It’s the time of year that us growers get excited about radish. They are a beautiful, fresh crop at time when last season’s veg is running low and this season’s is not yet ready. They are a stunning veg that give us a taste of what’s to come. It’s not just growers who are excited […]
It all started with a nettle sting. We’ve been busy fertilising our soil but not in the way most food is grown. To grow sustainably, organically and pragmatically we are using a range of sources of fertility that we recommend to any keen grower. There are three main nutrients that plants need, nitrogen, phosphorous and
Compost Tea Anyone? Read More »
All winter we’ve been hard at work creating more than 60 raised beds, and they aren’t finished yet! When we bought the patch of ground that is now the Real Food Garden it was scrubby pasture. Prior to that it had been a potato field and from the huge numbers of flint blades we find
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It’s cold and wet but we are still planting at the Real Food Garden. January and February are a great time for taking stock in the market garden, for repairing and preparing. But amid making our no-dig beds and, preparing the polytunnel and maintaining our woods and hedges we are happily sowing seeds too. By
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We are still finishing off the Christmas food, the left over crisps, crackers, chocolates, you know how it is, and it’s really getting dull! So I\’m sharing this very simple lunch time sandwich inspired by what my Nan is making with our fresh winter salad. At this time of year salad really gets interesting, gone
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At the Real Food Garden we’re mad about producing food that’s high in nutrients and bursting with flavour. For that we need soil that is oozing with good health and so we love seaweed. Over that last month we’ve been applying seaweed joyously to our brassica beds ready for the first plantings in a couple
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