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Diary of a Novice Gardener: Week 4

26/10/2014

By Anna Sayburn

After all the weeding and watering, it was time to see the fruits of our labours. I’ve been joining Clare, Robin, Charlotte, Rochelle and others for Friday Farming, where we harvest the crops from the Patchwork Farm gardens and prepare them to be sold at the Saturday morning Crystal Palace Food Market.

Secateurs in hand, we cut bunches of fragrant herbs from Tudor Road to be sold in bundles - lavender, rosemary, thyme and oregano - and pick the lettuce and rocket leaves from the salad patch. The market salad is a thing of beauty, with colourful edible flowers brightening up the varied leaves, chives and fennel fronds.

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This changes everything

12/10/2014

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By Rachel Chance

I will never forget my friend Justin giving me a copy of No Logo to read. It was in my second year at university, and suddenly here was the young activist’s bible. I must admit that even though Justin gave me the book in my second year, I only finished it 3 years later in 2002 while on my travels around South East Asia. Why? Perhaps because there was no telly in the jungle.

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Diary of a Novice Gardener: Week 3

10/10/2014

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By Anna Sayburn

Water, water, everywhere - but not a drop in the water butts. One thing I'm learning as a novice gardener is that a bit of rain doesn't mean you can get away without watering. Although we'd had a steady drizzle overnight and earlier that morning, the beds were dry, the lettuce limp and the newly-planted onions gasping. The water butt gave a pathetic dribble that half-filled my watering can, then gave up.

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Diary of a Novice Gardener: Week 4

This changes everything

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