Smallholder | Grow your own

Seed Swop and Potato Day 9 February, Huntingdon

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:20:00 +0000

Bring your unwanted or half used or even saved seeds to the seed swop and swop them for seeds you want to try. Here’s how it works – You bring whatever packets of seeds or home saved seed (clearly labelled and date of harvest) and then pick up whatever seeds someone else has brought that you need.

Vulnerable children helped back into learning thanks to gardening and the RHS

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 07:30:00 +0000

A report launched this week by the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) has found that gardening in schools can help even the most vulnerable of children maintain their place within society.

Search for oldest Chrysanthamum catalogue

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:37:02 +0000

Chrysanthemum grower Woolmans has recently discovered one of its catalogues dating from 1912 – a year notorious for the sinking of the Titanic and Captain Scott’s arrival at the South Pole. The find has prompted John Woolman, a fourth generation member of his family to be involved in the business, to wonder if anyone has a Woolmans catalogue older than this century-old edition. He is offering a £100.00 Woolmans voucher to any customer who sends one from before 1912 to him.

Save money – sow seed!

Sun, 29 Jan 2012 14:50:00 +0000

We ask – can you really keep cash from seed sowing We’re all aware of the joy of pulling freshly grown veg from your own garden but sometimes we wonder whether it can actually save us money.