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Chris's hard work from the earlier part of the year is really paying off. He's been busy harvesting his bounty from the allotment, with an incredible abundance of cucumbers, courgettes, carrots, potatoes and after a slow start even the runner beans have caught up. It's been a busy couple of months for Chris so it's time for him to take a break from the usual routines and grab a holiday!

In an extraordinary move, the government has withdrawn the ban on metaldehyde slug pellets.

For the sheer joy and beauty, nothing beats a bunch of flowers.  But it's important to think about flowers as we do food - buying seasonal and locally-grown blooms.

The Royal Society for the Arts has presented it's final report on Food, Farming and the Countryside.  It argues that "The actions we take in the next ten years, to stop ecosystems collapse, to recover and regenerate nature and to restore people’s health and wellbeing are now critical."