Grow your own: Summer gardening
19 July Daylesford Farm, near Kingham, Gloucestershire GL56 0YG Are you new to vegetable growing? Or perhaps you want to take on a new allotment, grow new crops and varieties, or take your skills to another level... High Summer: Utilising spare growing space to e... |
Weed and pest control within the organic regime
20 July Valerie's Veggies and Plants, Feliz, Ginns Road, Stocking Pelham, Herts SG9 0JD With a changing climate, this can be a challenging task. This course includes theory and demonstrations of a range of techniques used by organic growers. A basic knowledge of organic methods will enh... |
Bread Matters fundamental: The basic Bread Matters baking course
20 July Macbiehill Farmhouse, Lamancha, near Edinburgh EH46 7AZ Teaching real bread making since 2003. The place for bread where there’s... fun in the making, purpose in the baking, joy in the breaking. Two-day course £395 The most popular of all our courses, for... |
An introduction to beekeeping
26 July Daylesford Farm, near Kingham, Gloucestershire GL56 0YG Local apiarist Tanya Hawkes will guide you through the theory, equipment and bee handling skills necessary to manage your own colony of bees. This course will provide enough of an overview and the co... |
An introduction to beekeeping
27 July Daylesford Farm, near Kingham, Gloucestershire GL56 0YG Local apiarist Tanya Hawkes will guide you through the theory, equipment and bee handling skills necessary to manage your own colony of bees. This course will provide enough of an overview and the co... |
Beekeeping weekend
10 August Troed y Rhiw Farm, Llwyndafydd, Llandysul, Ceredigion, SA44 6BY An introduction to the principles of beekeeping over the course of a weekend. The course focuses on beekeeping the natural way and will cover: the colony and how it works; the hive and beekeeping ‘ye... |
An introduction to scything
16 August Daylesford Farm, near Kingham, Gloucestershire GL56 0YG This one day course is run by countryman Clive Leake, who provides all the necessary instruction on how to set up the scythe, choice of blades for your specific application, sharpening, technique and... |
An introduction to beekeeping
06 September Daylesford Farm, near Kingham, Gloucestershire GL56 0YG Local apiarist Tanya Hawkes will guide you through the theory, equipment and bee handling skills necessary to manage your own colony of bees. This course will provide enough of an overview and the co... |
An introduction to beekeeping
07 September Daylesford Farm, near Kingham, Gloucestershire GL56 0YG Local apiarist Tanya Hawkes will guide you through the theory, equipment and bee handling skills necessary to manage your own colony of bees. This course will provide enough of an overview and the co... |
Help your bees to overwinter successfully
08 September The Bee Classroom, Hammerwood Road, Ashurst Wood, West Sussex RH19 3RX Winter and early spring are critical times in the bees’ year. This course is designed to help new beekeepers to prepare their colonies for these months, and thus minimalise losses. Practical advice w... |