Farm News  |   May 1, 2026

May 2026 Newsletter

Catch up with what’s going on, and see what you can get involved with in May…

A selfie of two smiling people with muddy hands and tools, and two volunteers behind them working on digging out a pond, in the community garden

Catch up with what’s going on, and see what you can get involved with in May…

Farm News  |   April 27, 2026

Field Notes from Propagation Season

The growers take a look back at the 2026 propagation season in the Market Garden and food fields…

A closeup of a seedling in a polytunnel, with more in a row behind them, and a farm visible in the background

The growers take a look back at the 2026 propagation season in the Market Garden and food fields…

Farm News  |   April 12, 2026

Farm Wheat and Soil in a New Exhibition at the Botanics

Granton Rouge D’Ecosse wheat on the gallery walls, in ceramic artist Eleanor White’s piece ‘Quern’…

A large, shiny clay 'quern' hanging on a yellow gallery wall, beside a sheaf of wheat

Granton Rouge D’Ecosse wheat on the gallery walls, in ceramic artist Eleanor White’s piece ‘Quern’…

Farm News  |   March 27, 2026

New Solar Panels Installed at the Farm

Community-owned energy for regeneration and resilience…

A photo of the market garden pack shed with neat solar panels installed on the sloping roof

Community-owned energy for regeneration and resilience…

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2025 in a Nutshell + Annual Report

Here is a look back at 2025, with a downloadable annual report with outline plans for 2026…

Here is a look back at 2025, with a downloadable annual report with outline plans for 2026…

Farm News  |   February 27, 2026

Seed at the Farm – A Big Update

We look back at all the work on seeds in 2025 at the farm, and forward to all the plans for 2026…

Hands working on seeds in a bowl, with a colander behind

We look back at all the work on seeds in 2025 at the farm, and forward to all the plans for 2026…

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Why We Save Seed

Lisa Houston takes a look at why we save seed, and some of the struggles between those who look after seeds for the benefit of their communities, and those who control them for power and the profits of their shareholders…

A delighted grower in a wooly jumper and hat holds a paper open to collect shiny black seeds being poured from a large pan

Lisa Houston takes a look at why we save seed, and some of the struggles between those who look after seeds for the benefit of their communities, and those who control them for power and the profits of their shareholders…

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Invitation to Get Involved With the Community Patch

Are you part of an organisation or community group in North Edinburgh? Would your group like to participate in this year’s Community Tattie, Beans and Peas project? Read on…

Three photos - one of a large group of people smiling with barrowloads of freshly harvested tatties, one with a hand holding beans in pods, and one with a hand holding one open pod of peas, with many more in a bowl

Are you part of an organisation or community group in North Edinburgh? Would your group like to participate in this year’s Community Tattie, Beans and Peas project? Read on…

Farm News  |   February 25, 2026

Drop-in Gardening Spring-to-Summer 2026

It’s time to shift to longer hours in the community garden – from Tuesday 3 March, the drop-in times will be Tuesdays 1-4pm, and Thursdays 2-5pm…

Five photos in the farm's Community Garden. Clockwise from top left: a closeup of an abundance of wildflowers with bees visible, and veg beds in the background. Two smiling people holding sheaves of wheat. A laughing person working a raised veg bed. Three laughing people forking compost material into open wooden bays. Four laughing and triumphant-looking people with a large bucket of freshly-harvested tatties. The text is repeated in the post

It’s time to shift to longer hours in the community garden – from Tuesday 3 March, the drop-in times will be Tuesdays 1-4pm, and Thursdays 2-5pm…

Farm News  |   February 6, 2026

Bend, Don’t Break

Why we are now untying the trees from the stakes in the woodland area…

Leafy green trees growing above their tree guards at the farm

Why we are now untying the trees from the stakes in the woodland area…

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