Harvest time This is the time we had all been waiting for during the challenging rain-sodden months of our so-called summer. At last, days of struggle against wind, mud and an army of hungry slugs and snails – which at times seemed an unequal struggle – have been rewarded. In their second season, our eighteen plots have again been highly productive, thoroughly living up to … [Read more...]
Fifty Shades of Green
Reading the Daily Telegraph gardening supplement on yet another very wet day, I was encouraged to discover that even renowned gardeners have struggled this year. I read:” Good years are wonderful, everything is a breeze and you feel like a genius.” This was definitely the case during our first year when we all enjoyed a plethora of fruit and vegetables and a rich harvest which … [Read more...]
The Rare Breeds Survival Trust
The Rare Breeds Survival Trust was founded in 1973 as a national charity (reg. no. 269442) for the conservation and promotion of the UK’s rare breeds of native farm livestock, including poultry, in response to the perilously low numbers of certain breeds. 26 breeds had become extinct between 1900 and 1973 and even today there are still over 90 breeds at risk which need RBST’s … [Read more...]