickled herrings) and Ma and I would easily scoff a jar in the car on the way home from Sainsbury's. Jamie, Ma's cocker spaniel was a fan too, and once stole mine from my dinner plate by jumping up onto a dining chair while we were gathering knives and forks in the kitchen.
I can't remember eating the herrings but I must have done. I was a big fan of rollmops (pickled herrings) and Ma and I would easily scoff a jar in the car on the way home from Sainsbury's. Jamie, Ma's cocker spaniel was a fan too, and once stole mine from my dinner plate by jumping up onto a dining chair while we were gathering knives and forks in the kitchen.
Saturday 24 December 2011
Affiliation
Discovered affiliatewindow.com which might just might be an earner for the society. I don't want to do crass things like flog the mailing list or baked beans however.
Friday 23 December 2011
Christmas shopping..
Well time to brave the hordes and do the fresh food Christmas shopping..luckily only the dairy produce and veg
Merry Christmas !
Merry Christmas !
Saltrock
Saltrock Ladies Dark Blue 'college Days' Canvas Purse £3.50 Bags, Belts & Wallets Accessories at Saltrock
Bought this for 5.99 now it's 3.50 :(
Bought this for 5.99 now it's 3.50 :(
Lutine tshirt
Lloyd's Yacht Club
Ordered a long-sleeved Lutine sail design tshirt from Lloyds of London Yacht Club :)
Ordered a long-sleeved Lutine sail design tshirt from Lloyds of London Yacht Club :)
Wednesday 21 December 2011
Fish Fight
Not signed up to Hugh's Fish Fight ? Please visit www.fishfight.net
Coastal Gardening Society is signed up and there's a plea to email your MEP atm. Over 50,000 ppl did this is 48 hrs ! Emailed Neil Farage last night actually got an email today. He's against discards too.
Coastal Gardening Society is signed up and there's a plea to email your MEP atm. Over 50,000 ppl did this is 48 hrs ! Emailed Neil Farage last night actually got an email today. He's against discards too.
Hastings December 2011
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Hastings Fishermens' Protection Society visit December 2011
On Wednesday 14 December 2011, I met with Yasmin from HFPS. The purpose of the visit was to meet her, see the fishery, look at the vegetated shingle and discuss using Classroom in the Coast for meetings.
Classroom on the Coast will the first classroom and demonstration kitchen attached to a MSC-certified fishery, in the world.
Yasmin took me walkabout on the beach and I visited the Fishermens' Museum.
This tall building is a net shop used for storage. Traditionally they are 8ft square at the base.
The sea from the fishermens' beach
The building in the background is a hotel, being built to mimic the net shops. The ruins at the top of the cliff are the remains of Hastings Castle and can be reached by cliff lift.
This is just one of the bricks regurgitated by the sea on the high water line.
Vegetation above the high water mark on the beach, including ribwort plantain, sea kale, mallow and brambles.
RX89 Kaya on the beach with nets - as you can see it was quite windy.
This photo gives a better view of the new hotel. The white church houses the Fishermens' Museum
RX 256 on the beach, the RNLI Lifeboat station and seagull on the board outside a fishmongers converted from a net shop
Classroom on the Coast will the first classroom and demonstration kitchen attached to a MSC-certified fishery, in the world.
Yasmin took me walkabout on the beach and I visited the Fishermens' Museum.
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Apology
I'm not a natural blogger or diarist so I've this tendency to put the blog on the backburner or just stick a few video clips up, my bad. So I'm about to do a full update
Saturday 3 December 2011
Tuesday 29 November 2011
BBC iPlayer - London to Brighton
BBC iPlayer - London to Brighton
Contains strong language, violence and sexual scenes not suitable for children.
Contains strong language, violence and sexual scenes not suitable for children.
Wednesday 23 November 2011
2am emails
The amount of work I need to put in now is getting heavy. If I had a job, I just wouldn't be able to do this. Daytime meetings, work on the photo database, trying to get all the ideas in my head down into documents, persuade people to speak to the society etc etc it all just snowballs. Two nights in a row I've been up till 2am emailing. Not good.
Tuesday 22 November 2011
Sunday 20 November 2011
Khokhloma
It seems that Coastal Gardening Society has readers in Russia. My Russian is limited to a drinking toast and I love you and neither seems appropriate but I thank you. On a personal note, I collect khokhloma and the entire collection will be coming out for Christmas and I will post a photo to say thank you.
