What can a garden be?
This post is a ponder about what a garden can be – for us, and for the other inhabitants of planet Earth that live in the area. This is a big and sometimes controversial subject, so please take this writing as exploration rather than answers. All discussion that...Spot the bronze garden tool
From his article in the October 2019 issue of Star and Furrow, the journal of the Biodynamic Association, Charles Mitchell shows us his toolshed. From left, the Deneb Hoe, Perseus Rake, Alya Spade, Syrma Rose Fork, long Polux Hoe, Hydra Hoe and further towards the...Tamworth pigs, public footpaths and ploughing
Image from https://www.southeastfarmer.net/section/news/safaris-booming-on-farming-estate The newly-released Tamworth pigs, two abreast, “unzipped the turf down the public footpaths, following the exact routes on the Ordnance Survey map, heading diagonally...End of a chapter
Today, using my Mira Trowel, I harvested the onions from the new raised bed. The frame of the bed was laid on the lawn last August, then the grass was covered with cardboard and the frame filled with about four inches of home-made compost. In September the onion set...No-dig works
Last summer this was part of our lawn. One afternoon in August, partner Nigel made a timber frame. I laid cardboard over the grass, and then filled the frame with compost. This is how it looked by the end of that afternoon. In September I planted some onion sets and...
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“Join the copper tool revolution
one tool at a time”
says Jean Vernon
in the Daily Telegraph