Here's a great idea from the Real Bread Campaign for getting involved with your food!  Grow some wheat then harvest, mill, bake and eat it!

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A bumper garlic crop last year has allowed me to remain self sufficient so far and there are quite a few bulbs left still.  I've also been more successful than before in storing apples and still have quite a number that are ok.

What's successes have you had?  Are you still eating your own crops?

The newly created Planning Group met for the first time last night.  Various ideas to be developed and details will appear on the site shortly.  But this is a quick resume of the kind of things we want to do over the coming months.  We are fortunate to be supported by the Brand New Forest campaign and so have some funds to 'oil the wheels' :D

Key elements discussed were:

• A follow up to the Local Food Summit - inviting everyone back to feed back on what's been…

Hurrah! Lots of signs now that Spring is on its way.....catkins, snowdrops, daffs (almost) and today....saw frog spawn for the first time!

What have you spotted?

Richard

What do you think of the new look?  You can leave a comment or click 'like'.......(or not of course!)

Thanks

Richard

All through this winter we've had a large number of Ladybirds hibernating in our bedroom!  Mostly in the hinge area of the windows but some of them have been snoozing on the walls.....  With the slightly warmer weather they now seem to be waking up.

I mentioned this to two friends yesterday and was surprised…