Principles

This is an exciting new participatory research project that we are now undertaking with the support of 50 members. This is a trial year to develop and test the methodology. We are testing growing annual vegetables within a polyculture approach - growing them all together rather than in lines or blocks. Read the booklet to find out more about mixed veg gardening.

Thanks to the working group - Naomi, Tomas, Stig and Ian - to Garden Organic for their insights in how to run member experiments, and to the following seed companies for providing free seed for the trials:

Edwin Tucker & sons LTD
Beans and Herbs at The Herbary
Garden Organic Ryton
Chase Organics LTD.

Some of the original inspiration for the project came from Nepal. Read about it in the Farmers Handbook developed by Chris Evans. Feel free to use this information to run your own experiment - if you do, please do send us your results and experiences.

Mixed veg booklet - A4 and black and white for easy printing

Mixed veg booklet - A5 colour booklet

Mixed veg booklet - A4 colour booklet

Updates

Mixed-veg photo album now online

Submitted by Celia Ashman on 4 November 2011 - 12:39pm

You can now view how the trials went throughout the season in the mixed-veg photo album.

Many thanks to all the participants who sent in so many fantastic photos!

Mixed Veg Final Participant Questionnaire

Submitted by Celia Ashman on 24 October 2011 - 12:50pm

Thank you to all the participants who have taken part in this year's mixed veg research trials. Some interesting results are coming in, but equally important are growers' experiences on the trials as a whole, including both the growing and the research process. Here is the final questionnaire, in interactive(!) PDF form, which can be returned by email or printed and posted.

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Final participant questionnaire

Mixed veg participant resources

Submitted by Harriet Walsh on 4 October 2011 - 10:15am

A Word version of the Initial Questionnaire is now available for participants who have not yet returned theirs.

Please download and return this version by e-mail if you find it more convenient. Alternatively the PDF is also still available in this resources section.

Thanks!

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