‘The single best thing you can do for the planet ..’
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| Tomato seedlings |
Worked in the Vegetable Garden.
Mowing.
Weeding.
Composting.
Potatoes looking good.
Garlic strong.
Asparagus and broad beans vigorous.
Currants already forming.
Figs is ‘andsome..
Apples set.
Tomato and squash seedlings shout from the
greenhouse ‘Plant me! plant me!’
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| Squash seedlings |
greenhouse ‘Plant me! plant me!’
Let’s let a farmer have a say……
‘The single best thing you can do for the planet is to become an active participant in your local food system
Become a thoughtful farmer, grower, shopper, cook,
and eater’
James Rebanks
The food we eat has a massive detrimental effect on wildlife. Chemical inputs. Weed killers and pesticides. Over-abstracted water. Compacted and degraded soils. Silts washed into watercourses and seas. Massive air miles importing food.
A practical step you can make is to grow your own food.