Get your forage on!

Hey folks!

I hope all is well in the land of the interwebs!

Apparently, today is National Seed Gathering Day here in Britain, I was out in the woods nice and early to oversee 10/10/2010 at 10:10am (lame, huh?) and the view was pretty great down at Bridge Wood in Ipswich.

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I decided to do my own bit for the day by biking to Bridge Wood with my mug of coffee, big bag full of smaller bags and the sun blazing away, collecting all manner of seeds including Sweet Chestnut, Maple, Scots Pine, Silver Birch and some I didn't even recognise (I'm new to this kinda stuff!).

I'll be including success (and failure) of my foraging and dumpster diving on this blog including tips on bringing home your own bags of sweet, sweet swag in the near future.

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Peace and love,

Jaims

Vegetarian Shoes

For most people, including me, going Vegan also means making sure that you don't wear anything that is animal-derived as otherwise you'd be a walking, talking, tofu stalking contradiction!

I recently ordered a pair of radtastic cruelty-free boots (left) from Vegetarian Shoes and I adore them! [Airseal Stable Boot]

These boots were made in the UK in one of our oldest shoe-making factories, est. 1881. I have had these almost a week now and they're holding up well (better than my last crappy pair - which weren't from Vegetarian Shoes) , I wore them in nice and quickly with hunt sabotage the day after they arrived, it was a very muddy out but no problem for these bad boys! Kept the swamp water out good! These boots are both sturdy and flexible, look good (in my opinion) and are ethically sweeteriffic!

I'd definitely recommend shoes from www.vegetarian-shoes.co.uk!

I friend of mine has had boots she purchased from them for over 6 years and they're still going strong with a bit of heel wear and tear being the only trouble

That's all for now, gotta take the cupcakes outta the oven!

Peace and love,

Jaims

1st October - World Vegetarian Day

"To promote joy, compassion and life-enhancing possibilities of vegetarianism."

The above image is the 'Food Not Bombs' logo, which I felt is just as appropriate for promoting World Vegetarian Day. Food Not Bombs offer free vegetarian and vegan meals to the hungry in over 1,000 cities around the world to protest war, poverty and destruction of the environment.

"With over a billion people going hungry every day how can we spend another dollar on war?"

Visit the Food Not Bombs movement website at: www.foodnotbombs.net


Happy World Vegetarian Day to all!

Peace and love,
Jaims