Why we stopped trellising cucumbers the expensive way
Three seasons of side-by-side trials, one collapsed row, and the cheap string method that finally won. We used to build…
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Sixteen years of soil tests, plotted on one page
What actually moved organic matter on this ground, what did nothing, and the year we nearly gave up on Block…
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Eating a glut: nine things to do with too much fennel
Our pack-shed cook on the week every share box gets more fennel than anybody strictly ordered. Fennel bolts fast in…
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What a no-dig bed actually costs to build
Cardboard, compost and patience — the real numbers from converting sixty-two per cent of our acreage. A no-dig bed costs…
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The Thursday cut, minute by minute
Harvest starts at 05:30 and the last van leaves at 16:00. Here is where every one of those hours goes.…
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Saving seed from the peppers that actually like it here
Nine years of selecting a black turtle bean and a padrón that ripens two weeks earlier than the packet says.…
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