About Hilltop Landshare

Two weeks ago, my wife Jo and I acquired a plot of land at John and Val's landshare farm near Edgworth in Lancashire. Neither of us knows the first thing about planting or growing anything, so this blog is an account of our attempts to produce something viable and hopefully edible from our newly rotivated strip of land. Anyway, more of that later; first of all, here's some information about Landshare in general and Val & John's part in its inception, including a video to watch:

"Landshare brings people together who have a passion for home-grown food.

It’s for people who want to:

* Grow veg but don’t have anywhere to do it
* Have a spare bit of land they’re prepared to share
* Can help in some way – from sharing knowledge and lending tools to helping out on the site itself.
* Support the idea of freeing up more land for growing
* Are already growing and want to join in the community

Landshare came out of TV’s River Cottage. It began when Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall helped some Bristol families grow veg on derelict council land. The experience was so inspiring, that River Cottage decided to see if it would work nationwide. Now Landshare is a national movement of more than 45,000 people.

It began with the tiny seed of an idea – and it’s growing and growing."