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    Winter is almost here! November
    wllmsutherland
    • 7 nov. 2021
    • 2 Min

    Winter is almost here! November

    The winter is coming and things are quiet in the garden but there is still lots of good food to be harvested. It's November and the...
    Winter approaches - September
    wllmsutherland
    • 15 oct. 2021
    • 1 Min

    Winter approaches - September

    Our harvesting continues as winter approaches. There is a profusion of plums, apples and raspberries whilst the carrots were...
    Winter is coming!
    Will Sutherland
    • 7 nov. 2020
    • 1 Min

    Winter is coming!

    We still have parsnips, broccoli and curly kale in the garden. There are still plenty of delicious apples on the espaliered fruit trees...
    Autumn clearance!
    Will Sutherland
    • 2 oct. 2020
    • 2 Min

    Autumn clearance!

    Yes, it's the time of harvest and autumn clear-ups! Plenty of autotelic activity! There is still a lot to do – hundreds of tasty apples...
    Wet, Wet, Wet....
    Will Sutherland
    • 1 déc. 2019
    • 1 Min

    Wet, Wet, Wet....

    All in the garden is WET, WET, WET!! I can never remember such a wet “back-end”. There are still parsnips and beetroot in the...
    September - the Harvesting month
    Will Sutherland
    • 6 oct. 2019
    • 3 Min

    September - the Harvesting month

    In the Garden (and in the Kitchen) September is a month of harvesting and “mellow fruitfulness”! Every two days I have been picking...
    A Day in the January Garden
    wllmsutherland
    • 2 janv. 2019
    • 3 Min

    A Day in the January Garden

    So what can you get done on a bright cold winter's day in the garden? It took me four very warm and pleasant hours to spread 2 tons of...
    AUTUMN PRUNING
    wllmsutherland
    • 11 déc. 2018
    • 2 Min

    AUTUMN PRUNING

    So the leaves have fallen and the first frosts have put the garden into its winter sleep. I've scooped up most of the fallen leaves (the...
    Save the Future by Composting
    wllmsutherland
    • 10 déc. 2018
    • 2 Min

    Save the Future by Composting

    Composting and your New Year's Resolution On our small space-ship Earth, the long term future of our human civilization depends entirely...
    21 Bags of Parsnips!
    wllmsutherland
    • 21 oct. 2018
    • 1 Min

    21 Bags of Parsnips!

    All gardeners know there old saying about parsnips - " first in, last out"! So here we are enjoying the true Autumn harvest which...
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    About the John Seymour School

    John Seymour came to live in Ireland in 1981 when he began work on developing his smallholding in County Wexford. A regular series of summer courses was started in 1993.     Will Sutherland joined John in running courses soon afterwards and continued to work with John until his death at the age of 90 in 2004.   Will continues to run courses and give workshops on the many and various topics covered by the Complete Book.

     

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