Category Archives: News

Roll up, roll up, roll up. Come and get your fair share local veg.

Posted on May 7, 2013 by David

It’s almost here! We’re getting the bunting out, baking the cakes and preparing our seedlings.  Come along for a cuppa, bring the family and see what we are up to.

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Open Day and Plant Sale, Sat. 18 May

Posted on February 17, 2013 by David

We have a wonderful collection of salvaged plants that are being nurtured for the plant sale – the nursery is now looking healthy. Make a note of the date – Saturday 18th May. Planting seeds in the lovely warm productive … Continue reading →

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FLF Volunteering News – Jan 2013

Posted on January 5, 2013 by David

The official Winter season volunteering start date is Tuesday 15th January (and Thursday.) However, after spying Sarah K busily weeding at Runfold yesterday I would like to let you all know that if the call of the veg patch beckons … Continue reading →

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Guest post – its a fluffy fashionable farnham foods

Posted on December 8, 2012 by Eleanor

  I have been kindly invited to ‘guest blog’ on this FLF site but I will keep it quite brief with just a couple of pictures sprinkled in.

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Warmth for the Yurt!

Posted on November 14, 2012 by David

Huge thanks to Keith Mitchell, master chimney sweep and proprietor of nearby Seale company Brush Strokes (01252 783456) for giving us not just with a wood-burning stove but also supplying and fitting a chimney for it. We have warmth in … Continue reading →

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‘Sarpo’ Potatoes – a crowd funding research project

Posted on October 11, 2012 by David

Many of you have asked me about the ‘Sarpo’ variety of potatoes we have been growing this year. If you follow the link below it will take you to some information about them and why I chose to grow them … Continue reading →

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Interesting new DEFRA report “Green Food Project”

Posted on July 10, 2012 by Casper

From energy efficient toasters to home grown curry spices, government-backed report urges food industry to address looming sustainability challenges. Article and report can be found here.

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Farnham Food news topics

Posted on July 9, 2012 by Casper

Hello everyone, we now have a channel to collect topics of interest that hopefully … err… you are interested in! You can check it out here http://my.alltop.com/farnhamfood. If anyone thinks other topics would be interesting, please write a comment and I … Continue reading →

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Rabbit Fencing update

Posted on June 29, 2012 by David

Thanks to everyone who came to the Rabbit Fencing Work Party last Tuesday. We had a useful evening and fenced properly from (almost) the little gate to the sand pit, round past the main entrance to the big shed, plus … Continue reading →

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‘Pro Grow’ Compost gift from Veolia

Posted on April 30, 2012 by David

Veolia, the waste management and recycling company, have kindly given us several tons of their Pro Gro compost. This can be used for ‘growing-on’ seedlings, is an effective peat substitute that retains water in our sandy soil and adds a … Continue reading →

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