We grow a garden full of food and flowers. Starting with the soil health, we care for the garden organically. We then propagate from the plants to grow all our own plants to sell, rather than buying in. Most of the plants we sell also grow in the garden. This means we know them well. … Continue reading Herbs are flowers too
Beautiful Belper Gardens
It's great to see our friends and customers creating beautiful and purposeful gardens, working ecologically. Belper Town Council are celebrating such abundant gardens and the gardeners stewarding them in their new Nature-Friendly & Peat-Free Gardening Awards. We're proud that the Council sensibly don't use glyphosate, use Dalefoot peat free organic compost, and are embracing more … Continue reading Beautiful Belper Gardens
Pesto recipes: ways to eat your greens
Our garden is full of food. Maybe it's not obvious at first sight but it's there, in abundance. All that's needed is the right recipes. Perennial vegetables include forgotten crops, also underrated ones. This is in part down to the needs of agricultural systems and limits of mechanical harvesting. Also, perhaps down to a change … Continue reading Pesto recipes: ways to eat your greens
Perennial vegetables essentials
The phone kept ringing this week. It's the time of year people are making garden plans for the year. Vegetable beds full for as much of the year as possible, it's what we want isn't it!? As my 5 year old son said earlier in the week, "I know, we could grow loads of food … Continue reading Perennial vegetables essentials
Setting intentions
Spring is in the air, there is stronger brightness. We are getting a taste of what 2024 has in store. Here we are at Imbolc. Lia Leendertz in her Substack Lia's Living Almanac: "They are called ‘cross-quarter days’ because they fall between the big astronomical markers of the year, the summer and winter solstices, and … Continue reading Setting intentions
Earthed Up! 