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Rachel's Tip week beginning 9th November 2009

Monday, 09 November 2009 11:54 administrator
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cardboard mulch

A good technique, at this time of year, is to cover any bare ground with some light excluding material to stop the weeds from growing. Carpet is ideal, several layers of cardboard weighed down with some stones, or black plastic or commercial matting will all work. Anything organic will break down over time and add nutrients to the soil, therefore the likes of cardboard will need more adding when the weeds start to come through. It won't kill those tough perennials such as buttercups, but it will weaken them and make pulling them up easier. Not only does this technique prevent weeds from growing but it also protects the soil and will warm it for the start of the new growing season.

Last Updated on Friday, 13 November 2009 12:00
 

Rachel's Tip week beginning 2nd November 2009

Tuesday, 03 November 2009 10:53 Rachel Burnett
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It may seem that at this time of year there is not a lot to do in the garden but this is the time to provide the garden with the goodness to feed next year's harvest. Adding mulch to perennials such as soft fruit, fruit trees, globe artichokes, etc. will keep the ground moist, provide nutrients to the soil and prevent soil erosion. Mulches can be in the form of composted garden waste, rotteEarthwormsn leaves, grass clippings or chipped bark, generally any type of organic matter. Any patches of bare soil can also be mulched to encourage the worms to digest it over the winter minimising spring digging, it will also prevents goodness leeching from the soil over the winter.

 

Last Updated on Tuesday, 03 November 2009 10:59
 

Incredible Edible’s Dig For Victory

Tuesday, 06 October 2009 08:05 administrator
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 Runner beans and Cosse Violette French Beans

We are in the Huddersfield examiner again:

HERE it comes, the time poet John Keats loved so much.

He called autumn the ‘season of mists and mellow fruitfulness’, and anybody who owns a garden, a greenhouse and/or an allotment knows just what he means.

Incredible Edible, a loose confederation of mucky-nailed, horny-handed sons – and daughters – of toil, is delighted. This is what it’s all about: trugs of beetroot, heavy-boughed apple and plum trees, jam and chutney by the ton, the soil banged off potatoes and garlic, Jerusalem artichoke and onion, bags of shelled peas.

See the full article by John Avison.

 

Permaculture Design Course now running

Tuesday, 06 October 2009 09:56 administrator
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Taking a  Permaculture Design course is for anyone interested in gaining practical skills and perspectives for sustainable living and productivity. There is a Permaculture Design Course currently running over 6 weekends in locations around Sheffield. The course is designed to give you a good grounding in all aspects of permaculture design, principally covering aspects of land management, but touching also on settlements, buildings and waste management. The course is lead by Angus Soutar who has been teaching permaculture in the north for the last 15 years.Angus Soutar

Weekend One: 3/4 October 2009 at Firshill Community Centre, Burngreave Sheffield

This weekend covers the ethics and principles of permaculture, zones and sectors, and the importance of observation.

Weekend Two: 21/22 November 2009 at Greave House Farm Stocksbridge

Weekend 2 will deal with soil, how to assess its composition and quality, soil restoration and cultivation strategies.

Weekends Three to Six will cover other aspects of earth repair and community regeneration and will include topics such as:

how to get healthy food from non-destructive sources
how to save money on energy use in the home
how to get about with environmentally-friendly transport
building and construction to create a sustainable future
how to work together effectively - people, money, organisation

The rest of the programme will be announced shortly so watch this space.

The cost of this course is designed to be affordable, as we want as many people as possible to be able to benefit from learning about permaculture design. In addition to the teaching itself, students are able to benefit from additional materials available on the course website. For further information please see http://westpenninepermaculture.org.uk/permaculturecourse

It is not too late to join this series of classes and workshops, as a one-day workshop is also available as a basic introduction to enable you to catch-up. For further details of both the one-day introduction and the full Design Course please contact Sue.

Last Updated on Tuesday, 06 October 2009 14:50
 

The mineral content of our food

Thursday, 01 October 2009 17:23 serenity
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This week, Costing the Earth on BBC Radio 4 ran an extended item on the mineral content of food grown and raised in the United Kingdom. Several studies over the years have shown that the minerals and trace elements in our vegetables and fruit have fallen dramatically, with a quantifiable effect on our health and wellbeing. You can still listen to the program on the BBC iPlayer at The Great Mineral Heist. Anyone who has read Graham Harvey's book We Want Real Food will have heard of Moira and Cameron Thomson who took over 6-acres of desperately poor soil in the 1990s and now have a thriving organic growing business producing huge quantities of vegetable, after they remineralised their soil with rockdust. They are featured on the Radio 4 programme talking about their experiences.
Last Updated on Thursday, 01 October 2009 17:38
 
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