HCFA Weekend Workshops - Ponds

Wednesday, 15 May 2013 09:10 Written by Alex Morrell
Subject: Nature has a wonderful way of utilising habitats to which it is suited. At HCFA an area previously infested with brambles was dug out…

HCFA weekend workshops

Wednesday, 15 May 2013 09:10 Written by Alex Morrell
Subject: Nature has a wonderful way of utilising habitats to which it is suited. At HCFA an area previously infested with brambles was dug out…

The essence of herbs

Wednesday, 08 May 2013 18:51 Written by Alex Morrell
Their empowering, abundant, nutritionally beneficial and encourage green fingers. So what stops us - global pharmaceuticals, lack of knowledge and fast foods? Either way it hasn't…

Chicken workshop

Monday, 29 April 2013 18:26 Written by Alex Morrell
Keeping chickens can be very rewarding but it is important to get the basics right. This was the overarching message conveyed to the chicken workshop…

Keeping Chickens

Wednesday, 17 April 2013 11:38 Written by Alex Morrell
HCFA Weekend Workshop: Keeping Chickens   Subject: Keeping chickens is a good half way house between being completely dependent on the Sainsbury’s shelves and the…

A strawbale revolution?

Sunday, 14 April 2013 19:45 Written by Alex Morrell
The future of strawbale buildings is unknown – especially in an urban environment but one thing is for certain the option is available to anyone…

HCFA Charcoal Kiln now active

Thursday, 11 April 2013 09:46 Written by Paul Davis
The HCFA now has it's very own charcoal kiln based at nearby Osterley Park.

Online donations - update

Thursday, 11 April 2013 09:41 Written by Paul Davis
Last month we announced that we had launched a online donation service via JustGiving. Unfortunately due to a misunderstanding with the terms and conditions of…

We now accept online donations!

Wednesday, 20 March 2013 13:53 Written by Alex Morrell
The Hounslow Community Farming Association is proud to announce that it's now a registered charity (Charity No: 1150863) and therefore we are now able to…
HCFA Weekend Workshops Strawbale buildings Subject: The first HCFA workshop in the 2013 calendar begins with a first for HCFA – design and construction of…
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The Bee Diary

  • Update 3 June 12
      May 23 Inspection On this inspection the queen was found back in the lower brood boxes and not in the new top brood box. On my previous inspection during…

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