Impressions from the first UK FarmHack
Last month CropShare volunteers Ben, Reggie and Axel attended the first FarmHack event in the Uk, at the lovely Ruskin Mill in Gloucestershire. Here’s a collection of inspiring blog posts, galleries and tweets about the weekend:
Inspirational day at #farmhack On Your Farm Farm Hack on @BBCRadio4 coming soon. I need broad fork for my allotment!! pic.twitter.com/YIlUOTWY6y
— Sybil Ruscoe (@SybilRuscoe) April 19, 2015
UPDATE: And here’s a link to the aforementioned programme – it even features...
Onion sets are go!!
Thanks to Satowa who has kindly given us a write-up of her day at CropShare, read on to see what she thought of her day! Thanks to Axel Minet and Lily O'Mahony-Gibson for ace photos....
Landworkers’ Alliance and CSA Network Eastern Regional Gathering
Many thanks to Glenn and Jeannie Buckingham of Two Fields, Suffolk for hosting us at the recent CSA meet up! Was a good chance to catch up with other CSAs and continue to learn from each other. Also really enjoyed the tour of Two Fields, take a look at Axel’s photos below…
Photos: Axel Minet...
Variety is the Spice(y Squash) of Life
Commercial seed is big business. Traditionally, keeping seeds from one year to the next was a valuable sustainable practice, it saved money and, because other local gardeners were doing the same thing, there was a resource of locally appropriate varieties and growing know how....
CropShare Social 26th January, plus birds, seeds and cake!
Hey CropSharers,
Happy New Year to all of you – we hope you’ve all had a lovely festive period!
Apparently CropShare’s love of Kale means that we are soo last year (Kelp is said to be the superfood for 2015 – shame the sea is so far away) although our fermented food workshop makes us very hip indeed.
What more could a New Year Resolution list want than healthy vegetables and happy times? Pseudo science says we...
Home is where the (celery) heart is
Today is World Food Day… and this year’s theme is Family Farming: "Feeding the world, caring for the earth". Read on to find out how CropShare helps family farming survive at Willow Farm...
Plums!
Willow Farm, home of Waterland Organics and CropShare, has an orchard with three different varieties of plums: Victoria, Guinevere and Ouillan's Golden Gage...
Autumn CropShare Activities
The nights may be drawing in, but don't worry: there's still lots more to do on the farm this year! Findo out more about our autumn events...
Harvest Party Sat 30th Aug!
9.30am-12pm Farm day taster session- help out on the farm
From 2.30pm Activities- Farm tour, games, natural crafts, circus skills
5pm onwards BBQ fired up and Ceilidh with Jumping Beans
Late campfire, live music and overnight camping
Homebrew, soft drinks, bread, and fresh farm salads provided. Bring something to put on the BBQ and a bottle.
Great for newcomers and old CropShare hands!
Event free, but donations very welcome to fund our compost toilet building project (CrapShare!)...
Onions N Taters
We were greeted with Farmer Paul’s cheery instructions today – have a gander at them here, watch out for his Fenland humour!!
We sang Farmer Paul happy birthday too to embarass him. Happy Bday Paul!
So we got stuck in planting onion sets throught black biodegrable maizestarch plastic…
Here’s what Satowa thought of her day at the farm- thanks for letting us know Satowa!
“Everything I did was the first time for me, so I learned a lot....