If you’re trying to produce less waste in 2024, composting is the obvious way to recycle leftover food scraps. It’s good for the Earth and your garden, but composting can be a smelly endeavor. Many have vowed to start composting only to find the stench of rotting food sitting in a bucket on the counter is too much to handle.
There are a slew of automatic, countertop composters and food scrap processors that help. We recently tested the Lomi composter and the Mill kitchen bin, for instance, but neither one is cheap. And while they do handle the smell with ease, most of these machines don’t even create real compost — they just dehydrate and grind food.
Read more: Lomi Countertop Composter Is 100% Yuck-Free
If you aspire to be a better food recycler but have a delicate olfactory system to consider, one simple trick will take the stink out of composting.
Freeze your food scraps until you’re ready to take them out
If you’re planning to start a compost pile, or are already composting but can’t stand the smell, another way to avoid a smelly kitchen when composting is to toss your food scraps in the freezer until you’re ready to take them out to the pile.
It’s a simple adjustment but one that makes composting much more palatable. To freeze your food scraps, either buy freezer bags and use them repeatedly or dedicate a small plastic container within your freezer to hold scraps. I like using a plastic container so I can run it through the dishwasher after emptying.
Freezing your food scraps — including the smelliest items such as fish skins, spoiled produce and leftovers — until you can transport them to the outdoor pile will keep your kitchen smelling fresh.
I find this particularly helpful living in an apartment in Brooklyn, where it’s harder to make runs down to the compost bin in the front of the building. If you’re worried about losing too much space in your freezer, use freezer bags and take your food scraps out to the pile as frequently as you need.
You can compost most, but not all food scraps
Creating a successful compost routine also requires learning what you can and can’t compost. The bulk of kitchen scraps are compostable — pits, cores, rinds, leftover, meat, dairy and coffee grounds — but foods with high concentrations of oil and sugar are not ideal to add to the pile. If you’re wondering how to start a compost pile, we’ve devised this handy guide for first-time composters.


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Cherry Grove Farm History
In 1987, three brothers inherited 400+ acres of undeveloped farm land in the Lawrenceville/Princeton area. Their ancestors had farmed the area before the revolutionary war, and this particular parcel had been in the family since 1902.
Originally, the land at Cherry Grove was farmed for row crops and then, at some point, converted into a traditional dairy farm where black and white Holstein cows were fed on a mixture of grain and hay. Over the years, the dairy operation was leased to various farmers and the land suffered under more and more intensive industrial farming techniques.
Land preservation and locally grown food are family passions, so the Hamill brothers put their heads together and decided to create something special — something that would give back to their community while keeping the land healthy and undeveloped for generations to come. The Hamills, with their children, planned to regenerate the land by embracing sustainable farming, using old fashioned, pastoral techniques as a guide. The focus would be artisanal farmstead cheese and everything done on the farm would support the making of a quality, handcrafted product.
Today, at Cherry Grove Farm, the farm grazes roughly 120 cows (a mix of Jersey, Friesian, Milking Short Horn, Red Ayreshire, Holstein and Dutch Belted cows) on about 240 acres of certified organic pasture. The cows are milked twice a day, and their milk flows into our creamery to produce award-winning farmstead cheeses.
Visit the Farm
They understand the importance of knowing exactly where our food comes from, so Cherry Grove Farm is open to the public. Their cheese is made on the farm from their own cows’ milk. The meats produced on the farm are processed without nitrates or preservatives so you can expect a clean, quality product. Neighbors and customers are encouraged to visit year-round, to enjoy the pastoral setting, participate in tours and classes, and develop a relationship with the source of their food.
At their on-site Farm Store, they sell their own farmstead cheeses, whey-fed pork, grass-fed lamb, grass-fed beef and pasture-raised chickens and eggs , as well as a plethora of local- and artisan-made goods.
Also at the Farm Store, you will find preserves and mustards, organic popcorn and gluten free snacks, handmade soaps and shea butters, cheese tools, handmade cheeseboards, alpaca socks, woven aprons, beeswax candles and handspun wools.
They are proud to carry products made with quality ingredients, crafted by people they know and respect. Finding new products that complement their cheeses and meats is great fun (such hard work!), and they are always looking for referrals.
Visit the farm critters, watch their cheese makers making cheese, observe the evening milking (sometime between 3 and 4pm), and taste their award-winning farmstead cheeses.
The Farm Store is open 10-5 daily.
Cherry Grove Farm
Lawrenceville Road (Rt. 206 N.)
Lawrenceville, New Jersey 08648
Store: (609) 219-0053
Office: (609) 895-1502


This is the reason why AVILUCE invests a great deal of energy in a constant research for the best LED on the market, collaborating exclusively with the best world players. It is the right time not only to choose a lamp with LED technology but also to offer our customers the most efficient LEDs in terms of energy saving, life and strength.
SOLUTIONS AND ADVANTAGES OF LED LIGHTING FOR FARMS
LED lighting systems for poultry farming are an effective and efficient solution for increasing the productivity of the animals while reducing the operating and control costs of the systems
LEDS ARE NOT ALL THE SAME
GREATER WELL-BEING AND PRODUCTIVITY OF THE ANIMALS
Due to the special conformation of the structure and nature of LED lights, these devices ensure greater well-being for the animals, contributing to their uniform growth. The possibility of varying the quantity of lighting enables the animals’ needs to be met during the growth and laying phases.
Traditional lights not adequately controlled emit flickering light, which represents a source of stress for animals’ eyes. LED lighting for poultry farming ensures an invisible high frequency, thus reducing agitation and feather ingestion and increasing the productivity of the farm.
Lighting control systems can also be used to simulate dawn, dusk, variations in intensity during the day so as to recreate natural lighting conditions.
Finally, the simulation systems are used to recreate your environment in such a way as to optimize the distribution and quantity of lighting required by the animals.
The high luminous efficacy of LEDs ensures a considerable energy saving with respect to traditional neon lamps. LEDs reach an energy efficiency of 180 lm/W when dimmed and over 150 lm/W when used at their full power. Their energy consumption is at least 50% less than traditional lights. The energy class is A++.
INCREASE IN LIFE OF THE LIGHTS
The design of the profile guarantees maximum dissipation of the heat generated by the LEDs, a fundamental aspect for having a constant luminous flux with a drop of 10% after 55,400 hours and an expected drop of 20% after 90,000 hours (Test report LM80 TM-21) while traditional neon lamps lose their initial performance already during the first 20,000 hours.
The life of the LEDs reaches 15 years as against 5/6 years of neon lamps.
COMPUTERIZED AND REMOTE CONTROL
The systems can also be controlled from a remote location using the additional modules that allow the luminous flux and operation to be controlled using proprietary software on the TCP/IP protocol. It is therefore possible to control the entire network from a mobile device or PC.


Was developed in Australia as a multi-purpose grass. It is ideal for central and southern regions of the United States. Celebration has a dark blue-green color, fine texture, and is cold and drought tolerant. It has lower maintenance requirements and is adaptable to a wide range of soil and light conditions. Celebration has more shade and drought tolerance than Tifway 419 Bermuda. This variety grows slower vertically, which means less mowing.
A new variety of Bermuda grass developed in Europe and selected in the United States. Discovery can be used in any landscape application that would benefit from the natural drought tolerance of a Bermuda grass but with the added benefits:
75% less mowing!!!!! This also allows for very little thatch Few to no unsightly seed headsRapid lateral growth which creates a highly dense sod and rapid recovery from damage
(OKC 1119) was developed by renowned Oklahoma State University and is a top quality rated NTEP bermudagrass. It shows resistance to spring dead spot and is one of the most cold hardy bermudas on the market. Latitude 36 offers high traffic tolerance and exceptional visual appeal. It has excellent tensile strength and is finer textured than NorthBridge Bermuda. Latitude 36 is an ideal choice for southern and transitional zone applications including sports, golf, and homes.


