Sara Venn
@saralimback.bsky.social
Gardener, food grower, writer, social media lover, urban food producer, founder of Edible Bristol, activist.
Terrified of the mess we’re in
Mum to a beautiful trans lad.
Terrified of the mess we’re in
Mum to a beautiful trans lad.
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And there we have it. Failure to act for humanity
And there we have it. Failure to act for humanity
COP28 live: Fury at climate summit as draft deal criticised as too weak on fossil fuels - BBC News
The EU and US lead criticism of latest draft agreement, as a promise to "phase out" fossil fuels is removed.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 11, 2023 at 4:40 PM
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And there we have it. Failure to act for humanity
And there we have it. Failure to act for humanity
www.wildlifetrusts.org/news/british...
Times up!! It’s ridiculous we are even still having this debate. Neonicotinoids are banned and there’s no excuse to use them
Times up!! It’s ridiculous we are even still having this debate. Neonicotinoids are banned and there’s no excuse to use them
British Sugar fails to deliver on 3 year plan to end use of banned neonicotinoids | The Wildlife Tru...
Time’s up! Minister urged to help sugar farmers go neonic-free and honour ban as deadline approaches to end reliance on bee-harming chemicals
www.wildlifetrusts.org
December 8, 2023 at 3:38 PM
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Times up!! It’s ridiculous we are even still having this debate. Neonicotinoids are banned and there’s no excuse to use them
Times up!! It’s ridiculous we are even still having this debate. Neonicotinoids are banned and there’s no excuse to use them
Can someone explain to the damn government that no matter how often they insist immigration is the biggest issue facing us, that that’s simply a lie…..
Climate and biodiversity breakdown are the issues of our time!!
And can someone tell the @BBC too please?
Ta.
Climate and biodiversity breakdown are the issues of our time!!
And can someone tell the @BBC too please?
Ta.
December 8, 2023 at 1:59 PM
Can someone explain to the damn government that no matter how often they insist immigration is the biggest issue facing us, that that’s simply a lie…..
Climate and biodiversity breakdown are the issues of our time!!
And can someone tell the @BBC too please?
Ta.
Climate and biodiversity breakdown are the issues of our time!!
And can someone tell the @BBC too please?
Ta.
There are over 2000 lobbyists at COP28 pushing for continued fossil fuel use, whilst we stand at tipping points that could change the planet forever…..
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Earth on verge of five catastrophic climate tipping points, scientists warn
Humanity faces ‘devastating domino effects’ including mass displacement and financial ruin as planet warms
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2023 at 9:58 AM
There are over 2000 lobbyists at COP28 pushing for continued fossil fuel use, whilst we stand at tipping points that could change the planet forever…..
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Hello!! Been quiet and getting over flu but as it’s #WorldSoilDay I’m just popping into say……
STOP DIGGING
START MULCHING
GET COMPOSTING
STOP DIGGING
START MULCHING
GET COMPOSTING
December 5, 2023 at 1:29 PM
Hello!! Been quiet and getting over flu but as it’s #WorldSoilDay I’m just popping into say……
STOP DIGGING
START MULCHING
GET COMPOSTING
STOP DIGGING
START MULCHING
GET COMPOSTING
Yesterdays storm has turned into winter sunshine. But still the strawflowers shine!!!
November 15, 2023 at 8:30 AM
Yesterdays storm has turned into winter sunshine. But still the strawflowers shine!!!
I’ve been very quiet!!
But I’d really like to ask everyone to email their MP and ask for a ceasefire in Gaza. Ta!!
palestinecampaign.eaction.online/gazaMPaction...
But I’d really like to ask everyone to email their MP and ask for a ceasefire in Gaza. Ta!!
palestinecampaign.eaction.online/gazaMPaction...
Write to your MP: King's Speech amendment calling for a ceasefire in Gaza
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November 14, 2023 at 11:40 AM
I’ve been very quiet!!
But I’d really like to ask everyone to email their MP and ask for a ceasefire in Gaza. Ta!!
palestinecampaign.eaction.online/gazaMPaction...
But I’d really like to ask everyone to email their MP and ask for a ceasefire in Gaza. Ta!!
palestinecampaign.eaction.online/gazaMPaction...
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It appears yet again that the promise of a ban on peat based compost in horticulture is forgotten, along with various other promises. When will this govt understand there’s no life on a dead planet 🌎
It appears yet again that the promise of a ban on peat based compost in horticulture is forgotten, along with various other promises. When will this govt understand there’s no life on a dead planet 🌎
The Wildlife Trusts publish list of the UK’s Government’s broken promises to nature | The Wildli...
King’s Speech must herald progress for nature or key UK Government pledge will fail. Next week’s King’s Speech must signal a better future for the UK’s struggling natural environment – other...
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November 6, 2023 at 4:03 PM
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It appears yet again that the promise of a ban on peat based compost in horticulture is forgotten, along with various other promises. When will this govt understand there’s no life on a dead planet 🌎
It appears yet again that the promise of a ban on peat based compost in horticulture is forgotten, along with various other promises. When will this govt understand there’s no life on a dead planet 🌎
Just visited a great garden centre with a huge range of interesting plants…..
