Involvement in Transition Leicester/Community Harvest Whetstone:

Went along to a Transition Leicester ‘Food Group’ meeting about 18 months ago.  Met Dani who mentioned plans to set up a CSA.  Then found myself at a CSA meeting, where, it turned out the group were looking for growers for the project.  I hadn’t realised I was looking for a job, but couldn’t resist the temptation to look after a polytunnel full of vegetables!  The only problem is, it hasn’t left me much time to have other involvement with Transition Leicester.

Favourite CHW Vegetable:  Beetroot. Fantastic shape, fantastic colour, fantastic taste!  Also a very ‘down to earth’ vegetable.
Other interests

I’m an escaped nurse from the NHS.  Gained much of my vegetable growing experience from a French bio-dynamic market gardener, then spent a couple of years managing 10 polytunnels on a beautiful organic farm near Bath.