The potatoes are delicious, and they taste as good as they look; I’ve tried some to make sure.
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…
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…
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…
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…
With brooding rain clouds and a forecast that confirmed rain, I moved the workshop into the kitchen. How to cook veggies and use herbs was a big part of the discussion of the last workshop so it was fitting. As I’m a mint fan…
Our Saturday workshop went well, numbers are fluctuating; some folks are going away on much needed holidays. We covered transplanting and spent some time discussing Korean Natural Farming (KNF) and we’ll cover that in more detail next week as we did on Wednesday’s course….
Today was the first food donation from the poly tunnel and included Kale, courgettes (I think the baby ones taste nicer) baby and mis-shapen swede, rainbow swiss chard and some potted parsley. Cut and delivered within half an hour.
It’s just past the solstice and plants are now producing, growing, flowering and generally looking verdant.