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Malham Tarn Field Centre, situated near Malham Tarn in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, North Yorkshire, England. Follow this blog to keep up to date with current goings on at the Tarn.
The centre is run by the Field Studies Council and is popular with both geography and biology students, as well as the wider public. Opened in 1947, the Centre celebrated its 60th anniversary in 2007.Within walking distance of the Centre are famous limestone features including Malham Cove, Gordale Scar and spectacular karst landscapes. The route of the Pennine Way footpath runs very close to the buildings. Nearby habitats include limestone pavement, grazed and ungrazed grassland, woodland and species-rich fen, acid peat pools and stony hill streams. Malham Tarn itself is one of only eight upland alkaline lakes in Europe.

For more information please go to
http://www.field-studies-council.org/malhamtarn/index.aspx




Wednesday, 23 November 2011

Walled Garden Update Winter 2011

This year has seen the best harvest the Walled Garden has ever had, since we started using it in 2008.

This year the groups that have planted vegetables in our garden have been, Moorfield Primary, Havelock Academy, St Mary's School, Lady Lane Park School, Bradford Girls Grammar, Framingham Earl, Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust Volunteers and Rauceby Primary.

This November we have harvested 3.5kg of Swede, 7kg of Parsnips including a giant 0.5kg parsnip. These vegetables were used in the kitchen to feed our participants for the research seminar last weekend. Mashed Swede and Roast Beetroot and Parsnips were on the menu!

Total harvests 2011....
22kg of Carrots
7kg of Parsnips
2kg of Summer Sprouting Broccoli
1kg of Purple Sprouting Broccoli
6kg of Beetroot
1.5kg of Radishes
3.5kg of Swede













 
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