Sep 19, 2025 | News
By Alice Warrington When I began my Master’s at the University of Manchester, the only exposure I had to small-scale organic agriculture was my Nan’s small greenhouse. Every summer we visited her house and picked her bright red tomatoes to share them in a salad....
Sep 19, 2025 | News
By Mr Fluttergrub One of the vegetables I’ve never really been able to grow successfully is celery, having tried the two main types. When younger and more prone to horticultural rashness I had several seasons of trying to grow traditional or ‘trench’ celery. If...
Jul 30, 2025 | News
Not many domestic gardeners or small-scale horticulturalists grow sweet peppers. This is surprising as they’re not especially difficult. I’ve grown sweet peppers for years and never failed to get a reasonable harvest. This year the crop looks good, earlier than usual...
Jul 30, 2025 | News
By Lydia Jones My name is Lydia Jones and I am about to graduate from the University of Lincoln with a Bachelor’s Degree in Photography. I’ve always cared deeply about the environment, about what I eat, and staying connected to the earth. From an early...
Jul 10, 2025 | News
Are you curious about WWOOFing but not quite sure what to expect? This year we’ll have five Taster Days so you can ‘try before you buy’. They’re likely to be in Scotland, Wales, York, Swindon and Kent. Photo credit: Jo Kidd First up is Kent,...
