The tenants and residents group of Holmclose, Holmfirth have taken the initiative to eat ‘Holme’ grown food. They have shared seeds and excess harvest of rhubarb, cabbages and fruit tree cuttings.
Children have been encouraged to adopt their own vegetable to reconnect them with where and how food is grown. They are having fun especially Lewis Beaumont who has come up with an ingenious pest control plan… collecting snails for pets.
The group’s treasurer Sarah Crabtree said “it is a great way to combat recession and I think everyone should be doing it”
Mark and Lucy Ellis are over whelmed with excess vegetables and they have only been growing a few months.
The tenants have also negotiated with Kirklees council land at the side of their estate to have their own community orchard.
