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Corn Dollies

Corn Dollies

One of our members, Liz Beech, has been busy making these pretty corn dollies (apparently the word is a corruption of the word Idol!) with rye grown by Gibside Community

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Autumn Sun!

Autumn Sun!

6th October 2017 – beautiful autumn sun in the walled garden and leek harvesting by Lesley. I made a lovely soup from a bonus leek (savagely forked by accident) plus

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Grain Harvest

Grain Harvest

On 4th September, Nafferton Farm, Newcastle University harvested the spelt and rye grain trials on our field. Can’t wait to hear about the results! [foogallery id=”667″]

Taking care of your strawberries for the winter [video]!

Taking care of your strawberries for the winter [video]!

Wondering what to do with your strawberries once they have finished for the season? Rachel is on hand to help.