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The Yahoo Smallholding Group is open to all who have an interest in smallholding, niche farming, organics, small-scale farming, niche markets, permaculture,...
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Dec 1, 2008 4:41 pm
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/3061659/Black-farmer-questioned-by-police-th ree-times-in-a-week-for-stealing-food.html Can there really only be two black...
Karen there's no way of connecting to that link for me, I've tried all roads for it! I did spot one Coloured Farmer on the John Craven show on the BBC a few...
*the* black farmer, Wilfred Emmanuel Jones, farms in Devon and also has a home in Wiltshire, where he's the Tory candidate for Chippenham. I think he did used...
... I'm not quite sure of the slant of their piece. Are they suggesting that ethnic minorities have no culture of farming/smallholding? (which is rather...
Hi, I would like to create some raised beds to grow some veg and was wondering if anyone could give me some advice or post some useful links. I'm a complete...
They're easy enough to do really but this link might help you out as a complete novice. www.ehow.com/how_9398_make-raised-flower.html If you know someone who...
Just as an aside to this matter: "A new EU directive has outlawed the use of creosoted railway sleepers which now cannot legally be sold to the general...
I do not see myself as being a member of the general public, so that's OK then. Jackie ======================================== Message Received: Dec 28...
If you look in your local library for any of Bob Flowerdew's books he explains how to set up deep beds, or Pauline Pears book on Deep beds from HDRA. Also John...
Thanks for all your advice it really helps. Now I just have to figure out way to transform my garden and make it practical and attractive at the same time!!...
I don't know if you have been watching Gardners World on BBC2, but Joe Swift set up deep beds on his allotment, and they were not all the convetional shape....
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Jan 1, 2009 2:57 pm
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We're all very quiet out there folks? As an update to my Winter Crops, my Curly Kale was devastated in the frosts! Should have covered them up with fleece! So...
Hi John  Sorry to hear about the bad weather. I spend my time between working in Abu Dhabi in construction and a farm in the Philippines. Not seen frost in...
... Hasn't been too bad a year here, excellent crop of top fruit, and all root crops this year. Planted fair-sized strawberry and asparagus beds in my...
Good morning all. What's going on here? Well.. The thaw came in the nick of time for us - one more day and it would have been carrying buckets of water for the...
... Hi, a couple of years, even with M9, isn't long enough to get mature apples. The crop from the first few years usually isn't very representative, usually...
Hi, That's interesting. I am growing them as mini-cordons and each had about 8 apples, except one which is proving very reluctant to produce meaningful...
... We have had two of the worst years for good ripening possible, which might not be helping. It depends a lot on the variety tbh, some are just more...
Hi, Thanks for that advice re the pruning. As an aside, we moved here 7 years ago, inheriting a neglected and as- yet unidentified 'cooker'. This would have...
... Some apples are known as 'biennial bearers', which means they only crop well in alternate years. Actually most top fruit has a bit of a biennial tendency...
... I'd only take the top off if they are growing strongly, otherwise the side shoots will be very spindly and weak. When mine get to that stage, I just uproot...
where can i buy a small quantity of wheat seed to grow purely for fun in the garden. About enough for a square yard i guess. And it is only for fun and...
I buy my winter rye from the local grinding mill. I just ask that they not grind it. Since it fit for human consuption the seed is not treated. Also the...
