Community questions

We have a Farmer Market the last Saturday of the month. I went this morning to see about some jamming strawberries, I have to phone the fruit farm on Monday. I spied a stall with plants on and was able to buy 12 cabbage, cauliflower and calebrese, 50 leeks and 6 fennel, all very good strong plants in excellent condition for £15, I guerss we are going to be extra busy when we go down to the...

Deerview Products produces jams, marmalades, chutneys in small quantities using home grown soft fruit and vegetables which are prepared and cooked in their kitchen in Coolham, just three miles from The Countryman. Deerview Products has agreed to take on our own Countryman home grown produce and produce some exclusively for us ...

Last swallows of summer As the second clutch of swallow chicks prepare to fly the nest, and after a summer worrying there’s not enough then too much rain, of chasing rabbits and slaying slugs, now’s the time of plenty. And, just like Christmas, no matter how much I plan for it, I'm suddenly surrounded by masses of food, packages of many and varied sizes and a ‘to do’ list...

Well, after doing a little bit of raspberry and bramble collecting I've managed to make quite a few pots of Jam, my very first. I thought if I cant grown my own then a bit of foraging was needed. Thanks to Glasgow city council planting lot sof these bushes on the southside of glasgow I've managed to collect quite a lot and keep myself in jam for quite some time!

snowed under with goose gogs an rhubarb. that means crumble 4 tea...cant wait....lettuce isnt doing so good tho slugs again. potatoes comin on well half the crop well into flower. was wonderin about makin goose gog jam but never made it before any tips please.....thanks. if it works out i,ll post ya some

The Landshare Team are chuffed and basking in the reflective glory of Hugh winning Campaigner of the Year in the 2010 Observer Ethical Awards for his work on Landshare.  The Grassroots category winner was Abundance. Hugh met Abundance last year, but I have to admit I’d not come across them before.  Their growing grassroots project has teams of volunteers across the UK...