In 2016, Nepal produced about 4.37 million tons of sugarcane over 80,931 hectares of land. Industry problems such as access to finance and delay in fixing the price of their produce however, are discouraging farmers from continuing their traditional sugarcane farming lifestyle.
Sugarcane farmers take more than a year to grow their produce. Meanwhile, it takes up to 3-5 months for the farmers to receive payments from the date of selling their produce to the mill. Unlike other crops, sugarcane needs to be processed immediately after harvesting. With high-interest loans taken from informal money lenders, little to zero financial literacy, and the risk of the sugarcane drying in the fields, farmers are forced to sell their produce for cheap prices to local mills or even to mills in India (Sugarcane farmers hit by lack of buyers).
With support from UKaid Sakchyam, Bank of Kathmandu’s (BoKs) launched the Sakchyam Sana Kisan Ukhu Karja product, in partnership with Mahakali Sugar Mill. This product lets farmers in Kanchanpur and Kailai deposit their sugarcane at Mahakali Sugar Mill and take loans up to 70% of the invoice value attached. The average loan size is NPR 20,000 and such loans allow farmers to take care of financial needs and repay the bank after they get paid by the mill.
Due to Sakchyam’s intervention, the farmers enjoy better prices for their product and benefit from affordable interest loans from the bank. The success of this intervention will also mean that sugarcane farmers will be able to sell their produce locally, and not have to travel to India to sell there for lower prices.
The NPR 96 million in loans that has been disbursed over the project duration has benefitted 1,445 smallholder sugarcane farmers, of which 80% are from the Tharu community, and rest are Madhesis and Dalit women (at least 3% of the total beneficiaries are women). Progress in all these factors means possible replication of this product in other districts in Nepal.


According to Paul Harvey, God made a farmer on the eighth day so as to have a caretaker of the earth (‘So God Made a Farmer’ by Paul Harvey). Now, I did not grow up on a farm, nor was I raised in a farming community, and I most certainly was not going to marry a farmer. Never say never.
My husband is a dyed-in-the-wool farmer. As a boy, he spent hours building trucks out of Lego, playing with dinky toy tractors and wagons, and sketching farms. When he was ten or eleven, he tapped the trees that ran along the side road where he lived because he was intrigued with the process of making maple syrup. In his teens and early twenties, he worked for a local elevator/farming operation. In spite of all this evidence that would have proved otherwise, I’m sure he told me that he didn’t want to be a farmer. Love is indeed blind.
Here we are, some thirty years later, farming like there’s no tomorrow. There were times, when the kids were little, that I pined for that forty hour work week, week-ends off, and going on a vacation without worrying about whether some crop needs to be planted or harvested or who will do the chores. But, in the end, at least on most days, I came to see that this lifestyle, while not easy or stress-free, really was a worthwhile and noble lifestyle, and I became grateful for it.
“I need somebody…who planting time and harvest season, will finish his forty hour week by Tuesday noon, then, pain’n from ‘tractor back,’ put in another seventy-two hours”, intones Harvey, in his low drawl, as he gives the farmer speech. He’s not too far from the truth. My farmer husband goes from sun-up to sun-down and beyond during the busy season, and I wonder from where he summons the energy (though – it can catch up to him on a Sunday morning!). When I see him walk through a field in the spring and toe dirt over an exposed seed or gently brush aside the soil to see if the seed is germinating, I see a man who is living a calling, a vocation. When I see him grieving over the corn crop that is spiking its leaves to preserve itself from the heat, doing everything it can to protect the whorl, I see a man deeply connected to the land. When I see the disappointment at yet another rain that has passed us by, I see a man relinquishing control.
I never knew what crop-scouting was, but now it is a regular date form for us. We deck ourselves out in our red and black plaid lumberman jackets, pick up a coffee, and drive through the countryside, past our own fields, past rented fields and customers’ fields talking farming, family, and friends. All the while, my farmer husband is assessing the progress and readiness of the land and crops. It is simple, but it is good.
As I’ve said elsewhere, our best crop has been our four kids. Two of those kids have followed their Dad into farming and are becoming able farmers in their own right. They gather around the kitchen table or on the pergola to exchange the tales of the previous day, comparing rainfall amounts from one farm to the next while the cell phone rings incessantly.
“Freddeh”, says the one farmer, “we had an inch and three tenths in fifteen minutes. It’s gonna take a long time to dry again.”
Another farmer from further north calls and says, “It was nothing more than a heavy dew.”
“Who needs twitter?”, says my husband.
The days are long, the debts are deep, and most of my days are filled with interruptions, but there is a rich sense of reward to this farming thing, and I’m glad I was blinded. We are both pressed and privileged to be so tied to the seasons and the weather. My farmer husband and kids work hard to nurture a fruitful crop, but they know that it all comes down to the mystery of a seed dying and becoming something new and alive.
“Somebody who’d bale a family together with the soft strong bonds of sharing, who would laugh and then sigh, and then reply, with smiling eyes, when his son says he wants to ‘spend his life doing what dad does.'” (Harvey)
God did make a farmer. And I married him.


The common Stinging nettle lives up to its reputation, not only has it spread itself extensively throughout the acid rich soils of the temperate world but it has also developed a pretty venomous defence mechanism to those who would like to pull it up.
But behind the ultra fine hairs filled with formic acid is a formidable herb that has at least as many virtues as the plant has vices. Nettle roots, stems leaves and seeds are all harvested for their use in cooking, medicine, body care and even clothes making.
The genus name, Urtica relates to the Latin term, to burn and when one comes into contact with the hairs that cover this plant, the sensation of burning, thanks to the formic acid that has just been injected is all too familiar. The family of the herb, Urticaceae contains over 2500 different plants, many of which contain stinging hairs.
As a food there are few more nutritious plants, nettles contain a remarkable amount of protein compared to other plants, and is rich in iron and Vitamin C.
Aquasol® gathers the nettle roots for this tea in the autumn when the plant dies back and all the life and vitality is stored away underground. This makes for a strong infusion, surprisingly cleansing to taste.
Our nettle root tea combines well with artichoke leaf for a detoxifying infusion or turmeric for something more restorative.
Superfine powder for full instant dispersion and a fuller flavour.
Ingredients: Organically grown Nettle Root.
Directions: Add a quarter to half a teaspoon to taste, to hot water or any liquid beverage of your choice and stir. Once opened consume within 1 month.
Net Weight: 20g
Approximately: 20 to 30 servings.


Elnie Vine Growers, situated on the farm Uitkyk in Wellington, has been crafting vines since 1972. The name derives from a combination of Elsabe and Niel. They started the business after which their son Jan Louw Du Plessis took over the Nursery in 2000.
Only the best material is used to suite each client’s unique requirements. Elnie Nursery produces vines for the wine-, table- and drying grape industries.
Vines are delivered and sold countrywide to wine Estates, individual farmers and large companies. Vines are also crafted and exported to countries beyond our borders.
With 46 years of experience and love for the industry, our Nursery's priority is to deliver quality vines, professional advice, and the best after-sale service and to have personal contact with our clientele.


Johnson's Sweet Peas
Traditionally grown Sweet Pea plants and seeds
Johnson's careful nurturing and friendly advice have made us a well respected grower of quality Sweet Pea plants. With a good range to choose from, you're sure to find just what you're looking for! If you are searching for colours or varieties not listed, we are often able to supply them.
Our traditionally grown seedlings have been carefully sown in the Autumn to produce healthy, vigorous plants, fully hardened off and ready for planting as soon as you receive them usually during March.
They have been individually grown as large plugs in deep rootrainers to produce a large root system to aid easy establishment. Our Sweet Peas are available in a range of specially designed colour blends.
Johnson's have been producing these rarely available, quality plants for sale since 2007. Our reputation has grown as a mail order supplier since then. We are pleased to be able to guarantee the quality of our plants on despatch and very happy to provide further advice if needed.
Plants sold out for 2016 - sorry!
New for 2016
New varieties available as Autumn sown plants


It comes from varying countries, including Peru, Germany, China and Italy, but great gastronomic minds agree that those from the lands of Navarre, Spain, are the best.
By J.M. Towers
If we want to find the origins of asparagus, we may have to turn to Asia, probably Mesopotamia, where they were consumed by peasants. Later, they traveled to Egypt and spread throughout the Mediterranean world. When they came to Greece, its inhabitants called them asparagos, which in Greek means "full of sap." And during the Roman Empire, they were served at the banquets of the Caesars, as recorded in the writings of the great historian Pliny.
Asparagus is a plant of the lily family and its soft stems are the edible part. They grow in many countries, such as Peru, Germany, China, and Italy, but the gastronomic experts agree that the lands of Navarre, in Spain produce the best kind.
The Navarre white asparagus is a variety of Spanish origin which is defined by its high quality, fame, and also a very high price. Perhaps its exceptional character is due to the microclimate of the area and the properties of the land. Its whitish color is achieved by depriving the plant of light during cultivation, and harvesting it when it is still underground. Thus, the photosynthesis that gives plants their usual green color does not occur, giving rise to a kind of delicate, fleshy, tasty and more tender asparagus without fibers and with a soft but firm consistency.


