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Blog post supports Warborne

Google alerted me to this nicely put blog post about Warborne:

http://housley.me/2009/11/23/warborne-farm-support-homegrown-business/

Added by Richard Loader on November 24, 2009 at 9:19 — 1 Comment

Transition Fordingbridge - Low carbon christmas decorations

We ran a crafty session at Sandy Balls for children on Saturday and a good time was had by all.
A very big thank you to Angela who planned the three activities and did all the preparation work.

Added by Richard Loader on November 23, 2009 at 21:48 — No Comments

Greenwaste processing

I went with my camera over to Newbourne Farm Composting in Rockbourne today. I'd never had a close look at large scale processing of green waste before and it was fascinating to see.



Much of the material is familiar garden waste, a mixture of leafy and woody stuff plus other assorted items like rotting Pumpkins and guinea-pig litter.





This material all goes through a giant shredder to break it down so as to accelerate the… Continue

Added by Richard Loader on November 16, 2009 at 21:17 — No Comments

Fresh local veggies

I had to go to Wimborne market today to get some shots of a local farmer and his meat/eggs stall. Afterwards I took a look around, always keen to see fruit and veg at markets. There were several veggie stalls there,mostly 'same old, same old' but Sopley Salads stood out as both freshest and most tempting. The veg has clearly been harvested within a few hours of being on show - a great example of how local veg should be done. This is veg that I bought to be photographed and then… Continue

Added by Richard Loader on November 13, 2009 at 17:30 — No Comments

No dig gardening

Years ago when I was a commercial organic veg producer one of the leading lights in practical organic growing was Charles Dowding. At about the same time that I stopped production so did Charles - just a coincidence but I often wondered why he had gone off the radar. Well, Charles spent some time in Zambia and then a good while in France running a farm and came back to the UK a few years ago. Since his return Charles has made quite a name for himself as a writer, lecturer and consultant. Why… Continue

Added by Richard Loader on November 12, 2009 at 21:38 — 1 Comment

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