by BFM Admin | Sep 6, 2021 | Blog
The humid and warm, but not really sunny, summer has led to blight on many tomatoes. To reduce the chances of this, it helps to ensure space between the plants, remove lower eaves and water the soil (avoiding the leaves) in the morning rather than evening, to help...
by BFM Admin | Aug 18, 2021 | News
Climate change is no longer a future threat or impacting people in faraway places, and food is playing an ever-greater role in the crisis. To read more, follow the blog by Sustain https://www.sustainweb.org/blogs/aug21-ippc-6th-report/
by BFM Admin | Aug 3, 2021 | Past Events
The Society is delighted to announce that it is hosting a Summer Homecrafts and Horticulture show with lots of classes for flowers, fruit, vegetables, cookery, preserves, photography, handicrafts and much more! There are lots of classes for both adults and children to...
by BFM Admin | Jul 26, 2021 | Past Events
Vital Roots Garden is offering two courses next weekend: Bountiful Seed Saving, Saturday 31 July; and Pickle the Garden, Sunday 1 August. Both are with the resident gardeners and cooks: Ipar Hughes and Katkin Tremayne. Details of both courses are below. Email...
by BFM Admin | Jul 1, 2021 | Blog
We are Chideock Champignons, a gourmet mushroom farm in Chideock, West Dorset. We call ourselves ‘gourmet’ because ‘alternative’ would sound weird and unpalatable, given the fact we’re talking about mushrooms. We grow oyster mushrooms, shiitakes, lions mane, wine caps...