Friday 18 November 2011
Thursday 17 November 2011
Wednesday 16 November 2011
Sunday 13 November 2011
Pampas grass growing in popularity
Rockin' all over the world: South American pampas, that 1970s hit, is charting again - Gardening - House & Home - The Independent
Do these people know how difficult it can be to eradicate ??
Do these people know how difficult it can be to eradicate ??
Saturday 12 November 2011
Cacti clinic
Received an email from the secretary of the Dover branch of the British Cacti and Succulent Society and he's going to put the idea to the members at their mtg end of November.
Update
Meeting with a Community Projects Adviser from CASE next week and another with the Community Projects Officer at Shepway District Council..looking for a meeting place in Hastings that's open weekends, relaxed, with clean loos and can do decent coffee and pastries..
Handmade Gardener's soap - Soak
Handmade Gardener's soap - Soak
This soap is made by Handmade By the Sea, in Hastings and the company was featured in the December 2010 issue of Vogue.
This soap is made by Handmade By the Sea, in Hastings and the company was featured in the December 2010 issue of Vogue.
Romney Marsh Wools
Romney Marsh Wools
Romney Marsh sheep are bigger than the average Labrador and their lambs are much prized for eating because of the unique salt marsh on which they graze, reclaimed from the sea. Romney Marsh wools does more with them..
Romney Marsh sheep are bigger than the average Labrador and their lambs are much prized for eating because of the unique salt marsh on which they graze, reclaimed from the sea. Romney Marsh wools does more with them..
Friday 11 November 2011
Thursday 10 November 2011
Tuesday 8 November 2011
Monday 7 November 2011
Classified ad
An outfit called 1classifieds managed to copy an expired Craigslist ad for Coastal Gardening Society and post it, adding that Coastal Gardening Society is open to approaches from commercial interests. I told them I want it deleted and that I would be contacting Craigslist and I have also told Craigslist that these cowboys copied a post that was supposedly expired and that they should do something about it.
Sunday 6 November 2011
Saturday 5 November 2011
Information is Beautiful: Plenty More Fish In The Sea?
Information is Beautiful: Plenty More Fish In The Sea? | News | guardian.co.uk
Do have a look it's really shocking !
Do have a look it's really shocking !
Friday 4 November 2011
Littlestone Golf Club
Littlestone Golf Club : Littlestone Golf Club in Kent - CLUB View
This links course is built on land reclaimed from the sea.. wonder if anyone's ever found fossils in the bunkers ...
This links course is built on land reclaimed from the sea.. wonder if anyone's ever found fossils in the bunkers ...
Thursday 3 November 2011
In the garden..
The Coastal Gardening Society garden aka my back garden grows the following:
Brown Turkey and Jerusalem figs, Pinot Noir grapes, olives, passionflower, jasmine, honeysuckle, clematis, oleander, mimosa, hibiscus, canna, fuchsia, ceanothus, lilac, myrtle, pelargoniums, phormium, phoenix canariensis, basil, mint, parsley, tarragon, oregano, wild marjoram, thyme, borage, savory, lemon balm, chives, fennel, bronze fennel, dill and lavender. So it smells good..
Brown Turkey and Jerusalem figs, Pinot Noir grapes, olives, passionflower, jasmine, honeysuckle, clematis, oleander, mimosa, hibiscus, canna, fuchsia, ceanothus, lilac, myrtle, pelargoniums, phormium, phoenix canariensis, basil, mint, parsley, tarragon, oregano, wild marjoram, thyme, borage, savory, lemon balm, chives, fennel, bronze fennel, dill and lavender. So it smells good..
Runaway Coast
Contacted Runaway Coast because the people there embrace coastal living. Coastal Gardening Society should be a coastal spy...
Born in Hunstanton, granddaughter of a Sheringham fisherman, lived in Newmarket, never been to Aldeburgh though or Southwold.
Born in Hunstanton, granddaughter of a Sheringham fisherman, lived in Newmarket, never been to Aldeburgh though or Southwold.
Coastal Gardening Society update
Been coughing mightily and had a head full of cotton wool with a cold which turned into a chest infection and left me wheezing and sounding like Kermit and not in a good way.. so I apologise to anyone who thinks there's too many fish recipes on here and not enough gardening lately.
Coastal Gardening Society is not ya average horticultural society, it's not about biggest marrows or the best home-grown strawberry jam. It's not traditional, it's new.