In a boost to the new Agriculture degree program, Chesapeake recently received a Maryland Agricultural Education and Rural Development Assistance Fund (MAERDAF) grant.
The $8,500 grant will be used to establish a high-tunnel operation, a hands-on teaching tool , on campus for agriculture classes.
For more information about the Agriculture Program, please click here http://www.chesapeake.edu/academics/agriculture-and-environmental-studies-degree-programs
With this initial MAERDAF investment, Chesapeake will be able to sustain the minimal annual maintenance costs through its operating budget and the sale of high-tunnel crops. The operation will be located in an open green space near the Eastern Shore Higher Education Center.
The high tunnel will provide students with the skills to produce to produce crops in a unique growing environment as well as analyze costs and benefits of the operation.


You know that feeling of joy, when the lettuce on your plate has come straight from the garden? Our kitchen team serve everything that is growing in our garden and the nearby fields at any given moment. Everything else - like the meat, for example - comes from our own farm if possible and, if not, from small-scale farmers in the local area. The food we choose to make follows the rhythms of the season. And the tastes? Mouthwatering, fresh, and natural.
Short transport routes, great tastes, and as natural as it gets.
“Südtiroler Gasthaus:” South Tyrolean Restaurant. This is the much-coveted award for catering establishments that take their traditional specialities seriously, and prepare their fare with fresh, regionally-sourced products. And we’re a member!
The taste of the area, all year round.
Passed with flying colours!
The Hirschen cuisine shines in the skies of culinary delights with a glowing green star! The Michelin Guide awarded us our star as all of our products come from our own farm and garden or from the immediate area, together with the fact that we are members of the Climate Neutrality Pact. We have also received the Michelin “Bib Gourmand” and awards from Falstaff und Gault Millau – if that’s not a good reason to celebrate, we don’t know what is!
The lady of the Kitchen: Maria Theresia Lutz.
She wields the biggest spoon in the Hirschen kitchen, and nobody know better than she does that the way to the heart is through the stomach! She sets her menus with superbly creative style, and purchases all her ingredients with the greatest of care - unless, of course, they are already growing in the garden. And talking of gardens: Maria Theresia Lutz absolutely adores fresh herbs and spices, and uses them to create flavour-packed, imaginative, reinterpretations of our beloved traditional cuisine.


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The power of the plant: the barley grass
Barley grass - which has the Latin name Hordeum vulgare - has been already known as an exceptional plant for many years. The annual sweetgrass can be used in many ways: The fruits called barley grain are mainly used as brewing cereals, while the young leaves are relevant in the field of food supplementation. This plant, known as the barley plant, impresses with an incredibly high nutrient density. According to the opinion of many experts, barley grass is one of the most valuable plants of all. The balanced composition of ingredients makes the barley grass a very special and extraordinary plant - for this reason, no extract is used in our products, but only the whole variety of barley grass sprout. Therefore, you can be absolutely sure to optimally benefit from the ingredients of this extraordinary plant!
A 100% gentle production and ingredients in raw food quality
In order to be able to be used as a dietary supplement, the young leaves of barley grass must be dried as soon as possible after harvesting. Subsequently, the gentle grinding step follows, in which the dry material is processed into powder. In order to be able to guarantee you the full range of nutrients, all of these processes must be carried out particularly gently - for instance, the temperatures that occur during drying and grinding process must always be below 42 degrees Celsius. Of course, the raw material used has always raw food quality - because only with an optimum starting material an optimal end product can be achieved.
Easy to use, ideal for shakes and smoothies
The barley grass powder impresses not only with its exceptional ingredients, but also with its easy applicability. The powder is very highly soluble in water, which makes it ideal to mix in cold drinks (please note: the barley grass powder should not be dissolved in hot water, as the heat can damage the valuable ingredients of the powder!). Barley grass powder is ideal for use in smoothies and freshly-made shakes. Many users start their day with this extra portion of nutrients by stirring one to two teaspoons of the powder per drink. When barley grass powder is consumed on a regular basis, it is best to consume three drinks a day - ideally throughout the day - and continue for about four to six weeks.
Absolutely natural product, guaranteed without animal ingredients
We guarantee that our barley grass powder is an absolutely natural product. We offer you only the best quality: Our powder is purely vegetarian, animal ingredients are 100% renounced. For this reason, the consumption of barley grass powder is absolutely safe for vegetarians, vegans and animal lovers. Of course, our products are of raw material quality and are completely without additives – from us you only get a perfect pure substance, without filling agents or other additives. For the sake of your health!
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We guarantee that you only buy impeccable quality when you buy our barley grass powder. The barley grass used by us is examined in advance completely and meticulously for possible residues and / or impurities. In particular, we examine our raw materials for hazardous heavy metals, unwanted microorganisms or even pesticides - a detailed analysis in advance guarantees us and you that only the best, 100% flawless raw materials are being used. Impurities as well as an undesirable burden of pollutants can be detected and avoided in this way. We guarantee that only raw materials that have been certified as harmless go into production, thus, you can always be sure of purchasing a flawless product!


By Ann Wickett
“There’s seldom any gray area when it comes to farming,” said Russ Eltiste Sr., of Tecumseh, who has been farming for 47 years. He first started farming in partnership with his father, Dale Eltiste. Russ and his dad, decided to end this partnership about 1 ½ years later. “We decided to end the partnership before we got to the point where we wouldn’t talk to each other,” Eltiste said. In 1971, Russ and his wife, Carolyn, purchased the farm where they currently live at 721 Road and 613 Avenue. Eltiste currently farms 760 acres of cropland plus renting out other farmland and pastureland.


Darling flowers in rich colors of black, deep plum, purples, and white.
Also known as cornflower and garden cornflower.
Edible Flowers: Centaurea petals are edible and can be used to brighten up a salad or decorate desserts. Has a mild floral flavor.
All of our plants are naturally grown with no chemical pesticides. They are cared for by the sun, enriched soil, water, hand-weeding with a hoe, and organic fertilizer. When you purchase our flowers you can rest assured that you aren’t bringing pesticides into your home and edible plants are truly safe to eat.


