Sally Morgan – Living on one acre or less
Healthy sustainable food production on small spaces plus books and gardens
It’s the time of year when the allotmenteers at Empire Farm are planning the year ahead, seed catalogues are out and planting plans in preparation. Like much of the country, the weather has been very wetover the last few months,
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It’s the height of the cut flower year and the new flower farm is looking simply fab! Wandering around it in August, its hard to believe that less than a year ago it was an overgrown, weedy pasture once used
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There’s been a lot of tweeting around compost in recent weeks; the #peatfree campaign which is vital to saving our peat bogs, biodiversity, climate change and flooding; the risk of #aminopyralid contamination in manures and composts and the growing popularity
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Last week I popped along to the #NGS open day at Homeacres – Charles Dowding’s no dig garden in Somerset. I have visited before but not at this time of year, so it was good to see the beds early
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Wandering around the allotments on the farm the other day I spotted an interesting variety of raised beds and containers – most use wooden planks, pallets or sleepers, but one was formed using empty wine bottles while another made use
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