For the past month or more, our main focus beyond plant growing and getting ready for markets has been constructing a massive compost bay. To house woodchip and manure that over time will become compost for mulching our outdoor beds. Also, to harvest gallons of rainwater from the bay roof! A long stretch of dry … Continue reading Singin’ in the rain
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The fun of fungi
I was asked today by a customer about some mushrooms that had appeared in their compost. They had bought Sylvagrow certified organic peat free compost. To fill new raised beds. They emailed us asking if we could deliver more. It's nice to meet you and your gardens when delivering compost. On this occasion, we got … Continue reading The fun of fungi
The problem with packaging…
We are trying to find the most environmentally friendly way to sell plants, so avoiding single use plastics and going for re -use options wherever possible. So far we have set up a plant pot exchange at Belper Community Hall (Hooray!), which anyone can deposit or collect plant pots from. We hope to use as … Continue reading The problem with packaging…
Daubenton’s Perennial Kale
Kale, the super food of millennials. Also popular with sheep. And rightly so! Kale is a nutritious green, packed with vitamins. It's particularly high in vitamin C and quite fittingly vitamin K! Another super thing about kale is that it's really easy to grow yourself. In my experience, all brassicas are easily grown from seed. … Continue reading Daubenton’s Perennial Kale
Bath time
Why am I so excited about getting a new, old bath? Well, for one it's 1980s turquoise! It doesn't look like much but hear me out Moreover, it can hold litres and litres of... Worms! We have multiple ways of making compost, to make sure we have healthy soil, feeding healthy plants. It also helps … Continue reading Bath time
Earthed Up! 