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Food Grower Podcast Episode 5 – Laurence (Soul Farm)
The Food Grower Podcast is out now! Get it wherever you get your podcasts from or listen below.Episode 5 Laurence (Soul Farm) - From marketing to market gardener, solidarity veg boxes, and the power of farmers markets The weekly podcast that talks all things food...
The Misadventures of a First Year Farmer – Chapter 6
Chapter 6 Quick, get a pump!When designing the track we had decided at the same time it was worth putting in the trench to run the water cable and electricity cable. We had decided to share the track build with our neighbours who were building a farm at the same time...
My 10 Top Foods To Grow
My 10 Top Foods To Grow in list form... I am often asked what my favourite or top foods to grow are. So I have compiled my top 10 foods to grow here. I have gone with a mix of different reasons to grow from ease, to speed, and then the amount of food you can get too....
The Misadventures of a First Year Farmer – Chapter 5
Chapter 5 Learning to use a digger with YouTubeOne thing we were told by the planning regulations passed to us is where our static caravan had to be “sited”, where it had to go roughly, and we wanted it overlooking the farm so that left one position. Which was down...
Food Grower Podcast Episode 4 – Summer Solidarity Special
The Food Grower Podcast is out now! Get it wherever you get your podcasts from or listen below.Episode 4 Summer Solidarity Special – Chris & Jack talk about the season so far The weekly podcast that talks all things food growing with those doing amazing things...
The Misadventures of a First Year Farmer – Chapter 4
Chapter 4 Day 1…. it’s stuck! Back to the field and it is officially Day 1. Emily had to get a second signature on our leases as a witness signature, and we didn’t know anyone in East Sussex at the time so on that day we signed our leases she drove back to Hampshire...
Food Grower Podcast Episode 3
The Food Grower Podcast is out now! Get it wherever you get your podcasts from or listen below.Episode 3 Alex (The Essex Allotment) – Going from supermarket worker to grower, and from allotment to farm. The weekly podcast that talks all things food growing with those...
The Misadventures of a First Year Farmer – Chapter 3
Chapter 3 Why Fanfield Farm? We named our farm Fanfield Farm, a name that is very special to me and my family. Growing up I spent summers on my Great Aunt’s Farm in Worksop, Sheffield. My Great Aunt was called Auntie Prue (to me of course, I don’t think her first name...
Food Grower Podcast Episode 2
The Food Grower Podcast is out now! Get it wherever you get your podcasts from or listen below.Episode 2 Chris Huskins (Fanfield Farm) – How we got land, Soil Principles and Using Animals in Permaculture Systems The weekly podcast that talks all things food growing...
The Misadventures of a First Year Farmer – Chapter 2
Chapter 2 We bought a field…. So whilst the turnaround to getting this piece of land was less than a year, we know we were lucky with timings, but it felt light an eternity and a very lengthy process. It was by no means easy, we need to make that clear. We had to...
The Misadventures of a First Year Farmer – Chapter 1
The brand new book is out now!Chapter 1 How it all began, the year before. It all started with a dream, but I didn’t want to start with a cliche line like that but it is true. I had dreamed of living on a farm, working from the land and building my own home...
Food Grower Podcast Episode 1
The Food Grower Podcast is out now! Get it wherever you get your podcasts from or listen below.Episode 1 Jacks Patch - Permaculture Principles, Inspiration to Start & The 2021 Growing SeasonThe weekly podcast that talks all things food growing with those doing amazing...
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