Sausage making
17 April The Ormandy Centre, Waltham Place Farm, Church Hill, White Waltham, Berkshire SL6 3JH Our Chef, Adrian, invites you to explore the art of sausage making on a domestic scale. Learn which cuts of meat to use, how to use herbs and spices for flavour and create your own unique sausage exp...
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Creating fertile soil - the organic way
20 April Valerie's Veggies and Plants, Feliz, Ginns Road, Stocking Pelham, Herts SG9 0JD A fertile and healthy soil is the priority for organic growers. This course covers the basic techniques for achieving this and compares organic with non-organic methods. Also provides the basic knowl...
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The modern vegetarian
20 April Abbey Home Farm, Burford Road, Cirencester GL7 5HF An ideal way to improve your vegetarian cookery skills, or to simply get new ideas. Learn how to prepare meat-free dishes which are healthy and presented with style. With Fiona Elwell. Cost £65. Cont...
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Compost
20 April Wortley Hall Walled Garden, South Yorkshire, S35 7DB How to make and use compost and leafmould for healthy and productive crops from your garden. Making your own compost for raising seedlings and containerised crops and liquid feeds and plant tonics. £...
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Starting with sheep
20 April Clun Valley Organics, Brynmawr Farm, Newcastle on Clun, Shropshire SY7 8QU Many people are buying houses with land which, though its romantic at the time, suddenly leaves them with a problem. This land needs maintaining. You could just mow it but where’s the fun or benefit ...
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Sun Hive Workshop
27 April Rachel Carson Centre (in the grounds of Emerson College), Forest Row, East Sussex RH18 5JX The Sun Hive (Weissenseifener Haengekorb) forms the core of the Natural Beekeeping Trust's commitment to bee guardianship. Based on an ingenious combination of skep baskets made of rye straw and wood...
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Weed and pest control within the organic regime
27 April Valerie's Veggies and Plants, Feliz, Ginns Road, Stocking Pelham, Herts SG9 0JD With a changing climate, this can be a challenging task. This course includes theory and demonstrations of a range of techniques used by organic growers. A basic knowledge of organic methods will enh...
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Smallholding/small scale farming
27 April Clun Valley Organics, Brynmawr Farm, Newcastle on Clun, Shropshire SY7 8QU Many people are buying houses with land which, though its romantic at the time, suddenly leaves them with a problem. This land needs maintaining. You could just mow it but where’s the fun or benefit ...
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Propagation
27 April Wortley Hall Walled Garden, South Yorkshire S35 7DB Economical ways of making more food plants from seeds and plant material, including sowing in cells and modules, taking cuttings, layering and grafting. Demonstrations and some practical activities w...
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