A community garden
is a single piece of land gardened collectively by a group of people.
Community gardens provide fresh produce and plants as well as satisfying labor, neighborhood improvement, sense of community and connection to the environment. They are publicly functioning in terms of ownership, access, and management, as well as typically owned in trust by local governments or not for profit associations.
A city’s community gardens can be as diverse as its gardeners. Some grow only flowers, others are nurtured communally and their bounty shared, some have individual plots for personal use similar to the allotment gardens
An allotment garden, often called simply an allotment, is a plot of land made available for individual, non-professional gardening. Such plots are formed by subdividing a piece of land into a few or up to several hundreds of land parcels that are assigned to individuals or families...
seen in England and other parts of Europe, while others have raised beds for disabled gardeners.
Community gardens may help alleviate one effect of climate change, which is expected to cause a global decline in agricultural output, making fresh produce increasingly unaffordable. Community gardens encourage an urban community's food security
Food security refers to the availability of food and one's access to it. A household is considered food-secure when its occupants do not live in hunger or fear of starvation. According to the World Resources Institute, global per capita food production has been increasing substantially for the past...
, allowing citizens to grow their own food or for others to donate what they have grown. Advocates say locally grown food decreases a community's reliance on fossil fuels for transport of food from large agricultural areas and reduces a society's overall use of fossil fuels to drive in agricultural machinery.
Community gardens improve users’ health through increased fresh vegetable consumption and providing a venue for exercise. The gardens also combat two forms of alienation that plague modern urban life, by bringing urban gardeners closer in touch with the source of their food, and by breaking down isolation by creating a social community. Community gardens provide other social benefits, such as the sharing of food production knowledge with the wider community and safer living spaces. Active communities experience less crime
Crime is the breach of rules or laws for which some governing authority can ultimately prescribe a conviction...
Vandalism is the behaviour attributed originally to the Vandals, by the Romans, in respect of culture: ruthless destruction or spoiling of anything beautiful or venerable...
Unlike public parks, whether community gardens are open to the general public is dependent upon the lease agreements with the management body of the park and the community garden membership.
Open or closed-gate policies vary from garden to garden. There is no 'off the shelf model' of a community garden, however; they provide a green space in urban areas, along with opportunities for social gatherings, beautification, education and recreation.
However, in a key difference, community gardens are managed and maintained with the active participation of the gardeners themselves, rather than tended only by a professional staff. A second difference is food production: Unlike parks, where plantings are ornamental (or more recently ecological), community gardens often encourage food production by providing gardeners a place to grow vegetables and other crops. To facilitate this, a community garden may be divided into individual plots or tended in a communal fashion, depending on the size and quality of a garden and the members involved.
As discussed below, "community garden" is the term favored in the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. One source and clearinghouse on community gardening information in North America is The American Community Gardening Association, a non-profit membership organisation. Research is forming as to whether or not Community Gardening dictates a connotation with social change in the U.S.A. and how changing this term may benefit the effort to involve entire communities.
Community gardens vary widely throughout the world. In North America, community gardens range from familiar "victory garden" areas where people grow small plots of vegetables, to large "greening" projects to preserve natural areas, to tiny street beautification planters on urban street corners. There are even non-profits in many major cities that offer assistance to low-income families, children groups, and community organizations by helping them develop and grow their own gardens. In the UK and the rest of Europe, closely related "allotment gardens" can have dozens of plots, each measuring hundreds of square meters and rented by the same family for generations. In the developing world, commonly held land for small gardens is a familiar part of the landscape, even in urban areas, where they may function as mini-truck farms.
For all their diversity, however, most community gardens share at least four elements in common:
- land (or a place to grow something)
- some sort of organizing arrangements
In many ways community gardens are re-enforcing basic human instincts that are slowly deteriorating due to the convenience of modern life (http://www.kens5.com/video/featured-videos/Micro-gardens-help-poor-learn-to-supplement-food-91546344.html)
Land for a community garden can be publicly or privately held. One strong tradition in American community gardening in urban areas is cleaning up abandoned vacant lots and turning them into productive gardens. Alternatively, community gardens can be seen as a health or recreational amenity and included in public parks, similar to ball fields or playgrounds. Historically, community gardens have also served to provide food during wartime or periods of economic depression. Access to land and security of land tenure remains a major challenge for community gardeners and their supporters throughout the world, since in most cases the gardeners themselves do not own or control the land directly.
Some gardens are grown collectively, with everyone working together; others are split into clearly divided plots, each managed by a different gardener (or group or family). Many community gardens have both "common areas" with shared upkeep and individual/family plots.
Two national surveys sponsored by the American Community Gardening Association in the late 1980s and mid-1990s, and other research, strongly support the observation that there is no "standard" community garden plot size, at least in the United States and Canada. Individual plot sizes vary widely depending on many factors, including location, land available for gardening, demand, physical and time limitations of the gardeners, among others. As a general rule, North American community garden plots tend to be smaller than European allotments. 6m × 6m (20 ft × 20 ft) is one common plot size (larger gardens in parks); 3m × 3m (10 ft × 10 ft) or 3m × 4.5 m (10 ft × 15 ft) is another (inner city gardens on small lots).
While food production is central to many community and allotment gardens, not all have vegetables as a main focus. Restoration of natural areas and native plant gardens are also popular, as are "art" gardens. Many gardens have several different planting elements, and combine plots with such projects as small orchards, herbs and butterfly gardens. Individual plots can become "virtual" backyards, each highly diverse, creating a "quilt" of flowers, vegetables and folk art.
Gardeners may form a grassroots group to initiate the garden, such as the Green Guerrillas of New York City, or a garden may be organized "top down" by a municipal agency. The Los Gatos, California-based non-profit Community Gardens as Appleseeds offers free assistance in starting up new community gardens around the world.
Group and leadership selection
The community gardening movement in North American prides itself on being inclusive, diverse, pro-democracy, and supportive of community involvement. Gardeners may be of any cultural background, young or old, new gardeners or seasoned growers, rich or poor. A garden may have only a few people active, or hundreds.
Finally, all community gardens have a structure. The organization depends in part on whether the garden is "top down" or "grassroots". There are many different organizational models in use for community gardens. Some elect boards in a democratic fashion, while others can be run by appointed officials. Some are managed by non-profit organization
Nonprofit organization is neither a legal nor technical definition but generally refers to an organization that uses surplus revenues to achieve its goals, rather than distributing them as profit or dividends...
s, such as a community gardening association, a community association, a church, or other land-owner; others by a city's recreation or parks department, a school or University.
Membership rules and fees
In most cases, gardeners are expected to pay annual dues to help with garden upkeep, and the organization must manage these fees. The tasks in a community garden are many, including upkeep, mulching paths, recruiting members, and fund raising. Rules and an 'operations manual' are both invaluable tools, and ideas for both are available at the ACGA.
There are some who argue against the value of community gardens. Some suggest that it re-enforces racism, supporting only a select group of privileged peoples in privileged areas.
However, others suggest that it directly confronts racism, namely by bringing diverse people together for a cooperative purpose.
Flanagan opposes gardens as an element of public school programs, rejecting the claim that they teach children what she believes are the fundamentals of education, and are essentially a trend for the privileged. However, gardens have been utilized as an effective means of science instruction, an avenue of civic engagement, and community development.
In Australia, community gardens have both received support and met resistance from local governments and planners. In a few instances, community gardens have not been recognized as a community service, are seen as an undesirable use of available land, are considered inconsistent with local government aesthetics or are absent from local planning policy.
Overlap Between Gardens and Art
Through exploration of community gardens, the overlap between gardens and art become evident. What Nicolas Bourriaud calls "relational art," community gardens serve as "a set of artistic practices which take as their theoretical and practical point of departure the whole of human relations and their social context, rather than an independent and private space."
Community gardening could also be seen as a form of participatory practice.
Most older Spaniards grew up in the countryside and moved to the city to find work. Strong family ties often keep them from retiring to the countryside, and so urban community gardens are in great demand. Potluck
A potluck is a gathering of people where each person or group of people contributes a dish of food prepared by the person or the group of people, to be shared among the group...
s and paella
Paella is a Valencian rice dish that originated in its modern form in the mid-19th century near lake Albufera, a lagoon in Valencia, on the east coast of Spain. Many non-Spaniards view paella as Spain's national dish, but most Spaniards consider it to be a regional Valencian dish...
s are common, as well as regular meetings to manage the affairs of the garden.
In the United Kingdom
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, community gardening is generally distinct from allotment gardening, though the distinction is sometimes blurred. Allotments are generally plots of land rented to individuals for their cultivation by local authorities or other public bodies—the upkeep of the land is usually the responsibility of the individual plot owners. Allotments tend (but not invariably) to be situated around the outskirts of built-up areas. Use of allotment areas as open space or play areas is generally discouraged. However, there are an increasing number of community-managed allotments, which may include allotment plots and a community garden area.
The community garden movement is of more recent provenance than allotment gardening, with many such gardens built on patches of derelict land, waste ground or land owned by the local authority or a private landlord that is not being used for any purpose. A community garden in the United Kingdom tends to be situated in a built-up area and is typically run by people from the local community as an independent, non-profit organisation (though this may be wholly or partly funded by public money).
It is also likely to perform a dual function as an open space or play area (in which role it may also be known as a 'city park') and—while it may offer plots to individual cultivators—the organisation that administers the garden will normally have a great deal of the responsibility for its planting, landscaping and upkeep. An example inner-city garden of this sort is Islington
Islington is a neighbourhood in Greater London, England and forms the central district of the London Borough of Islington. It is a district of Inner London, spanning from Islington High Street to Highbury Fields, encompassing the area around the busy Upper Street...
's Culpeper Community Garden, or Camden
-Economy:In recent years, entertainment-related businesses and a Holiday Inn have moved into the area. A number of retail and food chain outlets have replaced independent shops driven out by high rents and redevelopment. Restaurants have thrived, with the variety of culinary traditions found in...
's Phoenix Garden
The Phoenix Garden is a local community garden in central London, England, established in 1984.Located in St Giles behind the Phoenix Theatre, within the London Borough of Camden, the Phoenix Garden is nestled between the busy Soho and Covent Garden areas...
Some of the larger community gardens act as a hub for the community, offering not just a pleasant green space, but also facilities for education and training. There are estimated to be more than 1,000 community-managed gardens in the UK.
The Federation of City Farms and Community Gardens (a registered charity) is a membership organisation that supports, promotes and represents community-run gardens in the UK.
There is an extensive network of community gardens and collective urban farms in Taipei City often occupying areas of the city that are waiting for development. river flood banks and other not suitable areas for urban construction often become legal or illegal community gardens. The network of the community gardens of Taipei are referred to as Taipei organic acupuncture
of the industrial city.
- Guerrilla gardening
Guerrilla gardening is gardening on another person's land without permission. It encompasses a very diverse range of people and motivations, from the enthusiastic gardener who spills over their legal boundaries to the highly political gardener who seeks to provoke change through direct action. It...
- Allotment gardens
- Communal garden
A communal garden is a normally formal garden for shared use by a number of local residents, typically in an urban setting. The term is especially used in the United Kingdom...
- Garden sharing
Garden sharing is a local food and urban farming arrangement where a landowner allows a gardener access to land, typically a front or back yard, in order to grow food....
- Community Supported Agriculture
- Intercultural Garden
Intercultural Gardens is a project of the German Association of International Gardens , resident in Göttingen. The project has the goal to further intercultural competence and racial integration.- Ideas and goals :...
- Community Food Security Coalition
The Community Food Security Coalition is a North American non-profit made up of 325 member organizations who focus on social and economic justice, the environment, nutrition, sustainable agriculture, community development, labor, anti-poverty, and anti-hunger initiatives...
, North American nonprofit organization
- Urban gardening
Urban gardening may refer to:* Container garden - Growing plants in pots or other containers, rather than in ground* Urban horticulture - Growing crops or ornamental plants in urban or semi-urban setting* Urban agriculture - Food production in urban setting...
- Public produce
Public produce is a subset of urban agriculture. It refers to fruits, vegetables, nuts, and herbs cultivated in public space, and freely available to the public. Public produce differs from traditional community gardens, as the produce from the latter is generally not for public consumption, but...
- Urban horticulture
Urban and peri-urban horticulture includes all horticultural crops grown for human consumption and ornamental use within and in the immediate surroundings of cities. Although crops have always been grown inside the city, the practice is expanding and gaining more attention...
- Karen Schmelzkopf. Urban Community Gardens as Contested Space. Geographical Review, Vol. 85, No. 3 (Jul., 1995), pp. 364–381
- Lauren E. Baker. Tending Cultural Landscapes and Food Citizenship in Toronto's Community Gardens. Geographical Review, Vol. 94, No. 3, People, Places, & Gardens (Jul., 2004), pp. 305–325
- Carol Ward, et al. Weeding out Failed Practices: A Case Study of Community Gardens in Rural Mali. Human Ecology, Vol. 32, No. 4 (Aug., 2004), pp. 509–52
- Laura J. Lawson. City Bountiful: A Century of Community Gardening in America. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2005.


