WILDING - A huge ray of hope

This book is just the biggest ray of hope I've seen for ages...

I drive over to Dundee regularly to help two brilliant gardeners there and the journey takes me through wall-to-wall industrial landscape. There's acres and acres of polytunnels of strawberries and raspberries, and acres and acres of fleece covered veg. There's huge fields of just one cereal crop - running through them you can see the perfectly straight tracks of the colossal chemical spraying machines which we often see lumbering through Perth at the moment.

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- OPEN DAY - PERTH COMMUNITY FARM -

- TUESDAY 10TH JULY -

There's going to be lots happening at this Perth Community Farm Open Day, check the main Facebook page to see what Craig and everyone is up to, also for directions.
I'm going to be setting up a wee demonstration RAISED BED, NO DIG and HOME FOOD growing area so people can see how easy it is to get growing.

Raised beds - no need to clear those weeds - just put down some cardboard, then compost, then get planting and sowing. We'll be making some beds on the day so you can see how to use handsaw, drill, screwdrivers etc.

You don't need much space, materials or equipment, and just basic hand tools. In a few weeks time you could be getting a delicious harvest of chemical free, plastic packaging free salad crops. Mainly you just need to set aside a wee bit of time and make a start!

This is another brilliant idea: square foot gardening - you divide up your space to get a succession of small yields rather than 1000 courgettes all at the same time and nothing else

Depending on time and who looks in I can also show people how to use and sharpen that wonderful gardening tool, the SCYTHE. There's also a brilliant orchard area and I'll be showing people round that and explaining how we plan to develop it into a full-on woodland garden area.

Craig becomes instant convert to the scythe

I'll be at the farm from 10 am to 1 pm then from 3 pm to 8 pm, so see you then!