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ESCAPING THE CITY TO MOVE TO A SMALLHOLDING AND LIVE OFF THE LAND IS A DREAM COME TRUE FOR KATHY BISHOP AND TOM CROWFORD

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Having got a taste for growing fruit and veg in the garden of a rented London flat, Kathy Bishop and Tom Crowford dreamed of more space to live their own version of The Good Life. So they took the plunge and upped sticks to a little stone cottage in Somerset with its own patch of land, and began chronicling their adventures at theseasonaltable.co.uk and @the_seasonal_table. The story so far The cottage came with just over 1.5 acres of land, including a wonky fruit cage and a slightly neglected, mixed orchard. We immediately set up an apiary for our beehives, and planted out the hotchpotch of apple trees, herbs, and blueberry bushes we’d brought with us from London. After that, our priority was building raised beds, and getting some vegetables on the go. We…

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The Simple Things (Digital) - 1 Issue, April 2019

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