Want to fast-track your future as an Organic Market Gardener this Spring?

Guess what? We’ve got a last-minute opening in our Applied Growing Skills program at the Milkwood Farm market garden. Are you up for a unique chance to learn the craft of chemical-free vegetable growing this Spring? This 10 week program is an intensive and practical introduction to all aspects of organic market gardening: from designing…

Drawing the comb downwards (video)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDXZc0tZe04 This is a great little video from Gaia Bees, an American natural beekeeper doing some very interesting work in bee colony resilience and apicentric beekeeping. The super interesting thing about this video is that it clearly shows how, in a ‘wild hive’, the colony starts at the highest point of the cavity, and draws…

Roundhouse build: making a Reciprocal Roof

Reciprocal roof frames are self-supporting structures that date back to the 12th Century. They are used in Chinese and Japanese architecture, as well as being something that Leonardo Da Vinci explored in detail. The interlocking nature of the separate members creates a complimentary tension that, ultimately, results in an extremely strong, self-supporting roof. The theory of it…

‘This is Not a Doomsday Talk’: Allan Savory’s address to the Savory Institute International Conference

Perhaps you have seen Allan Savory’s recent TED talk on Greening the Desert. Perhaps you have heard of Holistic Management, or worked on a farm that uses this technique. Or perhaps your main connection to farming is that you prefer to eat clean food from regenerative sources. Wherever you’re coming from, I encourage you to…