A Farm for the Future

Diana · A Farm for the Future

Info from an insert in Permaculture magazine:

Friday 20th Feb 8pm BBC2 (repeated Sunday 22nd)

Part of the Natural World series, it covers the basics of Peak Oil and Permaculture. It's hoped it will be useful for introducing people to self reliance and for Transition Towns to use as a tool to educate.

Contributors include Patrick Whitefield (author of the Earth Care Manual).

Ironworker

You beat me to it D, I was just going to post about this

annepan001

We watched this programme on our pc a couple of days ago - fabulous! It was quite eerie as it's like a film version of the first half of the talks we've been giving this year ...

Lots of easily accessible, easy to understand reasons why industrial farming cannot survive in its current form. What we thought it lacked was more film footage showing the food that people could expect to take away from a permaculture garden.

I'm looking forward to trying lime leaves as an addition to salads, and learned that khaki campbells are THE ducks for slug control.

Has anyone grown sweet chestnut successfully in Scotland??

If you missed it, you can get it for the next 2 - 3 weeks online from the BBC website, or there's a link from this too:
http://transitionculture.org/2009...for-the-future-essential-viewing/

Diana

Can you believe it - I forgot all about it.

Thanks for posting the link

Diana

Also available at:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...d_20082009_A_Farm_for_the_Future/

wildgarlic

We've also been discussing this HERE

Dave NE

I have watched this program twice and have to say it has had a profound impact on my way of thinking. I have taped it and am passing it around my neighbours to make them aware of the situation. It also has a down side for me as i have started ripping out the flower beds for my veg and no doubt my wife will get out the big slipper for me when she comes home from work

. cheers Dave

annepan001

Well Done Dave! Make sure you grow some edible flowers eg nasturtiums, and lots of marigolds alongside your veggies to bring beneficial insects into the garden ... then hopefully you won't get into quite so much trouble.

I'm sure your OH will be delighted with your ultra fresh delicious veggies rather than the sorry excuses for veg provided by the supermarkets! Good Luck!

Ina

Dave NE

Hello Ina, i have kept my small patch of chives, i havent tried the flowers though but i will have a go this year. I have also kept 3 clumps of day lillies as i have found out that the flowers are also edible. One of our winter treats is home made soup so it will be interesting to see what results we have next winter, ttfn Dave

Diana

Start with just a few bits of broken up chive flower Dave - they're quite strong, and if you go for whole heads of flowers it can be overpowering and put people off. You can always add more the next time.

annepan001

You could get hold of a few wild garlic bulbs too and put them somewhere where they can grow year after year ... the leaves are deliciously garlicky - ours are growing now, so a nice early harvest - and the flowers look great and are also an exquisitely flavoursome and pretty addition to a salad ... so long as you like garlic!

kimmie

also Dave, violets, Pansys, Viola, Roses, flowering tyme, are all edible and lavender is good for flavouring as well as putting a little in the salad, but my favorite edible plant is nasturium ...nice and peppery

nina

For those,like me,who missed A Farm For The Future,it is being repeated :-

Saturday 4th of April BBC 2 at 17.20

Dave NE

Thanks for all the great idea's, ttfn Dave

Maria

For anyone who hasn't watched A Farm for the Future, wants to see it again, or wants to share it with someone they know, it's now available on YouTube. Found it via a link from the permaculture association website.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xShCEKL-mQ8