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14 May 2012

We have had a question from a home-food grower about beans. She asks “when will it be safe to put dwarf Italian beans out on my allotment? The frosts seem to be over now and my beans are raring to go!” Well, they may be safe now, but if could wait until the end of [...]
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10 May 2012

Norfolk Master Gardeners spring in-service training was held last Saturday at Gressenhall Farm & Workhouse. Garden Organic’s Agronomist, Anton Rosenfeld, engaged a packed room of volunteers, keeping them enthralled with the aid of a couple of sponges, some water and a few jars of soil. After coffee, all trooped outside to investigate a specially prepared [...]
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19 April 2012

Two of our North Norfolk Master Gardeners, Christine and Susan, have been supporting The Patch at Sherringham High School as they set up their community smallholding project. Sue Penlington, Project Manager at The Patch, originally contacted Master Gardener last Autumn. She was seeking support with site planning and fruit tree selection. Sue sent us this [...]
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16 April 2012

A photo taken earlier this spring of Master Gardener, Bee, working with the children at http://www.thlps.co.uk They were filling the gaps in the autumn sown broad beans with new broad bean seeds. A recent update from the school and the news is very exciting. The autumn broad beans are in very good condition and the [...]
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10 April 2012

Saturday 25 March 2012 was a memorable day in Greenacre Close, Ashill. The start of British Summer time and also the day an orchard was planted! Master Gardener and resident, Paul Young rallied his neighbours and together they planted 10 frut trees of local heritage. It all began a few months earlier, when Paul hooked [...]
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