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Category Archives: Farming
Enough! how did it go? milk and plastic
And as I examine the close link between food and waste, I realise that this post could just as well be headed ‘food’. Spurred on by observing that I was responsible for a worrying number of empty plastic milk containers … Continue reading
Food, glorious food! – hope for a different future
Last year I twice (virtually) encountered Carolyn Steel, a visionary thinker who envisions us solving many of our (self-created) problems with food. The first time I came across her was actually many years ago, when I read her book ‘Hungry … Continue reading
Posted in 2021, Farming, Food, Inspirations, Local food, Uncategorized
Tagged Bath Soft Cheese, BBC Food Programme, Brexit, Carolyn Steel, Food policy, Local food, Sitopia
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In the time of the virus: plums are not the only fruit
The world may be going to hell in a handcart, but the local fruit harvest this year looks phenomenal. On my small patch I have a bumper crop of ripe figs – enough for me to be able to pick … Continue reading
Posted in 2020 enough, Allotment, Bath, Community, Do what you can with what you have, Family, Farming, Food, In the time of the virus, Local food
Tagged Allotment, Community, Figs, Food, food poverty, Food preservation, Fruit growing, greengages, Growing food, Local food, plums, Poverty, seasonal fruit and vegetables, The Nest Ledbury, Traditional food methods, Transition movement
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In the time of the virus: day 91 (Monday)
Too tired to write much, after a completely wonderful day. Drove up to visit youngest son, d-i-l and granddaughter on the farm where they live. Perfect weather for staying outdoors all day. Despite not seeing each other for 3 whole … Continue reading
How did it go? – reduce single use stuff
First things first Over the past few years I have made a number of changes in how I do things that have reduced my use of single-use stuff (whether it’s plastic, paper or whatever). What I’ve found with each of … Continue reading
Food for thought, thought for food
I’ve always enjoyed learning new things. My current special interest centres on everything to do with food. where does it come from? how was it grown / made / distributed? what cultural history does it have? working to be more … Continue reading
Posted in Allotment, Community, Do what you can with what you have, Farming, Food, Growing, Inspirations, Local food, Reflections on life (and death), Uncategorized, Whatever next?
Tagged Allotment, Bath City Farm, BBC Food Programme, BBC World Programme, Britain's Fat Fight, Community, Food, Food policy, Growing food, Growing the Future conference University of Gloucestershire, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, Local food, R4, Reflections
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City Farms and us
We go back a long way, us and City Farms. Almost all the way, it transpires. The first City Farm in England was set up in London (Kentish Town) in 1972, growing out of a community arts group (Inter-Action, founded … Continue reading
Posted in Bath, Community, Farming, Food, Growing, Inspirations, Local food, Reflections on life (and death), Retirement, Uncategorized
Tagged Bath City Farm, City Farms, Ed Berman, Retirement, Volunteering
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Going backwards to go forwards?
Sometimes it’s worth looking to the past to help us move forward. As I am increasingly doing in my journey with food – revisiting old ways of doing things; gradually reducing any reliance on ‘convenience’ foods; trying to ditch unnecessary … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Farming, Food, Growing, Local, Local food, Reflections on life (and death), Seeing differently, Travels, Uncategorized
Tagged Black Forest, Community, Food, Friends, growing, Growing food, Learning new skills, Local food, Reflections, Simplicity, Sustainability, Traditional food methods, Transition movement, Travel
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The Gap Year: October ‘adventure’
Another month where you might not consider what we did to be an adventure, but I do. Because we didn’t go away anywhere or do anything exotic, and yet it was both familiar and unfamiliar, and quietly entrancing. We stayed … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Craft, Cycling, Family, Farming, Food, Frugal, Gap year, Growing, Inspirations, Local, Local food, Reflections on life (and death), Retirement, Seeing differently, Travels
Tagged Active travel, Allotment, City Farms, Coping, Gap year, Gardening, growing, Home, Living, London, Reflections, Retirement, Simplicity, Spitalfields, Travel, Volunteering
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Knitting update – WIP*
*Work in progress, for those who don’t know With all the talk of my new-found crochet love, you might have thought that I had abandoned my former love, knitting. But not a bit of it. I’ve still got several projects … Continue reading
Posted in Bath, Community, Craft, Farming, Inspirations, Local, Local food
Tagged Bath City Farm, Community, Fund-raising, knitting, Leftovers
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