Do you have, or know of any fruit we can save from going to waste? As part of our -:- scrumping project we are making fresh fruit juices, vinegar and cider from local fruit. If you have spare apples and pears or know of a neighbour or friend who does, please bring them to…
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The big pond project
Brighton Permaculture Trust started looking after our -:- plot at Stanmer Organics in 2006 and since the early days there has been the idea for a pond planned into the design. However, it was only when Neil Smith left a donation to the plot in his will that we finally had the money to put the…
More information ...Apple Days of Old – How Apples came to Sussex
The Sussex apple story begins far from South East England, in the remote mountains of central Asia. All of today’s varieties of orchard apples (Malus Domestica) are now known to be direct descendants of the wild apples (Malus sieversii) that still grow in vast diversity in the natural forests of Southern Kazakhstan, the Tien Shan…
More information ...The art of fruit tree propagation
For at least 4,000 years people have been propagating the very best fruit varieties, selecting ones that taste good, crop well, are locally adapted, etc. The pip in an apple has been cross-pollinated with another type of apple. So if you plant an apple pip it won’t grow up to be like its parent, just…
More information ...The Wonderland that is Racehill Orchard
‘A mass of colour blooms in the Orchard despite the total lack of rain. All the stripeys are enjoying the ragwort (that’s Cinnabar moth caterpillars) and the place is thriving. See the abundance of broad-leaf everlasting peas, large ox-eye daisies and field scabious in the different sections. What a wonderland it is.’ Kirsty Sloman, Racehill Community…
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