PUBLIC INVITED TO COMMUNITY GARDEN WORK DAY 8 A.M. TO NOON, SATURDAY, JAN. 25, 2014
The Villa-Parke Community Center, 363 E. Villa St., will host a fun "Community Garden Build Day" 8:00 a.m. to Noon, Saturday, Jan. 25, 2014 in partnership with the Pasadena Community Gardens Conservancy, a nonprofit organization, to support the new Community Garden being constructed at the Community Center.
The garden is being built with L.A. County funds from the Little Green Fingers program, part of First 5 LA, to build a second-floor, raised-bed-style garden with 30 individual container garden plots for families that will operate in conjunction with a ground-floor community garden serving 100 pupils and their families attending Head Start classes. The Villa-Parke Community Garden is expected to open in early February.
The Pasadena Community Gardens Conservancy (PCGC), www.pasadenacommunitygardensconservancy.org, has committed to funding up to $100,000 in programming, education, outreach, and volunteering at the Community Garden for five years, at $20,000 annually. The organization's financial support provides year-round instruction in gardening, nutrition and healthy cooking classes at the Center, plus a network of volunteers, a website and an e-newsletter. The PCGC is a fund of the Pasadena Community Foundation.
“As a group of Pasadena residents committed to making healthy vegetables and fruits available to all city families, we consider it a privilege to serve our neighbors living in the Villa-Parke area,” said Jessica Korzenecki, PCGC’s Co-chair.
PCGC has also committed to provide planting materials and healthy meals for the upcoming Community Build Day at the Villa-Parke Community Center, 363 E. Villa Street, Pasadena. All city residents are invited to attend and view progress on the garden’s construction.


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This is a rare prostrate growing variety that produces masses of elongated rounded end pods that grow in bunches of 5 to 6 per node. The pods are extremely hot and change colour from a very pale green, to a pale yellow, then to ivory when mature.
Heat Level 10
Pod size (W x L cm) 1 x 2
Pod Colour G > Y> I
Plant Size (H x W cm) 40 x 50
Approx no. Pods/plant 80


Conserving and improving soil carbon through land management offers enormous potential to simultaneously address the major global challenges of rapid climate change, degradation of soil and water quality and urgent and growing demand for food. Many of the benefits of soil carbon arising from multiple ecosystem services are not recognised or are external to the existing markets. This project is a major international effort to transfer complex science evidence into new policy approaches and into new land management practices.
This Rapid Assessment Project (RAP) on The Benefits of Soil Carbon draws together experts from a broad range of disciplines to prepare the science evidence, presented in 27 background chapters, to synthesise this complex body of information in order to establish a step change in policy approaches and land management practices worldwide.
The first milestone of this crucial global collaboration - the Benefits of Soil Carbon Workshop held 18-22 March 2013 and hosted by the European Commission, Directorate General Joint Research Centre at Ispra, Italy - brought together 40 leading experts from Africa, Asia, Europe and North and South America to build on the state of the knowledge from the background chapters. The keynote address was provided by Professor Jerry Melillo, Chair of the US National Climate Change Assessment and an opening video address was given by Nobel Prize winner Professor Sir Harry Kroto. During the five-day event, participants drafted four cross-cutting chapters that identify knowledge gaps, research requirements and policy innovations to create new solutions to the challenges of recovering the world’s soil from near-death experiences!
World Soil Day 2014 saw the launch of the principle output of this RAP 'SCOPE Volume 71: Soil Carbon - science, management and policy for multiple benefits'; a volume of 31 chapters of complex scientific evidence towards new policy approaches and land management practices. With an executive summary, the background and cross-cutting chapters form the 71st SCOPE Science monograph. To maximise impact on policy and action, participants prepare three to five international policy briefs on the main conclusions and recommendations and produce an authoritative review article for a high-impact international journal.
Dissemination includes the international council of environment ministers, intergovernmental agencies and their technical advisors, technical experts in government and businesses, and the wider public via outreach programmes and press conferences.
This project includes planning for the necessary follow-on work to fully roadmap policy development and implement solutions for the global delivery of the multiple benefits of soil carbon and arises through the collective initiative and broad interdisciplinary consensus of the members of the Scientific Advisory Committee.
The collaboration is in response to the United Nations Environment Programme Foresight Assessment which identified Benefits of Soil Carbon as one of the top two emerging areas in 2012 to focus international attention and effort for global opportunity, subsequently developed as an emerging environmental issue chapter in the UNEP Year Book 2012. Further developments are reported in Chapter 9 of the UNEP Year Book 2014, as an update on international action for the improvement of soil management.
The Benefits of Soil Carbon project is co-chaired by Prof. Steven Banwart, The University of Sheffield, UK, and Prof. Elke Noellemeyer, Universidad Nacional de La Pampa, Argentina.


Aaaannnddd…we’re back! The rain finally stopped, the sun started shining, and Tim and I went and spent a ton of money at Lowe’s on garden supplies. (If someone knows of a decent, local nursery within 20 minutes of Louisville, please fill me in.) All the before shots of the front yard flower beds can be seen HERE.
It took us this long to plant anything because I was so afraid a late frost would come in and kill everything. Of course, now I wonder if we waited too long. Eh, what are you gonna do?
The other dilemma was what to plant. The front is landscaped for curb appeal. A nice lawn, a few trees, and mostly perennial shrubbery. There is a small amount of space to add some annuals and color. The dilemma was really two-sided. First, I wanted to plant as many fruits and vegetables as possible. Is it appropriate to plant vegetables in one’s front yard? Would they be successful there given the conditions? Second, this house of ours is a rental that is going on the market next spring. Since we don’t own it, I don’t want to put too much effort or expense into plants that won’t belong to us in another year. However, because it is going on the market, I also don’t want to completely neglect it.
Ultimately, I decided to plant a combination of annuals with a couple low cost perennials that will (hopefully) flower this year. All the fruits and vegetables will be relegated to the back yard. (That post is coming later this week.)
The first thing that needed to be done was a general spring cleaning. I trimmed away any dead looking matter, yanked out stuff that was just plain sad, and divided bulbs that were underproducing. In particular a clump of daffodils that only produced four blooms this spring actually consisted of 45 (!) bulbs. After I dug them all up, I divided them into groups of 5 and replanted them around the yard. I’ve never done that before, so hopefully they come back in the spring. Tim yanked out a nasty looking shrub that was in the front walk bed, breaking a shovel in the process. We also moved some large rocks to create a border around the lawn edge of the front bed near the garage. After that, we were ready to plant.
At Lowe’s we wandered around looking at all the choices. Some plants were very familiar to me already. Geraniums, daisies, petunias. Others, were new to me. Fuschia, columbine, pincushion. We ended up with hydrangea, petunias, pincushion, alyssum, geraniums, marigolds, dianthus, a gerber daisy, a dahlia, and some random purple stuff.
In addition to what we bought at Lowe’s, Olivia’s Nana Rosellen, who is a Master Gardener, sent me a box of cuttings and transplants from her garden in Illinois. She generously gave us some vinca, chives, creeping thyme, grape hyacinth bulbs, and wood hyacinth bulbs. The thyme went to the back yard, but the rest was planted throughout the beds in the front.
The actual planting process was waaayyy more difficult than I expected. From landscape cloth to an extreme amount of rocks, it was hard work. But, on the other hand, nearly every time I put the spade in the dirt I pulled up one of these guys.
People, worms are good for two things. Fishing and gardening. Worms are awesome and we’ve got plenty.
So, here’s what the front beds look like now….
The front window bed…
Here we just did some pruning and planted the vinca that Nana Rosellen sent. The vinca will take a while to fill in, but it is already sending up new growth.
The garage bed…
This is where I put the gerber daisy, dahlia, alyssum, dianthus, geraniums, and some of the marigolds. The wood hyacinth bulbs are also here, but we won’t see those until next spring.
This is also in the garage bed. Anyone know what it is?
The front walk bed…
From front to back, we have pincushion, a hydrangea (from Jenn!), euonymus, another hydrangea, and two Maltese Cross plants, one white and one red.
In the hanging basket, we have petunias and the purple stuff. Purple stuff. I should be a botanist.
There’s one other container on the front stoop, which is where we put the chives. This was a transplant in the box from Nana Rosellen and it is coming in very nicely. I hope it will still bloom this summer and I can’t wait to use the chives in some compound butter or on a baked potato. Oooh! I just read that the flowers are edible too!
So, that’s the update on the garden in the front yard. I’ll post some pictures later this summer after everything has filled in and bloomed a bit. Hope your garden is treating you well!


