All posts by Stephen Barstow

Webinar on winter perennial vegetables!

Thank you Emilia Rekestad for putting last week’s webinar on winter perennial vegetables up more permanently on youtube. Emilia first introduces the webinar and the polyculture project through which it was organised!
I hope you find it useful and please help us by sharing with friends and relevant groups!!
 

Robin and redpoll on the bird feeder and eagles on Malvikodden

Japan and the edible perennials Webinar

Well, I survived the last 3 intensive days, first travelling from the UK whilst preparing for Wednesday’s talk about my study trip to Japan in spring 2016 at Ringve in Trondheim,  followed by last night’s Webinar on edible perennials and winter vegetables. Sometimes I take on a bit too much but it was fun!
You can see the webinar, moderated by Emilia Rekestad from Permaculture Sweden (I start at about 8:20 mins in to the recording and it lasts a little over 2 hours!). ENJOY!
https://tinyurl.com/yahgfrgz
It was strange to have so many people in my living room and they were mostly totally quiet and no eye contact was odd also! Anyway, it seems to have worked well technically. See what you think!

On the Itchen in Hampshire

Great family lunch in a pub at Shawford in Hampshire followed by a walk along the river between Shawford and Hampshire

Foraging in (Old) Hampshire

It’s difficult to believe that the spring foraging season has come so far here in Hampshire, UK whilst on the other side of the North Sea there are meter high banks of snow in the south!

Hampshire and the Hungry Gap talk!

A few pictures from my Mum and Dad’s garden in Chandlers Ford, a walk around Old Town, Southampton, my talk on Hungry Gap veg at the Art Centre last night (there is no hungry gap in Southern England) and finally pictures of currently foragable plants!