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Nature friendly growing with Food Works
Discover the secrets of nature-friendly food growing! Read about our recent workshop, covering companion planting and natural fertilisers, and find out how you can join our next session.
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These are our Salad Days!
From winter-hardy Asian greens to nutty corn salad, our beds are finally bursting into life. Discover the magic of cut and come again harvesting and how we’re upcycling punnets for our latest microgreen crops.
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Let’s grow a revolution
You can help us build the food system we need. One that nourishes us, our neighbours and our planet! Help us grow a revolution!
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Broad beans, multiple ways!
Over the next couple of weeks, patrons will begin receiving broad bean shoots in their boxes as part of the salad mix! Similar to our pea shoots, we’ve planted out some broad beans into our ‘table beds’ specifically for harvesting their shoots. A pea shoot (left) and a broad bean Read more…
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Getting organised for Spring growing
Spring planning & successional sowing at Food Works Our most recent workshop guided participants through crop planning for this coming Spring, as well as sharing an introduction to successional sowing. Although we’re still in the midst of some pretty grey and rainy weather, the hope of Spring is on the Read more…
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Gardening? In the Winter?
The lovely low winter sun’s back, and our broad bean babies are just starting to open their leaves. The days are getting longer, and our plants are showing it! Our seeds are all ordered for the new season, and we’re already starting to ready our tables for our first batch Read more…
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Learning the art of winter apple tree pruning
On a rainy January afternoon, we welcomed a small group into the orchard for our ‘Introduction to Apple Tree Pruning’ workshop. With a mix of theory, hands-on practice and expert guidance, participants learnt how winter pruning helps apple trees stay healthy and productive – and gained the confidence to put it into practice themselves.
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Our first year at Norton Nurseries
It’s been a year of hard work, learning curves, community spirit, and growth – in more ways than one! Thanks to University of Sheffield Broadcast Journalism student, Trudie Wright, we’ve got this fantastic video that highlights our challenges and successes during that time. https://youtu.be/TD82Ok2eJ9c From bare beds to blossoming growth Read more…
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Our first no-dig workshop at Norton Nurseries
On a snowy Sunday in January, we kicked off our first growing workshop at Norton Nurseries, learning the basics of no-dig gardening and getting hands-on building a bed for Spring.
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Pea shoots to welcome the New Year
Fresh pea shoots are almost ready to harvest! Grown from our saved Serpette de Guilloteau seed, these tender shoots are a delicious garnish and a perfect way to start the new year.