Catching up with Winter tasks
Just back from New Zealand and it's time to press on with the vital winter tasks – pruning the soft fruits and espaliered trees and...
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The John Seymour School
for Self-Sufficiency
Rechercher
wllmsutherland
- 15 nov. 2022
- 5 Min
Closed for Winter (mostly!)
The garden has but a few chicory and cabbages left in it, and the soil is having a rest. But meanwhile... FARMING DILEMMAS! Modern...
wllmsutherland
- 7 oct. 2022
- 3 Min
Winding down in the garden
It's Autumn in the garden. Time for fungi, rain and autumn harvest. The wonders of nature are manifest in this magnificent rainbow and...
wllmsutherland
- 15 sept. 2022
- 2 Min
August turns to September
The time for autumn harvest is here as we come to the end of the productive garden season. The rains have arrived too which will boost...
wllmsutherland
- 9 août 2022
- 2 Min
July in the garden
Harvesting continues in the garden. All the black currants and gooseberries have been processed now – as always it's a much longer job...
wllmsutherland
- 6 juil. 2022
- 1 Min
Summer is here!
At last the rains came and the garden bloomed! Salad, new potatoes and berries are now in full supply; the beans are shooting up their...
wllmsutherland
- 8 juin 2022
- 5 Min
Plants have sprung and summer nearly here.
It's the end of May, the garden is in full flow and there is lots to talk about. Weather has not been great – cold, dry and breezy - but...
wllmsutherland
- 4 mai 2022
- 3 Min
April showers? Alas not!
It has been a long cold spring in the garden and it's now desperate for rain! We've just finished our first SS course of the year (and...
wllmsutherland
- 31 mars 2022
- 3 Min
March Days
We have passed the spring equinox now and the pace in the garden is slowly picking up. There is still tidying to be done and, while the...
wllmsutherland
- 4 mars 2022
- 1 Min
Early sowings
Suddenly we seem to have reached March! The artichokes are doing what artichokes do but, more exciting, we have new blossom on the...
wllmsutherland
- 9 févr. 2022
- 2 Min
OUR RESIDENTIAL COURSES IN 2022
**UPDATE 31st Mar 2022** - The April course has been slow to fill up, so we are now offering the remaining spaces at a discount of 20%...
wllmsutherland
- 9 févr. 2022
- 1 Min
The Great Christmas Carbon Fest
It's a big warm job for cold Christmas weather – emptying and spreading the year's supply of lovely compost. The first step is to peel...
wllmsutherland
- 10 janv. 2022
- 1 Min
Year-end Garden - December 2021
Yes, it's winter in the garden and the rain is still lashing down outside my window. Dry cold weather will come – I know – and then it...
wllmsutherland
- 15 déc. 2021
- 1 Min
In the garden - winter
Huge waves are crashing onto the rocks as the freezing sleet whips past in the winter gale. Yes, it is indeed “winter”. The garden is...
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...
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...
wllmsutherland
- 6 sept. 2021
- 2 Min
Summer's end - late August
In the garden, the twin activities of harvesting and tidying up continue. After several rounds of harvesting, the peas and French beans...
wllmsutherland
- 1 août 2021
- 2 Min
Self-Sufficiency Community News
Composting Our plan to provide 2 new “proper” composting bins to take food waste from the village school is progress well. We have...
wllmsutherland
- 1 août 2021
- 2 Min
Our Summer Garden 'Jungle' - late July
It's almost impossible to believe how the rush of summer growth turns bare soil into something more like very productive “jungle”! We are...
wllmsutherland
- 2 juil. 2021
- 3 Min
A Garden in Full Bloom
What's to say about a garden in full bloom? Yes, we had a hard spell of very dry cool weather but deep soil and good shelter gave our...
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