Romanesque cauliflowers have to be some of the most visually wondrous crops to come from the British countryside. And what a blessing the factory farming community don’t seem to be interested in them! Late autumn cauli and general brassica cutting at Organic Pantry near Boston Spa was a delight to behold.
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Regeneration of a bit of inner city Bradford lies at the core of Horton Community Farm – a project aimed at ‘community’ in the heart of Bradford To read more click on the post title or image.

Sarah and Ash each run one of two geographically-separate market garden sites high in the Pennine Hills above the Calderdale market towns of Todmorden and Hebden Bridge. This is really growing on the wild windswept slopes of the Pennines! To read more click on the post title or image.

Inner city regeneration lies at the core of Horton Community Farm – an inspirational project in the heart of Bradford. To read more click on the post title or image.

The Brazilian beat hit the world of Bedford Field’s Forest garden in the heart of the city of Leeds with a bang when a group of students from Brazil decided to make the garden the site of their dissertation project for their studies in Environmental Engineering at nearby University of Leeds! To read more click on the post title or image.

Foraging for wild mushrooms is one of those idyllic sounding things which could have quite fatal results if you get it wrong!! I had the privilege of experiencing it in the safe hands of Craig Worrel, permaculturist and professional forager. To read more click on the post title or image.

The Growing Together project in the Cross Green area of Leeds has been selected as one of five finalists in the People’s Projects competition funded by the National Lottery. Growing Together is thus on the brink of acquiring the funds to plant a community orchard just a mile from Leeds city centre…..the project just needs to be chosen as one of the winners. That outcome is in your hands – the winner is chosen by public vote!! To read more click on the post title or image.

Pictures from the summer at Cross Green can’t help but ignite a yearning for warmer days in these currently dank and murky days of February! Oh for some fresh green growth and the beds being so full of produce as to be able to go round the streets of Cross Green offering free fresh and local food. Bring on the sun! To read more click on the post title or image.

A few miles downstream along the Calder Valley from Nick Green’s Incredible Farm is another plot in a remarkable location. The land here is worked by a determined young lady called Ash, and is one of two operations which together constitute Sagar Lane Market Gardens. To read more click on the post title or image.

Wet it certainly was the morning of my visit to Incredible Farm, but out of such unpromising conditions emerged a strange, seemingly enchanting, beauty. Quite in keeping with this magical place up among the Pennine Hills. To read more click on the post title or image.