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Pesticide Action Network’s latest webinar!
Featured image courtesy of https://www.pan-uk.org/ Pesticide Action Network (PAN) UK / Free webinar (Global Glyphosate Study) on Wednesday 9 July, 13:30-14:15 (BST) New, groundbreaking research linking Glyphosate to cancer is forcing governments to review their support for the world’s most popular weedkiller. This webinar is an exclusive opportunity to hear about the most comprehensive, global …
Will the last one to leave please turn off the light?
Photo courtesy of Wicked Leeks… Without a long-term workforce plan for UK farming we’ve little hope of forging a brighter future. Over lunch in the canteen, I asked our Head of Supply Chain, Dale, when the first new potatoes from Devon and Cornwall would be in your boxes. “July,” he said. I almost choked. What …
Leigh-on-Sea Farmers’ Market 2022
Leigh-on-Sea Farmers’ Market 2022, 09:00 – 13:00 Leigh Community Centre (71-73 Elm Road, Leigh-on-Sea SS9 1SP) on the third Friday of the month. Friday 21 January (pending cancellation); Friday 18 February; Saturday 5 March (Spring market); Friday 18 March; *NO APRIL MARKET*; Friday 20 May; Saturday 4 June (Summer market); Friday 17 June; Friday 15 …
Let’s Talk Tatties!
Let’s Talk Tatties! Event by Nottingham Organic Gardeners Tuesday, January 11, 2022 7:15 for 7:30PM – 9:30PM-ish FREE TALK via ZOOM GET READY FOR POTATO DAY at the end of January! Suitable for experienced or novice potato-growers, this talk will feature four speakers covering choice of potatoes, growing in and out of containers, and how …
Peat-free Webinar
Peat-free growing – free online webinar: Wednesday 24 November 2021, 18:00 – 19:00 The huge environmental impact of extracting peat has been brought to everybody’s attention more recently, and most gardeners are aware of the need to stop using it in their gardens. Garden Organic has campaigned against the use of peat for a long time, …
“Summer’s lease hath all too short a date.”
(With apologies to William Shakespeare – and Simon on Gozo, the author of this post. Ed.) Summer’s almost gone…. the Swifts were back, but just a pit stop before flying further south. Aubergines and sweet peppers are still cropping and lots of the chillies are turning red. The ripe Prickly Pears are proving popular with …
National Allotments Week 2021
Original post by Garden Organic: Join us to celebrate National Allotments Week 2021 from 9th – 15th August. We’re excited to celebrate allotments and ‘Plotting for the Future’. This year we’re celebrating the contribution that allotments make to a sustainable future. From growing your own organic veg to encouraging wildlife into your surroundings we cover …
From Our Own correspondent!
[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”] [et_pb_row admin_label=”row”] [et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] If you think it’s a bit warm here in SE England at the moment. Just spare a thought for “Our Reporting Team in the Med”, Mary and Simon Wallace – Telexing-in their copy from the lovely, if somewhat dry, island of Gozo. Gozo Growing #11 – The heat …
Latest from Simon, our Gozo correspondent….
Preparing for summer heat – reed screens to give shade from the afternoon sun and to reduce the impact of drying winds mixed in with living windbreaks (tree mallow, almonds, fennel and olives). Mulching and growing shade-tolerant veggies (peas, beetroot and kale).