News

Can you help us to end the use of peat in horticulture?

Over 95% of the UK’s peat bogs have become degraded or destroyed. This not only wipes out these rare ecosystems – wild areas which are home to a wealth of plants, birds and insects – but also rapidly increases our carbon emissions.

It's a bumper harvest in this month’s podcast.
Chris and Sarah discuss the fun of saving your own seed – it’s free, it works, and you’ll know that next year’s plants will be organic.  Other practical tips include how to prune raspberries, make leafmould, and protect brassicas from those pesky pigeons!

The Wales Real Food and Farming Conference, taking its lead from the Oxford Real Farming Conference, will explore diverse issues across sustainable food and farming, bringing together farmers, food producers, environmentalists and people involved in public health, food education, sovereignty and justice.

This month Chris will be looking to develop his fruit area and thinking about the varieties he'd like to grow. He will also be prioritising his neighbouring plot - putting back the paths and redefining the plot. The last kick of summer has also provided Chris with a final bounty of butternut squash, beans and tomatoes making all his efforts worthwhile.