Great you’d think?
Except they were all grown abroad in pots full of peat.
So disappointing.
Great you’d think?
Except they were all grown abroad in pots full of peat.
So disappointing.
November 5, 2023 at 4:14 PM
Just visited a great garden centre with a huge range of interesting plants…..
Great you’d think?
Except they were all grown abroad in pots full of peat.
So disappointing.
Great you’d think?
Except they were all grown abroad in pots full of peat.
So disappointing.
Evening folks!!
How is everyone?!?
How is everyone?!?
October 30, 2023 at 4:37 PM
Evening folks!!
How is everyone?!?
How is everyone?!?
Good morning folks!!
Feet hardly touched the ground over the weekend, from talking at an event to cleaning up my potting area and now off to work!!
Today teaching a chutney making class! First time for everything!!
Feet hardly touched the ground over the weekend, from talking at an event to cleaning up my potting area and now off to work!!
Today teaching a chutney making class! First time for everything!!
October 30, 2023 at 6:19 AM
Good morning folks!!
Feet hardly touched the ground over the weekend, from talking at an event to cleaning up my potting area and now off to work!!
Today teaching a chutney making class! First time for everything!!
Feet hardly touched the ground over the weekend, from talking at an event to cleaning up my potting area and now off to work!!
Today teaching a chutney making class! First time for everything!!
Definitely this was outfit of the day……
October 28, 2023 at 6:31 PM
Definitely this was outfit of the day……
Reposted by Sara Venn
Euonymus europaeus L., Spindle; invert associates
1. I've used Spindle in every copse & hedgerow I’ve ever planted. Fruits ripen about now; vivid red-pink capsules enclose bright orange arils. It’s a larval host for c. 27 spp. of inverts, 9 of them Lepidoptera.
Prof. Dr. Thomé, Flora von Deutschland
1. I've used Spindle in every copse & hedgerow I’ve ever planted. Fruits ripen about now; vivid red-pink capsules enclose bright orange arils. It’s a larval host for c. 27 spp. of inverts, 9 of them Lepidoptera.
Prof. Dr. Thomé, Flora von Deutschland
October 26, 2023 at 5:53 PM
Euonymus europaeus L., Spindle; invert associates
1. I've used Spindle in every copse & hedgerow I’ve ever planted. Fruits ripen about now; vivid red-pink capsules enclose bright orange arils. It’s a larval host for c. 27 spp. of inverts, 9 of them Lepidoptera.
Prof. Dr. Thomé, Flora von Deutschland
1. I've used Spindle in every copse & hedgerow I’ve ever planted. Fruits ripen about now; vivid red-pink capsules enclose bright orange arils. It’s a larval host for c. 27 spp. of inverts, 9 of them Lepidoptera.
Prof. Dr. Thomé, Flora von Deutschland
Surely using any civilian lives as collateral damage is morally unacceptable?
There needs to be a ceasefire now and we need the leader of the opposition to fight for that
There needs to be a ceasefire now and we need the leader of the opposition to fight for that
October 27, 2023 at 7:02 PM
Surely using any civilian lives as collateral damage is morally unacceptable?
There needs to be a ceasefire now and we need the leader of the opposition to fight for that
There needs to be a ceasefire now and we need the leader of the opposition to fight for that
Hello folks! Not going to lie-im finding it increasingly difficult to not just appear on various platforms and rant about the state of the world.
Which isn’t especially helpful.
But why can’t we treat all life as equally sacred and see that war only makes everything about who holds power and wealth?
Which isn’t especially helpful.
But why can’t we treat all life as equally sacred and see that war only makes everything about who holds power and wealth?
October 27, 2023 at 2:06 PM
Hello folks! Not going to lie-im finding it increasingly difficult to not just appear on various platforms and rant about the state of the world.
Which isn’t especially helpful.
But why can’t we treat all life as equally sacred and see that war only makes everything about who holds power and wealth?
Which isn’t especially helpful.
But why can’t we treat all life as equally sacred and see that war only makes everything about who holds power and wealth?
Just in case anyone asks, I drink tea. By the gallon!!
Coffee makes me a bit crazy and anyone who knows me will tell you I don’t need any help in that!!
Coffee makes me a bit crazy and anyone who knows me will tell you I don’t need any help in that!!
October 24, 2023 at 12:56 PM
Just in case anyone asks, I drink tea. By the gallon!!
Coffee makes me a bit crazy and anyone who knows me will tell you I don’t need any help in that!!
Coffee makes me a bit crazy and anyone who knows me will tell you I don’t need any help in that!!
Morning folks!!
Last week I wrote to my MP about the Israel/Gaza war, asking for the govt to at least acknowledge the plight of Palestinian citizens, and ask for aid to be allowed in, water turned on etc etc…..
I despair of this govt. the response only speaks of the atrocities on Israel.