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Monarch School Garden (FULL)
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Malgré l ‘avalanche de critiques qu ‘elle a subies l’étude Seralini suscite des prises de position des autorités sanitaires comme celle-ci :
« Bioveiligheidsraad – Conseil de Biosécurité
Advice of the Belgian Biosafety Advisory Council on the article by Séralini et al., 2012 on toxicity of GM maize NK603.
- It seems reasonable to assume that the publication of Prof. Séraline, without providing définitive conclusion as to carcinogenicity in rats and even less about the underlying mechanisms, provides a reasonable and sufficient doubt to promote research on the impact of GMOs and pesticides associated with this type of culture, on the fauna and flora as well as mammals exposed. Rather than rejecting these results, should we not, according to the scientific approach, encourage new experiments to verify the reproducibility of the results by correcting any shortcomings of the current publication. All this calls for extreme caution and to discuss these issues with great care.
- Results of the Séralini study can not be regarded as results to take decisions. They must be accompanied by other studies that confirm (or not) the results of this exploratory study.
- This study is not really convincing and a lot of question marks remain.
- The results are rather suggestive than scientifically well-backed and additional/new experiments are needed in order to invalidate former tests performed on GMO and that did not reveal an increased toxicity / risk.
- Challenging existing knowledge and paradigms is of course the basis of scientific progress, and revisiting those current views could be appropriate and welcome. It would need, however, to apply solid scientific standards; the paper by Séralini et al. fails largely in this respect. The work is scientifically very weak, with flaws in the experimental design, in the interpretation of the results as well as their (over)interpretation and reporting. It should never have been accepted for publication in a scientific journal. The process of peer review which is usual before acceptance for publication in scientific journals has clearly failed here.
Conclusion of the Biosafety Advisory Council
1 : Given the shortcomings identified by the experts regarding the experimental design, the statistical analysis, the interpretation of the results, the redaction of the article and the presentation of the results, the Biosafety Advisory Council concludes that this study does not contain new scientifically relevant elements that may lead to reconsider immediately the current authorisation for food and feed use of GM maize NK603.
2 : Considering the issues raised by the study (i.e. long term assessment), the Biosafety Advisory Council propose EFSA urgently to study in depth the relevance of the actual guidelines and procedures. It can find inspiration in the GRACE project to find useful inormation and new concerted ideads.


4. Watering- you want to wanter you newly planted matilija poppy 1x per week or maybe even 2x if the soil is sandy and/or during the summer months. Not more than that or it will rot out. Keep up the weekly watering for through the first summer into winter. Then drop the watering down to 1x per month. That will keep things looking better and flowering longer.
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Romneya coulteri...no relation to either Ann or Mitt, is a rare California endemic, highly prized by gardeners who are lucky enough to be able to grow it. Dry soil and full sun are the keys to success. I admit to killing fifteen, now that the statute of limitations for involuntary plant slaughter has passed, before achieving success. When happy, romneya spreads well via underground rhizomes. The 4-6' tall silver stalks are adorned by silver foliage and topped in late spring with large crepe paper-like white flowers, highlighted by yellow central stamens. Do not disturb the roots when planting matilija poppy. Like cultivation, propagation of Romneya coulteri is very difficult, so our supply of these seed-grown plants is limited.
i am sorry it took you so long to find Majilija poppies in the nursery! Best to leave them in the container until late fall when the weather cools. Depending on where you are, those black plastic pots heat up quickly in the summer sunlight but the plants are best in full sun. Water a couple of times each week, filling the pots to the top twice. Water should run otu the bottom of the pots each time you water (that goes for all container plants). When you are ready to plant, be sure to put them where there is ALOT of room and follow my plantnig directions. Good luck!
Romneya (/ˈrɒmniə/) is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the poppy family (Papaveraceae). There are two species in genus Romneya, which was named for Irish astronomer John Thomas Romney Robinson. They are known commonly as Matilija poppies (/məˈtɪlɪhɑː/ mə-TIL-i-hah) or tree poppies and are native to California and northern Mexico.
A. The matilija poppy, Romnea coulteri, with its huge white blossom and yellow center is one of our showiest and easiest-to-grow water-wise plants. Because of the striking appearance of its flowers, it is also referred to as the fried egg plant.
In normal water years, Matilija poppy receives enough rainfall to take plants through the summer with no help at all. If rains fail, they will still grow and bloom without summer water, but the flowers will be smaller and plants will go dormant more quickly.
The Matilija poppy was named for Chief Matilija of the Chumash tribe that inhabited the area for thousands of years. However, many plants are named after the person who scientifically discovered them.
On Thursday, May 23, the City of Ventura Public Works Department was notified by an anonymous caller that plants growing on the east side of Kimball Park were the type of poppy used in the production of opium drugs, most notably heroin.
The department notified the Ventura Resident Office of the Drug Enforcement Administration, who in turn reached out to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as well as to DEA botanists and chemists to determine if the plants were Papaver somniferum, also known as opium or breadseed poppy. 59ce067264


FOR THE LOVE OF THE OLIVE TREE
Recently I was driving with my friend Andreas along a narrow road in Tuscany. Olive trees graced both sides of the road, their silver leaves fluttering in the spring rain. I was in the midst of helping his wife Electra with the olive pruning on their organic farm but due to the damp weather, I had the day off. Andreas took this opportunity to answer some of my questions about the olive trees and their care.
“ The olive tree is not really a tree at all,” he said. “It is a bush that we change into a tree by careful pruning.”
He went on to tell me more.
“The tree and man have a dialogue. First we prune the tree. Then the tree decides how it wants to grow. Later it’s our turn again to impact the tree by pruning. And so we work together over many years.
Electra, Andrea’s wife, is known in the region as a gifted pruner. Her artistry is so apparent to experienced farmers that they can see a tree and know by looking at it, that Electra pruned it.
Picking olives during the month of November in the Chianti Hills is a meditative activity combining relaxation and mild exercise. We start our work in the morning, after 9:00 am when the morning moisture has dissipated. First, like fishermen, we cast nets on the ground where the olives will fall. Then we can remove the olives safely from the branches with our hands or we can use a rake like tool that resembles the Afro pick I use to comb my hair.
Later we collect the olives from the nets and store them in plastic crates. When we have collected a number of crates, we take them to the community olive press and watch hungrily as the precious green oil is extracted.
We stop work at midday for a meal of salad greens, cured meat, cheese, bread and wine, and then we work again until dusk.
Sometimes we can hear the trumpets, drums and braying dogs signaling that the men of the village are intent on catching a chingale and are corralling one nearby. We continue to pick our olives but we think about the stews and sausages we will enjoy later in the winter as a result of this hunt.
After the evening meal, we go to bed tired but happy looking forward to the next day’s work. As I undress, olives in shades of green, brown, and black tumble out of my clothing and roll across terracotta tile floor of my bedroom. There is something restful and healing that comes of working outside in the sun and gazing at the green hills. All I need to think about is today and the olives I will harvest- nothing more complicated than that. Everything else can wait until I’m ready. Chances am that some of the things that worried me will be forgotten or solved on their own when I next have the leisure to ponder.
I invite you to spend two weeks with me in Tuscany discovering the story of the olive tree and the relationship between the Italians and this very unique tree.
( Below are a few sample activities –free time and other activities will be arranged)
Welcome Reception: Learn about history of the olive trees and their importance in Italian culture. How do you care for olive trees? What is their lifecycle? How do we influence the tree and how does the tree impact us? Of course there will be oil tastings, an introduction to Tuscan bread and sampling of other Tuscan treats.
Live in an agritourismo: and pick olives on an organic olive oil farm in Chianti. Press the olives into oil at the local Frantoio.
Cooking together: focusing on using the fresh pressed oil followed by a special feast where teachers and students will sit down and eat together. Our antipasto might include: Fettunta (or Bruschetta), Pinzimonio (raw vegetables dipped in olive oil and salt, Fiori fritta- fried zucchini flowers.
Art and the Olive: Discover the olive tree’s influence in art. Walking and gallery tour in Florence, led by a renowned art historian focusing on the olive tree and its importance in local art.
Olive oil beauty and relaxation: Visit to a spa (or spa will come to us!) to enjoy massage and other treatments using natural products made from olive oil. Yoga and Pilates can also be arranged.
Tour and tasting at a local winery/farm. In addition to olive oil, we will sample home made cheese, sausages, honey, and wine.
Hike the trails and explore the local wilderness with an experienced guide
Cultural exchange– this is why we travel, to learn about another culture and to share something of our own. In the end, we return home different people having made new friends in unexpected ways.
Health/relaxation benefits: two weeks in the countryside eating local products and nurturing ourselves will help us regain the equilibrium we so often forget.
New friends: the people we meet, here in Italy and friendships forged along the way, will forever change our lives.