Coastal Gardening Society is a member of the Coastal Communities Alliance and one of the aims is to get communities involved in regeneration, using horticulture as a way of involving local people in the regeneration of their coastal community. Regeneration shouldn't be something imposed on a community, which doesn't involve them and seems only to benefit weekending DFLs (Down From Londons).
At the same time, the gap between long-term residents of coastal communities and incomers needs to be bridged, because a divided community is good for no-one. Whereas new money and talent help pull a stagnating seaside place out of the doldrums.
Coastal Gardening Society is about gardening in a maritime microclimate. We live in a special environment so let's celebrate that and basically, get stuck in, to everything on offer. So it's not 100% gardening. But that's not a bad thing if you get the curator of a museum giving you a personal guided tour of a smuggler's town or the director of a nature reserve teaching you about native coastal plants after lunch in a 16th century pub, surely ?
But gardening won't be neglected. No, there will be plant clinics with plant societies to give advice and talks on desiging gardens, composting etc.
For the next few days I'm concentrarting on the website. I'd rather have a few pages I'm perfectly happy with than lots I'm not.
Coastal Gardening Society is not ya average horticultural society, it's not about biggest marrows or the best home-grown strawberry jam. It's not traditional, it's new.
Coastal Gardening Society is a member of the Coastal Communities Alliance and one of the aims is to get communities involved in regeneration, using horticulture as a way of involving local people in the regeneration of their coastal community. Regeneration shouldn't be something imposed on a community, which doesn't involve them and seems only to benefit weekending DFLs (Down From Londons).
At the same time, the gap between long-term residents of coastal communities and incomers needs to be bridged, because a divided community is good for no-one. Whereas new money and talent help pull a stagnating seaside place out of the doldrums.
Coastal Gardening Society is about gardening in a maritime microclimate. We live in a special environment so let's celebrate that and basically, get stuck in, to everything on offer. So it's not 100% gardening. But that's not a bad thing if you get the curator of a museum giving you a personal guided tour of a smuggler's town or the director of a nature reserve teaching you about native coastal plants after lunch in a 16th century pub, surely ?
But gardening won't be neglected. No, there will be plant clinics with plant societies to give advice and talks on desiging gardens, composting etc.
For the next few days I'm concentrarting on the website. I'd rather have a few pages I'm perfectly happy with than lots I'm not.
Tuesday 1 November 2011
National Lobster Hatchery
National Lobster Hatchery
NLH tshirt.. not sure why the guy is standing in a potato field wearing it tho..
NLH tshirt.. not sure why the guy is standing in a potato field wearing it tho..
Monday 31 October 2011
Sunday 30 October 2011
Saturday 29 October 2011
The Gay Dolphin Adventure
The Gay Dolphin Adventure : Second-hand books : Oxfam's Online Shop
I don't think the dolphin in this story is gay, in case you're wondering, althought there is a zoo somewhere with gay penguins..
I don't think the dolphin in this story is gay, in case you're wondering, althought there is a zoo somewhere with gay penguins..
The Lighthouses of Trinity House
The Lighthouses of Trinity House. : Second-hand books : Oxfam's Online Shop
Don't you just love lighthouses ? I've been up South Stack lighthouse off Anglesey in North Wales.
Don't you just love lighthouses ? I've been up South Stack lighthouse off Anglesey in North Wales.
Whitby - There's No Taste Like Home
Video - ITV Player There's No Taste Like Home
from Whitby..includes monkfish with Pernod,and a game pie in hot water crsust pastry
from Whitby..includes monkfish with Pernod,and a game pie in hot water crsust pastry
Nigel Slater's Simple Cooking - Brighton
BBC iPlayer - Nigel Slater's Simple Cooking: Soft and Crisp
includes Nigel Slater at a smokery in Brighton
includes Nigel Slater at a smokery in Brighton
Friday 28 October 2011
Grow it. . . Olives | Coast
Grow it. . . Olives | Gifts |Coast
Rather slow way of getting olives but might be a good idea for kids ?
Rather slow way of getting olives but might be a good idea for kids ?
Beetroot, Raisin & Stem Ginger Pudding Recipe | Sussex Life
Beetroot, Raisin & Stem Ginger Pudding Recipe | Sussex Life
I've found that Timperley's Early does well in coastal gardens but it doesn't like to be in full sun all day.
I've found that Timperley's Early does well in coastal gardens but it doesn't like to be in full sun all day.
