Category Archives: farming

Saving your own seed

Posted on June 6, 2010 by nommo

I have been pondering this recently, as I just got an allotment (more on this later). How did we cope before seed companies?
40 years ago most people would be saving the seeds of their favourite crops to reap the successes … Continue reading →

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Home – where we live

Posted on June 7, 2009 by nommo

Just in case you missed it on World Environment Day…

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Plan Bee

Posted on April 22, 2009 by nommo

Bees pollinate a third of the food we eat. They are essential for farming and if we wanted to do the pollinating work ourselves – it would take a workforce of 30 million. And that’s just for food – bees … Continue reading →

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Fossil fools

Posted on February 21, 2009 by nommo

I am sure I am not the only one who found last nights episode of Natural World – A Farm for the Future incredibly important and somewhat frightening.
If you didn’t see it – do have a look – it is … Continue reading →

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