Archive for the 'Food miles' Category

Back to the Soil

Thursday, September 27th, 2012

Our first attempt at growing more of our own vegetables got off to a great start when Anuradha organised four raised beds in the sunniest part of the garden. But although planting happened in the Spring and the rabbits were kept off with netting, we were defeated by the weeds. Now Franny and Adam have […]

Time for Mr MacGregor

Tuesday, May 13th, 2008

Last year our attempts to grow more of our food were neatly nipped in the bud by Peter Rabbit. So now I’ve decided the only way is to put up anti-rabbit and anti-deer fencing.

Hopefully it will be effective is protecting the seedlings I’ve just put in. Plus the marigolds - the result of half-remembered old […]

Hyper local food

Thursday, March 22nd, 2007

Disappointingly our local organic fruit and veg company in Thame has closed down. Apparently there just wasn’t enough demand for their box delivery service. Such a pity - I’m sure demand will increase as the food miles message reaches these parts.
So it’s back to the vegetable patch with some great help from the family. Franny […]