*sighs*
Last week I wrote to my MP about the Israel/Gaza war, asking for the govt to at least acknowledge the plight of Palestinian citizens, and ask for aid to be allowed in, water turned on etc etc…..
I despair of this govt. the response only speaks of the atrocities on Israel.
*sighs*
October 24, 2023 at 7:59 AM
Morning folks!!
Last week I wrote to my MP about the Israel/Gaza war, asking for the govt to at least acknowledge the plight of Palestinian citizens, and ask for aid to be allowed in, water turned on etc etc…..
I despair of this govt. the response only speaks of the atrocities on Israel.
*sighs*
Last week I wrote to my MP about the Israel/Gaza war, asking for the govt to at least acknowledge the plight of Palestinian citizens, and ask for aid to be allowed in, water turned on etc etc…..
I despair of this govt. the response only speaks of the atrocities on Israel.
*sighs*
Pumpkin soup cooked on the community allotment, from pumpkins grown on the community allotment!!
Kids made Halloween crafts, hung them in the trees and carved apples!!
Everyone fed from local food they’d helped grow!!
Kids made Halloween crafts, hung them in the trees and carved apples!!
Everyone fed from local food they’d helped grow!!
October 23, 2023 at 6:33 PM
Pumpkin soup cooked on the community allotment, from pumpkins grown on the community allotment!!
Kids made Halloween crafts, hung them in the trees and carved apples!!
Everyone fed from local food they’d helped grow!!
Kids made Halloween crafts, hung them in the trees and carved apples!!
Everyone fed from local food they’d helped grow!!
Morning everyone!!
Today Halloween on the community allotment I support begins!!
Pumpkin soup, pumpkin painting, and lots of land based crafty stuff with kids and their parents……
🎃 🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃
Today Halloween on the community allotment I support begins!!
Pumpkin soup, pumpkin painting, and lots of land based crafty stuff with kids and their parents……
🎃 🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃
October 23, 2023 at 6:26 AM
Morning everyone!!
Today Halloween on the community allotment I support begins!!
Pumpkin soup, pumpkin painting, and lots of land based crafty stuff with kids and their parents……
🎃 🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃
Today Halloween on the community allotment I support begins!!
Pumpkin soup, pumpkin painting, and lots of land based crafty stuff with kids and their parents……
🎃 🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃
I love a bit of @nicwilson.bsky.social writing!! Don’t miss this episode of Country Diary!!
I've been indulging in a spot of scatalogical excitement in this morning's Guardian country diary... www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/oct/23/country-diary-a-poo-with-a-view
October 23, 2023 at 6:22 AM
I love a bit of @nicwilson.bsky.social writing!! Don’t miss this episode of Country Diary!!
Morning-the birds are back!
In the last 24 hours from the garden we’ve heard owls and green woodpeckers, the starlings are roosting and the rooks in the rookery in the woods are louder morning and evening!
And there’s a tiny wren with a huge voice.
Natures symphony
In the last 24 hours from the garden we’ve heard owls and green woodpeckers, the starlings are roosting and the rooks in the rookery in the woods are louder morning and evening!
And there’s a tiny wren with a huge voice.
Natures symphony
October 22, 2023 at 7:57 AM
Morning-the birds are back!
In the last 24 hours from the garden we’ve heard owls and green woodpeckers, the starlings are roosting and the rooks in the rookery in the woods are louder morning and evening!
And there’s a tiny wren with a huge voice.
Natures symphony
In the last 24 hours from the garden we’ve heard owls and green woodpeckers, the starlings are roosting and the rooks in the rookery in the woods are louder morning and evening!
And there’s a tiny wren with a huge voice.
Natures symphony
Reposted by Sara Venn
🏳️🌈🌳 Responses appreciated 🌳🏳️🌈
If you identify as LGBTQ+ and are involved in horticulture, gardens or botany as a professional or active amateur, I'd love to hear whether you think it is a safe space for LGBTQ+ people in this anonymous survey. Thank you!
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If you identify as LGBTQ+ and are involved in horticulture, gardens or botany as a professional or active amateur, I'd love to hear whether you think it is a safe space for LGBTQ+ people in this anonymous survey. Thank you!
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October 21, 2023 at 11:03 AM
🏳️🌈🌳 Responses appreciated 🌳🏳️🌈
If you identify as LGBTQ+ and are involved in horticulture, gardens or botany as a professional or active amateur, I'd love to hear whether you think it is a safe space for LGBTQ+ people in this anonymous survey. Thank you!
👇😃
forms.gle/vHApUtq7DzHp...
If you identify as LGBTQ+ and are involved in horticulture, gardens or botany as a professional or active amateur, I'd love to hear whether you think it is a safe space for LGBTQ+ people in this anonymous survey. Thank you!
👇😃
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If you want to see some of natures autumn magic get following the Fungi Magic feed!!
October 21, 2023 at 3:22 PM
If you want to see some of natures autumn magic get following the Fungi Magic feed!!