Food Frome Website
Submitted by Julian on Fri, 14/09/2007 - 21:27.Welcome to the Food Frome website.
Members of Food Frome can use "Request new password" link on the left to request an account for this website, you will be sent an email when your account is setup. An account will allow you to login and add comments to the site, if you would also like to add articles email info@foodfrome.org.uk.
The old website content is still available at http://www.zen87402.zen.co.uk/foodfrome/
Food Frome at the Frome Festival
Submitted by Julian on Tue, 30/06/2009 - 14:28.Visit to Torganics CSA Project near Glastonbury
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On Sunday 14th June members of Food Frome visited the Torganics Community Supported Agriculture project at Paddington Farm near Glastonbury. We were amazed to see how much Colum Pawson and the local volunteers have managed to achieve in just one season.
Wild Strawberries
Submitted by Julian on Wed, 17/06/2009 - 08:57.Growing Potatoes in a Bucket
Submitted by Julian on Wed, 17/06/2009 - 08:49.
Potatoes in Buckets
Potatoes from a BucketThis year we grew some early new potatoes in buckets. This allowed us to get an earlier crop as we were able to protect them in early spring. The pictures show a couple of the buckets growing and the amount of potatoes we got from one bucket. As the potato variety is International Kidney (the same variety as Jersey Royals) we decided to call these Mendip Royals!
Protecting Broccoli
Submitted by Julian on Wed, 17/06/2009 - 08:37.
Protecting BroccoliProtecting young purple sprouting broccoli plants from aphids and larger ones from cabbage white butterfly caterpillars is hard work
The enclosed photo of a Frome allotment shows a raised bed protected by a large sheet of fleece, carefully anchored round the bed, to prevent the butterflies from laying the eggs that hatch into caterpillars, and a few French marigolds to make a nasty smell to keep the aphids away. We shall see what will happen.
A Sustainable Food Plan for Britain
Submitted by Julian on Fri, 22/05/2009 - 09:10.Patrick Holden, director of the Soil Association, is giving a talk followed by a discussion on "A Sustainable Food Plan for Britain" at the BRLSI (Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution), 16-18 Queens Square, Bath on Wednesday 3rd June at 7.30pm. Entrance is £3.
Festival Gardening Forum, Thursday, 9th July
Submitted by Julian on Tue, 19/05/2009 - 16:12.
Charles DowdingGardener's questions and answers.
Gardening questions answered by: Alison Shingler (Gants Mill and Garden) (Chair), Eric Bloodworth (Florabunda Nursery), Debbie Chard (Barters Plant Centre) and Charles Dowding (Grower and Writer). Plants and books on sale.
2pm, Thursday, 9th July at the Cheese and Grain, Frome
Visit to Simpsons Seeds
Submitted by Julian on Mon, 18/05/2009 - 15:46.On Sunday members of Food Frome and Sustainable Frome, led by Des Harris, visited Simpson's Seeds (www.simpsonsseeds.co.uk) in the old walled garden at Longleat.
Simpson's Seeds are a small family-run nursery, they mainly grow vegetable seeds and plants and specialise in chillis and tomatoes.
Matt Simpson gave us a tour of the nursery and explained some of the history. The walled garden was built in 1756 and continued to produce fruit and vegetables for the Longleat estate until World War II when it was taken over by the Ministry of Food.
Food and Land Visits for 2009
Submitted by Julian on Wed, 13/05/2009 - 16:38.Des Harris is organising another series of Food and Land Visits this year.
SUNDAY 17th MAY:
Walled Garden at Horningsham (Longleat). Home of Simpson’s Seeds. A lovely quiet secluded place where a lot of interesting propagation is going on!
SUNDAY 14th JUNE:
Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) project near Glastonbury. Run by organic grower Colum Pawson on behalf of local people who want to grow their own produce.
SUNDAY 19th JULY:
Roundhill Cottage, Leigh-on-Mendip. Smallholding run by Brenda Rogers and Julian Back.
SUNDAY 27th SEPTEMBER:

