Here on our French farm we are frantically harvesting, cooling and dispatching a truck a day of lettuce, spinach, chard, wet garlic, broad beans, kohlrabi, turnips and cabbage.
By Guy Singh-Watson - 13th May 2016
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There has been frost on the ground in the morning but we have been irrigating by midday. The recent cold, dry weather is ideal for ploughing, mucking and preparing seedbeds, especially from a heated…
By Guy Singh-Watson - 29th April 2016
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Here in the Vendée the sun is shining, the storks are nesting and we are busy harvesting lettuce, planting sweetcorn and chillies, and preparing to pick the first chard and spinach.
By Guy Singh-Watson - 22nd April 2016
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Every bird seems to have a twig in its mouth and some have already laid eggs, but spring has yet to arrive with any conviction in our fields.
By Guy Singh-Watson - 8th April 2016
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We rent some land on the edge of Dartmoor where the lower temperatures limit disease and the resulting slower growth improves the flavour of our swede crop.
By Guy Singh-Watson - 11th March 2016
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It is going to be a long and hungry Hungry Gap.
By Guy Singh-Watson - 4th March 2016
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A caterpillar spotted while gleaning a field for leftover crops sparked a conversation around the connection between species, writes Chantelle Norton.
By Chantelle Norton - 2nd March 2021
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Make your own frozen mash, keep a stash of herbs or learn how to freeze each type of leafy green in these top tips for how to freeze veg.
By Bob Andrew - 2nd March 2021
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Two new campaigns aim to show link between food waste emissions and the climate crisis alongside simple empowering tips to cut back.
By Nina Pullman - 1st March 2021
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Once stores have closed, I collect my equipment – a 90-litre backpack, a pair of gloves, two headlamps, and a smartphone – and cycle to my local supermarkets to document and harvest the daily food ‘…
By Matt Homewood - 26th February 2021
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The stats about how much food we waste are everywhere, but less talked about is how food waste that ends up on landfill emits methane and contributes to climate change.
By Becky Blench - 26th February 2021
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Ever wondered what kitchen scraps you can can and can’t put on your home compost heap? March’s gardening column tracks the final link in the food waste chain.
By Sarah Brown - 26th February 2021
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