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A haul of garden sundries

Garden sundries? Perhaps the boring side of gardening, unless you see the parallel between growing things and cooking things, in which case garden sundries are the exciting things in your store cupboard, the array of esoteric ingredients which make things … Continue reading →

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Community bulbs

I can’t even remember when it started …  At the Ditchling Rise Area Street Party in September, Jo from Shaftesbury Road and I were discussing how good the cut-price onion sets from Lidl had been, and Jo said they now had packs … Continue reading →

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Our harvest supper

It wasn’t a fantastically productive growing year for us, but TA TAH … it was successful. Last week, we celebrated! Back in May we started to transform a 12 square metre plot of waste land – covered in weeds, rubble, empty bottles, cans and … Continue reading →

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The water butt mystery …

What’s happening? The water butt in our shady garden is a mystery. We installed it in July this year. Even after a solid downpour, it appeared to be empty after a few days. We checked for leaks but found none. … Continue reading →

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We’re in Sussex Living

  We all sat around in the garden today and read Ruth Lawrence’s article about us in Sussex Living. You’ll find it at the address below: go to pages 50-51. We remember when you came round, Ruth, and we loved … Continue reading →

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How we started …

It all started with a leaflet about Community-Rail partnerships. Living around London Road Station, Brighton, we were thinking about what we could do to improve the environment around the station. We invited Sam Bryant from Sussex Community Rail Partnership to a meeting … Continue reading →

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