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This year has made me realise something. If you give tomato plants the right environment (warmth, water, lots of sun and good soil), it will grow like a weed. I didn’t expect all my tomato seeds to germinate, so I ended up...

Aug

Too many courgettes? Bake a cake

Courgettes are relatively easy to grow and with this year’s hot weather, we have been blessed with an abundance of them. I have been trying different applications: pasta, stir fry, chutney, and then someone said to me: ‘why don’t you bake a...

Jul

Stockdales visit

At work, Ian’s team work closely with a Manchester based charity called Stockdales. They have been providing care and support for adults and children with learning and physical disabilities since 1953. One of our aims at Axe Edge Green Farm is to...

Apr

Moving the Pig Ark

On building the ark for our Tamworth pigs I took no end of advice from various smallholding websites offering free plans and advice. “Portable” they said, “Movable” they said, “Towable” they said….. The Tamworths have now cleared the whole area of everything...

Mar

They’ve hatched out!