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Our Sidmouth Community Food Forest Progress; Autumn 2023

On September 20, 2023 By Stefan Drew

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Creating a Food Forest From Scratch Has Been Taxing & Rewarding In Equal Measure. We’ve Learnt a Lot, Including Pacing Ourselves & Learning Something New Everyday. We’ve Also Harvested Crops In Our First Year. Though often claimed to be a new concept in the UK my grandfather harvested multiple crops from his food forest during WWII and later.… More Leave a comment

The Sidmouth Community Food Forest in April

On April 5, 2023 By Stefan Drew

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The Sidmouth Community Food Forest in April. Though Only Weeks Old Fine Weather Is Helping Us. Take An Online Tour & See What Is Growing. It’s April and, though only weeks old, our new community food forest is taking shape. We’ve now held three volunteer sessions, moved and spread a lot of woodchip and created beds in which to plant.… More Leave a comment

The Tea Olive: Osmanthus fragrans, An Unusual Edible Plant

On March 28, 2023 By Stefan Drew

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The Tea Olive, Osmanthus fragrans, Aka Sweet Olive, Osmanthus Olive Or Fragrant Olive, Is Grown For It’s Fragrance & For Eating. Osmanthus fragrans lives up to its name with flowers that are extremely fragrant. They remind me of juicy apricots and peaches.… More Leave a comment

Field Notes from a Forest Garden: A new beginning

On May 24, 2022 By Emma Pilgrim

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More of us are growing our own food as we want to know the origin of what is on our plate whilst improving our health and wellbeing. Considering, that just in urban areas, there are an estimated 800 million of us, growing vegetables in anything from pots through to allotments, we can make a vital contribution to our food supply. … More Leave a comment

Christine Joynson

November 13, 2023.

Great site, even for those of us in France. As well as Stefan's extensive knowledge, information and experiences shared between members is invaluable .

Gail Howden

November 12, 2023.

Love this site. Such a wealth of information

Jess Durham

November 11, 2023.

I love this site, full of top tips for growing your own and lots to appeal to those of us trying to do it on a budget. No negativity, no-one criticises what some would think is an easy question, just loads of help and encouragement delivered with a smile. Thank you Stephan.

Paul Hawes

Stephan is a great source of knowledge and advice for gardener's of all levels.

anne humble

Daily gardening advice in "bite size portions" , easy to understand and put into practice. Stefan is quick to respond to queries.

Bernadette Fulker

November 10, 2023.

I always find the no nonsense advice so very useful. I’ve learned a lot from this website. It’s definitely my 1st go to site.

Richard Spencer

As we go on our journey of growing things there are times when we take a gigantic leap forward. Finding this group and experiencing Stefan`s common sense help was one of them. Thank you Stefan and all your team.

Penny Sloman

Love following on Facebook, always very helpful

H K

Friendly supportive and really helpful! Thanks 😊

Shelley Jones

June 29, 2023.

Excellent source of knowledge!