There’s something really rather lovely about growing your own fresh produce from the comfort of your own home. From preparing and planting and nurturing and looking after your crop to picking, cooking and enjoying the fruits of your labour, there’s a lot of enjoyment and goodness to come from creating your own fruit and veg patch in your garden.
It’s all very humbling, taking us away from the rush and busyness of modern-day life, the smartphones, the internet and the TV, and back to a much simpler life that our ancestors would have lived.
And that’s the wonderful thing about gardening and agriculture – it’s timeless.
Plus, it is a relatively inexpensive pass-time that the whole family can get involved in, and a great way of teaching little ones about how food grows and where it comes from.
At a time when more and more of us are opting for more sustainable and environmentally friendly ways to live and consume food, it’s not surprising that demand for allotments is on the rise.
But actually, you don’t need to have an allotment to get in on the home-grown action. You can create your own fruit and veg patch, or mini allotment, in your own back garden.
Don’t be fooled into thinking that you need a huge amount of garden space, either.
With the flexibility of making your own raised sleeper beds, you can create growing beds and patches, around your existing garden space.
Here at Equestrian Fencing, we stock a wide range of sleepers, ideal for making sleeper beds for homegrown fruits and veggies.
You might already have your planting plans sussed for the upcoming year. But if you’re new to the grow-your-own game, we’re here to provide you with the year-round go-to planting schedule for all of your favourite seasonal fruits and vegetables.
In particular, this article focuses on the best fruits and vegetables to grow in raised sleeper beds. Where talking about your root veggies, onions, tomatoes, leafy greens and cabbages, plus a few other easy growers.
Well not only do raised sleeper beds look great, offering a contained area for all of your fruit and veg growing goodness. But, they are also ideal if you’re limited on space.
Plus, many of the most experienced home-growers use raised sleepers as they are great for ensuring superior draining as well as more control over soil content and growing conditions.
They are relatively inexpensive to build, and a superb DIY project to do whilst you wait for the weather to warm up!
Check out the best time of year to sow different seeds, get to know how long fruits and veggies take to grow and get an insight on how to use raised sleeper beds to their fullest potential.
With a cold bite in the air, frost on the ground and the bleak dark evenings still looming around, this early start to the year may not seem like the best time to be getting outdoors and kickstarting your fruit and veggie patch.
Typically, January is a quiet month in the garden, however, you may be surprised to know that there are a few family favourites that can be sown at this early stage of the year.
This is the time to get your prep work in, ahead of the prime growing season.
Clearing weeds and overgrown hedges, building your sleeper beds and stocking up on pots, fixing that broken hose and getting yourself geared up with shovels, forks and other tools needed are, certainly, jobs for this time of year.
When we talk about sowing in January, we tend to be referring to planting seeds into pots, rather than directly outdoors. Because of the cold weather, most seeds sown in January need to start life either indoors or undercover, simply because the ground is too cold (maybe even frozen) or wet.
There are plenty of seeds that, under the right conditions, such as on a south-facing window seal, or if you have the luxury of a greenhouse, under glass, can be sown and germinated, ready to go into the ground when the temperature heats up and the frost subsides.
This can be transferred and planted outdoors in the spring and summer.
If you haven’t got the space or the equipment, fear not. Just hold on a couple more months until the weather warms up, and there are plenty of seeds that can be sown directly outdoors.
Kale really is quite the superfood. Not only is it good for your body and tastes great, but it’s also a pretty hardy all-year rounder in the grow your own world.
Unlike many veggies, it actually likes the colder conditions, however can be grown throughout the summer. The colder temperatures give it a sweeter taste.
To start kale off, it’s recommended that you plant away from the main vegetable bed. The reason being – it’s a slow grower. However, if you want a good stock of kale for the summer, the end of February to early March is the time to get started.
Once you can see 4-5 leaves on young kale plants, they are ready to go into the main raised bed. Keep them hydrated, particularly during warm, dry spells.
You can also plant kale roughly 6 weeks before the first frost to harvest a great winter stock of kale.
Radishes are a bit of a love it or hate it kind of food. If you’re a fan of radishes, you’ll be pleased to hear that they are quick growers. In fact, from germination, radishes can be harvested for four to 6 weeks.
They can also handle colder conditions, and can actually be sown outdoors as early as February with the right coverage to keep heat in.
If you want radishes for those summer salads, sow your seeds outdoors between late February / early March through to August. For winter stock, sow from July to August.
They are easy-going and can be grown alongside other veggies.
So, if you find you’ve got some spare space in your raised bed, why not add some radishes to the mix?
Spinach is another veggie that can bear cooler soil. That being said, whilst you can sow spinach seeds as early as February, it’s recommended that you keep the seeds under a cloche until mid-March.
By sowing this early, you’ll be eating freshly picked spinach by May, all the way through to the end of October.
You can, in fact, grow spinach all year round. However, between October and February, the spinach needs to be protected from the cold using covers or straw.
You simply can’t beat the taste of homegrown tomatoes. So fresh, so juicy and full of flavourful goodness! Plus, they are super easy to grow.
Now hang on a minute, we know you might be thinking ‘surely not – isn’t February a tad early for tomatoes?’.
Whilst these are warm-ling plants, the answer here is no.
You see, there are two ways of growing tomatoes. You can either start them from seed, or you can buy young plants from your garden centre. If you’re starting from seed, February is the time to sow. If you’re buying young plants, they shouldn’t be planted until it’s warmer.
Seeds need to be sown and germinated indoors, or undercover. You don’t need a greenhouse to do this. Indoors on a south-facing window seal will do the trick. Sprinkle a few seeds into each pot, pop your pots on a tray and keep the soil moist.
The seed will germinate and after a month you’ll be ready to plant them outdoors. From mid-March, they can go outside, and you should be harvest-ready by early summer through to late summer.
Tomatoes love the heat, so plant in a raised bed positioned in a warm spot where they can bathe in the sun. If it’s still cold or frosty, hold on an extra week if needs be and continue to grow them indoors.
Depending on the type of tomato plant you’ve opted for, you may need to provide additional support using trellis or bamboo and string, and a little tomato feeder every week will help them to grow big and juicy.
As the temperature starts to rise, and we leave the frosty mornings behind, March marks the start of the spring and the start of the growing season for many fruits and vegetables.
Now is the time to start sowing seeds and transferring any seedlings you’ve germinated into the outdoors.
One of the most used vegetables in the kitchen is the humble onion. They are a great option if you’re new to grow-your-own.
Onions start life as bulbs, which should be planted outdoors from mid-March through to mid-April. They like to spread their roots through nutrient-rich soil, such as rotted manure, therefore deep raised beds offer the perfect growing environment.
They are fairly easy-going. They don’t demand constant watering, and once they have swollen in mid-summer, it’s then advised that you stop watering them.
A classic grow-your-own veggie, broad beans grow from seed. If you’ve already planted and germinated the seeds undercover in the late winter, they are now ready to go into the ground. And if not, you can plant your broad beans directly in the ground in March.
They can be planted outside any time between March and early May. Opt for a sunny spot with well-drained soil. Sow in rows, roughly 17-25 cm deep and 23 cm apart.
You may need to support the plant with sections of timber and string. The pods will be ready to pick from mid-May until the end of July.
Lettuce is a great veggie to begin growing in March. It grows fairly quickly and will be ready in time for those fresh summer salads and light lunches.
Seeds can be sown directly into the ground from late March, right the way through to late August. If you continue to sow the seeds every 2 weeks, you’ll be provided with a harvest for the summer through to early winter.
They are relatively easy veggies to grow – just watch out for the birds. You may need a wire mesh covering to stop them from packing at your crop.
Keep lettuce hydrated by watering early in the morning.
Brassica oleracea, or more commonly known as Broccoli, is a firm British all-year-round favourite and something that can be easily grown in the back garden. Broccoli is in fact part of the cabbage family, which also includes kale and cauliflower.
