Author: belly
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A kitchen has been broken into, and polytunnels have been ripped by vandals “punching and kicking” at Southside Farm in Hereford, where volunteers from Growing Local CIC (Community Interest Company) spend their time planting and growing vegetables for distribution, as well as educating visitors on local produce. The 19-acre Belmont-based site produces seasonal, organic vegetable…
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National Garden Week is celebrated each year across the US in the first week of June to promote the joy of gardening, floristry and all things plants. If you’re a novice gardener or have never picked up a trowel before, this week is a great opportunity to dive into the world of growing and learn…
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No need to let tight quarters prevent you from planting the garden of your dreams. Vertical gardening is the key. These vertically-growing perennials, annuals, shrubs, and trees maximize gardening space by growing upwards, not outwards. ‘Globemaster’ Allium Credit: Peter Krumhardt ‘Globemaster’ allium never fails to capture attention with its big and boisterous flower heads. The…
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BBC Paul Rodgers is growing Brussels sprouts for Christmas, among several other crops A gardener who has lovingly tended the same allotment for almost 62 years says he is “mastering it slowly”. Growing vegetables has been a lifelong passion for Paul Rodgers, who started cultivating part of his father’s plot in Paignton, Devon, in 1963,…
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In his weekly Jamie’s Little Allotment column, Jamie Marsh talks veg… Another week has passed since I was talking about the driest spring I can ever remember. Non-gardeners will love the constant sunshine and above-average temperatures, but the subject I’m going to talk about today needs plenty of water regularly, especially if it’s abnormally sunny.…
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For years, I didn’t think of myself as a “real” farmer. Not until about two years after buying my first high tunnel. Within more than 100 acres of trees, gullies, and glades, we carved out 15 acres for a home, a few horses, and a garden. Growing vegetables on a ridge has its challenges. Trees…
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However, this is exactly where Isaac McHale, chef-owner at The Clove Club in London, set up his small holding earlier this year. “We only got going in May,” McHale says as we walk past the school football (or soccer, if you prefer) pitch. “It was really late so we’ve been playing catch up – we…
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With the weather warming and plants moving outdoors, gardeners are encouraged to take advantage and give their greenhouse a proper spring clean. According to experts at GardenBuildingsDirect.co.uk, a deep clean now will boost plant health and keep everything for the growing season ahead. “A lot of gardeners will soon start to see a lot of…
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SOUTH JORDAN, Utah — Want to grow your own vegetables? Students at Hawthorn Academy in South Jordan are doing just that, minus the soil. “I want to grow a farm or a garden,” Grace Egege, a second-grade student in the program, told FOX 13 News. “This is going to help us when we get older.”…
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Lauren Heckler and Shanzay Subzwari’s 2025 film ‘Sister Sing a Song’. Pic Lauren Heckler and Shanzay Subzwari. Lovers of the visual arts are advised not to miss this Saturday’s screening of innovative short-films at Tower Hamlets’ Nunnery Gallery. ‘Visions in place’ is the latest event in the gallery’s well-established “Visions in the Nunnery” exhibition, which…