Tag Archive | "Grow your own"

Landshare growing fast

Friday, September 2, 2011

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Landshare growing fast

Landshare was set up by River Cottage in 2009 to bring together people with a passion for home grown food, connecting those who have land to share with those who need land for cultivating food. Since its launch, it has grown into a thriving community with over 60,000 members and helps people to get growing in many ways. […]

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Flower Power beats the gym

Thursday, May 28, 2009

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Its official. Gardening is good for you. It will rank alongside sport to meet a government target to make Britons more active ahead of the 2012 Olympics. The 2008/2009 Active People Survey is being conducted via a telephone poll of 18,000 Britons who will be interviewed about their physical activity – to register you have […]

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Climate Change allotments

Monday, May 11, 2009

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Climate Change allotments

Good news to report from my previous blogs about The Village –  a square of allotments very near to where I live in the Meads in Eastbourne. I have met an inspiring gardener who runs his plot with excellent green credentials – as a gardener and in his professional life. Councillor Steve Wallis is also […]

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