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  • I wish I could command the weather

    Posted on 12 July 2010 by Catherine Dampier

    Emma, aged four, was feeling hot and bothered this morning in 28 degree heat, fed up with hot car journeys, sunhats and liberal applications of suncream. ‘Mummy’, she said, ‘can we have a little bit of winter now?’ I’m touc...

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  • Time for a Bean Feast...

    Posted on 19 June 2010 by Catherine Dampier
    Time for a Bean Feast...

    A brief straw poll of farm shop customers, friends and family reveals that broad beans are one of those vegetables that you either love or loathe. Perhaps some of you are damaged for life by childhood memories of tough, grey-skinned beans smothered in g...

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  • Village Greens is growing…

    Posted on 19 May 2010 by Catherine Dampier
    Village Greens is growing…

    Village Greens is growing… and now has a qualified full-time grower! We are delighted that Bev Todd has relocated from Hampton Court Gardens in Herefordshire to the Surrey Hills to be with us, bringing with her considerable experience and skills ...

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  • Peas in training...

    Posted on 10 March 2010 by Catherine Dampier

    We have a range of funny cards in the shop showing anthropomorphic vegetables doing various activities, with corny titles such as ‘Bean Golfing’. These sprang to mind this afternoon in the polytunnel when my activity was ‘Pea Training&...

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  • Storing for winter

    Posted on 11 February 2010 by Catherine Dampier

    With all the snow and icy weather we’ve had, the crops out on the field seem to be in suspended animation, putting on no growth but just ‘sitting tight’ until the spring. Only in the polytunnels is it warm enough for plants to be grow...

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