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 Well if you are a small holder in my local Norfolk or surrounding counties, take care. SBV - a disease thought to have made its way over inside midges blown across the channel - has been causing havoc with the sheep farming community and has the potential to spread to other animals. SBV or the Schmallenberg virus is responsible for lambs being still born or with a defect causing them to...

Hi all!

Just wanted to say thanks to Landshare for matching me up with someone with land to share! I am now a proud grower with part of an allotment just two minutes away from my home : ) Now to plan all the wonderful things I'm gonna be able to grow!

Thanks again!

Emma

Hello Landsharers. I'm sorry to say that I am leaving our lovely website - as Editor anyway - for pastures new. It's been great to see your allotments and plots develop over time, witness the excitement of Landsharers taking on their first shared plot, and see gardening questions answered helpfully and quickly. There are now thousands of acres of land being shared - enough to feed around 25,000...

I am on Landshare is to be able to grow some vegetables somewhere in the city of Plymouth.Let us know if you can assist, thanks so much.

We have now successfully matched our 3 plots with keen landsharers who have already braved the wet weather to start cutting back the rushes and getting the clay soil turned over and properly drained. Welcome to the farm! Monthly routine husbandry checks on the alpacas will be done soon so it'll be a good opportunity for some landsharers to get up close and personal with our fluffy brigade when...

For a change I’m here to talk about Landshare, and not to provide information / tips on pigs . . . much to your shock. Landshare is a fantastic cause designed to connect people with land, to those who need land.  It’s as simple as that . . . or is there more? I often talk to people via the Landshare website whose primary reason for visiting is to ‘get connected’,...

Hello everyone my name is Chris and I have been lucky enough to be matched with a lovely lady called Nelly who has a large garden which she is not able to maintain herself. She has some apple trees, and plum trees and lots of nettles and brambles. Her husband was a very keen gardener but the garden is too big now. I went with my husband to see the garden a few weeks ago and although he is not a...

Monday 8th august 2011 Decided to get myself an allotment!!! hmmm easier said than done,lol Well after a few words with people on facebook about allotments,and the inability to get in touch with the number the council gave,i was pointed in the direction of  Landshare ,i had a look round and liked what i saw, i have made the 6th member in my area to try to get an allotment and also made a...

Old apple trees can sometimes be a bit cantankerous, bursting with spring blossom but refusing to fruit by autumn despite no late frost or prevailing wind. This has not been the case this year in Banff. All the apple trees I've seen have a good load of swelling fruits, but the old tree in the middle of the Keyhole Garden appears to be a bit confused. Not only is it producing a good crop of apples...

We have just started our Landshare agreement.  The plot had not been used for at least 15 years and was badly overgrown with brambles and weeds forming a seemingly impenetrable jungle.  However some work by the landowner with a brush cutter has reduced this to ground level and we have started to dig out some of the weed roots which, as well as brambles, include...