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The Environment article December 2022

The Environment magazine Dec 2022

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Here you will find a list of all the talks I give.  I am always developing new talks and very happy to discuss bespoke talks if you have a particular…

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10 RARE BROAD BEAN VARIETIES TO GROW FOR MAXIMUM FLAVOUR

I keep about twenty rare, endangered, heritage and heirloom broad (fava) bean varieties in my seed library.  Many of the broad beans I grow and save the seeds of our held…

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TOO BUSY GARDENING TO WRITE BUT I AM ON TWITTER

20th September 2012 It has been a trying but very busy summer and it is with considerable guilt that I see it has been three months since I last blogged. …

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A NEW YEAR FULL OF HOPES, DREAMS AND PLENTY OF PRODUCE

15th January 2012 Today I couldn’t wait any longer.  I had to start sowing.  Too early for outside but with one of my polytunnels now empty after completing harvesting new…

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LATE SUMMER AND MUCH WORK

18th August 2011 The last couple of months have been busy tending, harvesting and sowing for winter.  It is now that one realises the long row of runner beans sown…

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MIDSUMMER WONDERFULNESS

20th June 2011 The spring may have been hot and dry, but June has changed all that.  Cool and wet.  The chilly nights haven’t slowed down the rate of growth…

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TRANSPLANTING CABBAGES AND COURGETTES, HARVESTING BEANS AND SPUDS

16th May 2011 The last couple of weeks have been very busy, catching up with planting, transplanting and sowing.  The brassicas I sowed in late March needed to be transplanted…

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