by cornishgardens | Aug 26, 2024 | Community
It’s been a fantastic growing year at a Marazion family farm Billy Collins at Chy Vellan Farm October 2022: Harvest time in Mount’s Bay in the mid-20th century followed a traditional pattern. A horse-drawn binder would cut the corn, which was tied into sheaves...
by cornishgardens | Aug 26, 2024 | Community
An organic garden close to Penzance offers courses and workshops for novice growers along with home-grown produce Support worker Nathan Surry at the Community Garden February 2020: Every Thursday morning, visitors to Penzance Country Market can buy organic vegetables,...
by cornishgardens | Aug 26, 2024 | Community
Butterflies and other insects are making a bee line for a coastal market garden overlooking a quiet cove near Marazion September 2020: Rabbits are not keen on chard – which is just as well, as it is one of the crops growing in a new market garden in a spectacular...
by cornishgardens | Apr 22, 2024 | Community
Volunteers keeping their crops weed free. Photographs: Charles Francis November 2010: It is known as the Golden Mile: a south-facing stretch of sheltered, spectacularly fertile land on the fringes of Penzance, which can comfortably produce two crops a year. Last...
by cornishgardens | Apr 22, 2024 | Community
Photograph: Charles Francis June 2008: A storm is on the way, and a fierce wind is whipping across the fields, carrying with it the first few hints of rain — but the three volunteer gardeners are determined to brave the weather and finish the job. They are spreading a...
