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Listen "The Organic Market Garden Set Up from Scratch - Adrienne Gordon's Sweetpea"
Episode Synopsis
Adrienne Gordon loves growing veg.
And after touring the world by bike, volunteering on organic farms along the way, she returned to the UK with a wealth of knowledge and experience in how best to turn seeds into food.
This is the story of how Adrienne found a plot of land close to where she lived and turned a plain 4 acre field, that only grew one crop, into a sprawling, diverse oasis of delicious veg.
In this conversation we discuss Adrienne's journey Wwoofing in New Zealand, what she learned through that experience, how she secured the land to grow on, the real cost of growing food, why we should support local growers, how organic certification works, how her popular veg box scheme took off and how she incorporates community shared experiences though food on her land
For more information on Sweetpea
https://sweetpeamarketgarden.co.uk/
https://www.instagram.com/sweetpeamarketgarden/
Mentioned in the Conversation:
Wwoof: https://wwoof.net/
Oxford Real Farming Conference: https://orfc.org.uk/
Cambridge Organic: https://cambridgeorganic.co.uk/
Land Workers Alliance: https://landworkersalliance.org.uk/
Eves Hill Farm: https://www.eveshill.uk/
Get in contact:
https://www.instagram.com/tombryanyeah/
https://www.facebook.com/greatbritishadventurespodcast
https://www.youtube.com/@greatbritishadventures
Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
01:30 Recording in polytunnel
07:38 Traveling world by bike
11:45 Wwoffing in New Zealand
16:53 The real cost of growing food
22:13 Securing land to grow on
29:43 Benefits of building a pond
36:50 Lessons learned from Wwoofing
43:21 Why start a market garden
46:06 What it takes to create a market garden
48:23 Going with the flow of the seasons
52:57 Demand for local food in lockdown
57:57 Food supply chain problems
01:00:05 The value we place on food
01:05:52 Adrienne's veg box scheme for a local workplace
01:13:34 Supporting local growers
01:15:55 Celebrating certified organic
01:22:05 Growing in the face of climate change
01:25:01 Regenerative farming
01:30:22 Future of Sweetpea
01:33:07 Minimal dig practices
01:36:09 Working in hardcore clay
01:37:56 What grows here
01:45:18 Closing words written by Adi
And after touring the world by bike, volunteering on organic farms along the way, she returned to the UK with a wealth of knowledge and experience in how best to turn seeds into food.
This is the story of how Adrienne found a plot of land close to where she lived and turned a plain 4 acre field, that only grew one crop, into a sprawling, diverse oasis of delicious veg.
In this conversation we discuss Adrienne's journey Wwoofing in New Zealand, what she learned through that experience, how she secured the land to grow on, the real cost of growing food, why we should support local growers, how organic certification works, how her popular veg box scheme took off and how she incorporates community shared experiences though food on her land
For more information on Sweetpea
https://sweetpeamarketgarden.co.uk/
https://www.instagram.com/sweetpeamarketgarden/
Mentioned in the Conversation:
Wwoof: https://wwoof.net/
Oxford Real Farming Conference: https://orfc.org.uk/
Cambridge Organic: https://cambridgeorganic.co.uk/
Land Workers Alliance: https://landworkersalliance.org.uk/
Eves Hill Farm: https://www.eveshill.uk/
Get in contact:
https://www.instagram.com/tombryanyeah/
https://www.facebook.com/greatbritishadventurespodcast
https://www.youtube.com/@greatbritishadventures
Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
01:30 Recording in polytunnel
07:38 Traveling world by bike
11:45 Wwoffing in New Zealand
16:53 The real cost of growing food
22:13 Securing land to grow on
29:43 Benefits of building a pond
36:50 Lessons learned from Wwoofing
43:21 Why start a market garden
46:06 What it takes to create a market garden
48:23 Going with the flow of the seasons
52:57 Demand for local food in lockdown
57:57 Food supply chain problems
01:00:05 The value we place on food
01:05:52 Adrienne's veg box scheme for a local workplace
01:13:34 Supporting local growers
01:15:55 Celebrating certified organic
01:22:05 Growing in the face of climate change
01:25:01 Regenerative farming
01:30:22 Future of Sweetpea
01:33:07 Minimal dig practices
01:36:09 Working in hardcore clay
01:37:56 What grows here
01:45:18 Closing words written by Adi
In God we trust