Seeds can be sown into small pots as early as late March, but for a continual crop, you can continue to sow again in early May, then again in early June. Allow them to germinate and grow, and once they have four or 5 leaves, they are ready to be planted outside.
If you want to grow broccoli, you’re going to want to make sure that your raised sleeper bed is positioned in a spot where there’s lots of sunlight.
Broccoli usually takes between 10 and 12 weeks to grow into the full broccoli plant we know and love. When you harvest the broccoli, cut the main central head first. This will allow the development of side shoots which will grow and can be cut a few weeks later.
Peas are great fun to grow. They are so versatile; a super sweet and tasty veggie that can be picked out from the pod and eaten fresh from the garden, added to a salad or boiled up. The easiest pea varieties to grow are mangetout and sugar snaps.
They generally take 11-13 weeks to grow. Peas can be sown as early as February, however, they’re not a fan of cold or soggy soil, so most gardeners sow from March onwards when the weather is generally warmer. Early sown pea seeds will grow and will be ready to harvest in June, later sown peas will still be suitable to harvest in October.
As a root vegetable, carrots need loose and aerated soil where they have space to spread out. Raised beds are ideal for this. Carrots are relatively easy to grow, and you can have some fun experimenting with different varieties.
April to early July is the prime time to sow carrot seeds outdoors. Compared to other veggies, carrot seeds do take a fair bit of time to germinate, so don’t panic if you don’t see any activity in your raised beds for a couple of weeks. However, after germinating, they’ll take about 12-16 weeks before they are ready to be harvested.
Carrots are pretty tough and don’t require as much watering as other plants, making them the ideal choice if you know you might frequently forget to water your crop! However, be aware that during long dry spells, they will need soaking.
You also need to make sure that your raised bed is free of rocks. Anything in the way of the root will stop the root growth and cause your carrots to be misshapen and small.
Keep your carrot patch weed-free by removing the fast-growing weeds that will grow around your carrots.
Squash should start its life indoors out of reach of slugs, snails and frost. For the best results, sow them into small pots in April, allow them to germinate, and plant outdoors in May.
Alternatively, buy young squash plants from your local garden centre and plant directly in your sleeper bed as late as the end of June.
You need a rather rich soil that combines manure or compost. The young plants will grow and start producing squash fruit from late June right the way through to the end of September
Don’t forget to pick the squash when it’s ready. This will encourage the growth of new squash fruits.
Great for pickling, a colourful addition to any salad, and if smoothies and shakes are your things, beets offer a bold, punchy and antioxidant-rich addition to your wake-up shake-up routine.
Beet seeds should be sown from between the end of March to late June. They develop best in well-drained soil that is free of large rocks, so a raised bed, where you can control the soil composition is best for this summertime grower.
Depending on when you planted your seeds, beetroot will be ready to harvest between the end of May, all the way through to October.
A real summer fruit, Strawberries are a fantastic fruit to kickstart your homegrown experience. Rather than planting seeds, you’re best off visiting your local garden centre and buying a tray of strawberry plants.
They can be planted directly into your sleeper beds in May. Opt for a sunny spot and water frequently whilst they are establishing. They may also benefit from a high potassium plant feeder, such as a tomato feed, every couple of weeks.
They’ll be ready to harvest and add to fruit salads, the Pimm’s jug and your breakfast bowl from June, through to October.
Courgettes are another great veggie to grow for first-timers. They can be grown from seed between May to June. You need rich, compost soil to grow courgettes.
Once you’ve sown the seed, cover the area with plastic or put a jar over each seed for around two weeks during the germination period. Due to their high-water content, courgettes need watering regularly.
They’ll be ready to pick from early July through to the end of September. By picking courgettes when they are roughly 10-13cms, you’ll encourage the growth of more courgettes.
Although the swede, short for Swedish turnip, is a classic winter root veggie, if you want to start growing these bad boys, you’ve got to get the prep work in early. From sowing, swede can take up to 6 months to grow, so start the sowing as early as late April, through to July.
You’re going to need free-draining soil to grow swedes. The raised sleeper bed is the optimum growing environment for this, simply because you have more control over the drainage and moisture content of the soil.
Keep the solid most without drenching it and you’ll reap a good harvest between September and December.
Another fantastic summer veggie, cucumber can be sown directly into a raised bed at the end of May, through to June. As you’ve probably figured out, cucumbers like the warmer climate.
When you first sow your seeds, it’s recommended that you cover them with a cloche, to keep the heat in as they germinate.
The soil needs to be pretty fertile and kept moist.
You can also train your cucumbers to grow upright against a trellis panel, which keeps the cucumber off of the soil bed and easier to spot and pick.
The cucumbers will be ready to harvest from August to September.
You’ve heard of pick-your-own pumpkins, but why not grow your own pumpkins? It’s really easy to do, and a fun activity for kids to get involved in.
Pumpkin seeds can be sown in raised sleeper beds outside from late May to early June. You need to keep the soil warm during germination, so cover the bed with a cloche or each seed with a jar for around 3 weeks.
As you can imagine by the size, pumpkin plants need lots of water. It’s important to get the water right to the roots.
One really useful tip for doing this is by digging a small hole next to the pumpkin plant and filling it with an empty plastic plant pot. When you water, fill the pot with water, rather than watering the soil, and the water will have a direct route to the root.
Your pumpkins will be ready to harvest by September through to October, just in time for Halloween!
Many of the vegetables mentioned above can still be sown right up until the end of June, giving you a stock right through to the end of the year!
Don’t forget to replenish the soil, remove weeds and any debris. Stay on top of your harvesting to allow new crops to develop.
July really is the latest you want to be sowing peas, beans, cabbages and root veggies such as carrots and beets for an autumn harvest.
Kale, Swiss chard and mustard greens are examples of hardy leafy greens that can continue to be sown throughout July.
Strawberries love the warmer climate. Keep your strawberries going, or if you haven’t already planted strawberries by this point, nurseries and garden centres will be selling young plants, giving you a ready-to-go option.
August is the latest you want to be planting beetroot. It will be ready for late autumn.
September is typically harvest time, however, there are a few things you can plant to get ahead, ready for spring.
Sow the last of your spinach seeds outdoors. On cooler nights, you’ll need to cover the patch with a cloche.
This is the best time of year to plant container-grown peaches and nectarines outside. They can be planted right up until December, but be sure to remember that they need a warm, sunny sheltered spot to grow. They will be ready by July through to September next summer.
Cranberry bushes can also be planted throughout September and November. They need acid soil, so be sure to replenish your sleeper bed with the right soil composition.
If you still want to grow produce throughout the winter season but could do with a bit of a break, garlic is a superb low-maintenance option. This is a hardy vegetable that can work with cooler temperatures.
The best time to plant garlic is October, through to February, ready for a summer harvest. All you need to do is plant the cloves.
Now, before you rush into grabbing a bulb from your fridge, it’s recommended that you buy name varieties from a garden centre or reputable supplier. The reason being is that supermarket varieties may not be suitable for our climate, plus there’s a risk of spreading disease through your garden.
Stop watering after the bulb is fully formed. You’ll know when the bulb is ready for picking when the leaves have turned yellow.
Things are really starting to quiet down in November. However, if you love raspberries, this is the time to sow the seeds. They can be planted any time during the dormant season, provided that the soil isn’t frozen or waterlogged.
Sow seeds between November and March, but in early autumn if you want a summer harvest.
Don’t forget that your raspberry plant will need some support to grow. Use trellis or wire to do this. They grow well in raised beds, where the soil can be controlled better. Opt for light soil, and sow seeds no more than 5cm below the soil level.
There may not be a lot going on in the garden during December, however, boxing day is the traditional day to sow onion seeds. Of course, it’s too cold to sow them outdoors. However, you can sow the seeds in pots and keep them indoors or undercover until they are ready to go outside in March.


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