Thursday 27 October 2011
Tuesday 25 October 2011
Monday 24 October 2011
RNLI
Contacted RNLI to ask how the society can help fundraise for them and to ask if they can chase up the lifeboat station at Dungeness so I can arrange a visit there during Coastal Gardening Society's Day Out in Dungeness.
Fishermens' Mission
Emailed with the Director of Fundraising and Coastal Gardening Society will do a collection/s on Fish Friday 2012, that's Friday 22 June 2012.
John Hinde
I contacted John Hinde about scanning their postcards for the website and Donna has been great and is sorting that out for me. Thanks Donna !
Bank account
Many banks and building societies ask clubs, associations and societies to have £1000 before they open a bank account which is IMO pretty daft. I trawled all around the Internet looking and got quite despondent.
In order to get a PayPal account for membership income and a charity shop on eBay for the society it needs to have a bank account. Catch 22.
Decided to try my own bank, Lloyds TSB. Glad I did because they offer a bank account that can be started with a nil balance and there are no transaction charges on turnover of less than 50 000 GBP. So I went through the application on the phone this morning :) Thank you to Nicola for her help !
In order to get a PayPal account for membership income and a charity shop on eBay for the society it needs to have a bank account. Catch 22.
Decided to try my own bank, Lloyds TSB. Glad I did because they offer a bank account that can be started with a nil balance and there are no transaction charges on turnover of less than 50 000 GBP. So I went through the application on the phone this morning :) Thank you to Nicola for her help !
Saturday 22 October 2011
Starbucks Coffee Company
Starbucks Coffee Company
Coastal Starbucks on South coast
Bournemouth Brighton Eastbourne Folkestone Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Southampton Truro Weymouth
Coastal Starbucks on South coast
Bournemouth Brighton Eastbourne Folkestone Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Southampton Truro Weymouth
Friday 21 October 2011
ODEON Hastings - Twiathlon - Tickets | Film Trailer | Preview | Release Date
ODEON Hastings - Twiathlon - Tickets | Film Trailer | Preview | Release Date
also in Brighton, Bournemouth, Blackpool, Southend and Southampton
also in Brighton, Bournemouth, Blackpool, Southend and Southampton
Hastings October 2011
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Wednesday 19 October 2011
Crocs !!
www.crocs.co.uk
There are only two places I don't wear Crocs - in the shower and in bed.
For the first week they felt strange although I've never had a blister. After that I just never even noticed that I'm wearing them on my feet. My feet look healthy, they don't get sweaty or blistered and I can walk miles without my feet getting tired. I don't have to worry about ruining my shoes if I get them wet with a hose in the garden and I can play around on the beach with my dawg and not worry about the salt or damaging my feet. I've never had the slightest mishap with escalators either. Without a doubt the best thing my feet have ever experienced.
There are only two places I don't wear Crocs - in the shower and in bed.
For the first week they felt strange although I've never had a blister. After that I just never even noticed that I'm wearing them on my feet. My feet look healthy, they don't get sweaty or blistered and I can walk miles without my feet getting tired. I don't have to worry about ruining my shoes if I get them wet with a hose in the garden and I can play around on the beach with my dawg and not worry about the salt or damaging my feet. I've never had the slightest mishap with escalators either. Without a doubt the best thing my feet have ever experienced.
BBC iPlayer - Inside Out South East: 17/10/2011
BBC iPlayer - Inside Out South East: 17/10/2011
Raw sewage is still being pumped into the sea
Raw sewage is still being pumped into the sea
Tuesday 18 October 2011
Where's your favourite beach ?
Mine is a private beach close to the French President's official summer residence which escapes the hordes ;) And Portmeirion with the tide out is spectacular too.
Seaside gardens in fiction
Looking for good books which feature beaches and seaside gardens. Any suggestions please comment, thanks.
Blackpool Pride-Blackpool's LGBT annual festival event. - News
Blackpool Pride-Blackpool's LGBT annual festival event. - News
Because it's Blackpool and because we're all equal but diverse and that's what makes life better.
Because it's Blackpool and because we're all equal but diverse and that's what makes life better.
Monday 17 October 2011
Seaside Entertainment in Sussex: Amazon.co.uk: J.H. Johnson: Books
Seaside Entertainment in Sussex: Amazon.co.uk: W.H. Johnson: Books
Bought copy from Tesco Extra Hastings in the maps & guides section
Bought copy from Tesco Extra Hastings in the maps & guides section
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