What do you eat? Your opinion is important
This is a survey to know what should be grown in The Sanctuary Garden next year. We’re expanding and it’s important we don’t waste time, effort and money growing food you don’t want to eat. Please fill in this survey, it’s anonymous, so please…
Find out what Unusual winter greens you can plant
Seeds specifically for winter have been purchased from realseeds.co.uk with money you have donated. The seed company encourage seed saving and offer hints and tips on how to do it. Their go-to seed-saving “bible” is Back Garden Seed Saving: Keeping Our Vegetable Heritage Alive….
What happens when you cover grass for a month?
At the beginning of August, I was interested to see how long it would take to kill grass under black plastic. This is established, long meadow grass. It takes about a month, and probably two for it to breakdown further. The grass is covered…
194lb donated in August
This month figures have been boosted by potatoes and plums. All organic and all delicious. It’s remarkable what can be grown in a relatively small space.
Beautiful, tasty veggies, grown organically and donated
The potatoes are delicious, and they taste as good as they look; I’ve tried some to make sure.
Made with Rice, Mold and sugar
The organic workshop had to start with the basic understanding that living soils and plant health are critical to good vegetables. Not just pristine but healthy; not just from a plant view point and when considering diet, gut and mental health. They are linked…
Space saving, easy and cheap way to plant your Lettuce
The second beginners workshop covers seeds and planting up. This includes separating and potting on some live supermarket herbs, about a dozen bay trees planted from seed in a tiny pot and planting seedlings grown here into a rain gutter. The compost mix is…
Free Organic and Composting Workshop
The two beginners workshops that ran on Saturday 10-11am and Wednesday 7-8pm, have now finished. Those slots are now open in the first week of August, replaced with a free Organic and Composting workshop. Please register by clicking this link. If you can’t register…
Free Beginners Workshop
What is covered? Everything for the course is provided although A few have regretted not bringing a notepad. The backdrop of these workshops is low cost, organic and demystification by explaining rather than rote learning. Korean natural farming is introduced and discussed in all…