Author ArchivesMarlene

I don’t follow the Chinese calendar – I can barely keep up with my personal diary – but if I had to guess, I’d suppose that this is the Year of the Tortoise. Still to pick up any apparent momentum …

This month has spelled bad news for the freedoms of growers to develop and share seeds. Internationally the G8 has been talking about extending the ‘New Alliance on Food Security and Nutrition’, while closer to home the European Commission has …

Our plant sales season comes to a close, as nature’s rhythm subtly breaks from birth/ germination to growth/ planting out. There’s not much we do all year round, only drink tea, ponder the weather, and mixed salad leaves. The latter …