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Storm Doris Damage

by Neil Hickson | Feb 25, 2017 | Uncategorized

Storm Doris gave us a battering on Thursday. Our ground cover fabric does a great job but if it...

Burscough Food Champions ‘Cook and Eat’ Session

by Neil Hickson | Feb 23, 2017 | Uncategorized

Jane and I really enjoyed...

Fresh Air, Fresh Start Trainers Seminar

by Neil Hickson | Feb 18, 2017 | Uncategorized

A good turnout for our seminar today.

Rhubarb Planting

by Neil Hickson | Feb 9, 2017 | Uncategorized

The rhubarb crowns we have been given have started to sprout so we thought it would be a good time...

Starting To Sow

by Neil Hickson | Jan 30, 2017 | Uncategorized

We started to sow our seeds today with onions being the first.

Last Day of ‘Food Champions’ Training

by Neil Hickson | Jan 26, 2017 | Uncategorized

Some pictures from our final nutritional session on the 'Food Champions' course Jane and...

Willow Cutting

by Neil Hickson | Jan 23, 2017 | Uncategorized

We started to cut and grade our basket willow today.

It’s All About The Zones

by Neil Hickson | Jan 15, 2017 | Uncategorized

Our Permaculture guru Gaynor has been busy making signs pointing out the relevance of the...

Nick Weir and the Open Food Network

by Neil Hickson | Jan 12, 2017 | Uncategorized

Listening to Nick Weir about the Open Food Network. This will be a great resource for small...

Wet Monday – Seed Audit Time

by Neil Hickson | Jan 9, 2017 | Uncategorized

Its very wet out so our volunteers are keeping dry in the poly tunnel and doing a seed audit. We...

Coldest Morning This Winter

by Neil Hickson | Jan 5, 2017 | Uncategorized

With -5.9 Celsius on the poly tunnel thermometer I think this has been the coldest morning this...

Basket Willow Shelter

by Neil Hickson | Jan 2, 2017 | photo story

There are just a few of us here...

Birdwatching Tour

by Neil Hickson | Dec 30, 2016 | Uncategorized

Some of our members enjoyed a guided birdwatching tour this morning hosted by our birding expert...

Tree Planting Team

by Neil Hickson | Dec 29, 2016 | photo story

A great tree planting team from all generations making real headway on our tree planting.

Another Golden Dawn

by Neil Hickson | Dec 29, 2016 | Uncategorized

Amazing sunrise over the bank. It will be cold today if you are coming down to plant trees, so...

12 Months After The Flood

by Neil Hickson | Dec 26, 2016 | photo story

It's exactly 12 months ago today that Burscough Community Farm was under 5 feet of...

Booths, thanks for the cardboard

by Neil Hickson | Dec 23, 2016 | photo story

A big thank you to Booths Supermarket in Burscough yesterday for letting us have some cardboard to...

Sunny Winter Sunday Afternoon

by Neil Hickson | Dec 4, 2016 | landscape, photo story

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November Sunset Collection

by Neil Hickson | Nov 28, 2016 | landscape, sunset

Just very occasionally you get one of those...

Tree Planting Starts Again

by Neil Hickson | Nov 28, 2016 | Uncategorized

We are experimenting this year using the Rotary Plough to cut a trench for our tree planting.

Cold Snap

by Neil Hickson | Nov 27, 2016 | Uncategorized

It was the coldest night of the winter so far on Friday night with -4.9°C, but the poly tunnel is...

Wind Then Frost; it’s really winter now.

by Neil Hickson | Nov 24, 2016 | Uncategorized

Stormy conditions of the last few days have blown our tarps around quite a lot. So, putting them...

Basket Willow

by Neil Hickson | Nov 16, 2016 | Uncategorized

Just a few leaves left on our basket willow. It will soon be time to harvest and grade the crop.

Samhain Update

by Neil Hickson | Nov 7, 2016 | Uncategorized

With a final figure of £612.26 raised we well exceeded our target goal of £550.00. Well done...

Samhain Success

by Neil Hickson | Oct 30, 2016 | Uncategorized

Many thanks to all those who organised and took part in our Samhain celebration last night. Best...

Putting New Life Into Old Tools

by Neil Hickson | Oct 29, 2016 | Uncategorized

I have just 'refurbished' my Dad's old Stanley carpenters axe after it had a tussle with a nail,...

Willow

by Neil Hickson | Oct 29, 2016 | Uncategorized

Our willow is now started to die away and join in with the other trees on site to make amazing...

A Winter Basket

by Neil Hickson | Oct 21, 2016 | Uncategorized

We have some classy customers and one brought along her basket to put our veg in. A perfect match...

Another Amazing Sky

by Neil Hickson | Oct 21, 2016 | Uncategorized

We never get tired of looking at the sky around here, it puts up some amazing displays. This...

Samhain Celebration 2016

by Neil Hickson | Oct 20, 2016 | Event

Final Countdown To Samhain Fundraiser 2016 Saturday 29th October 6-10pm, Burscough Cricket Club...

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