Over the last few years many farmers have taken advantage of ‘nature friendly farming’ incentives in order to try and reverse some of the damaging effects that years of intensive farming has had on our wildlife and biodiversity. These include measures to restore lost habitat like planting trees, restoring lost hedgerows and implementing margins on […]
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LETS Annual Harvest Lunch 2023
Annual Harvest Lunch 2023 – Sat 4th November – 11am to 3pmMartinstown Village Hall – St Martins Field – DT2 9JU Please put the date in your diary for the Harvest lunch 2023. This is our biggest event of the year and is great fun for so many of us to get together. The lunch […]
Dorset Greener Homes September 2023
Seed Swap
The next time you are passing the telephone box you may like to pop in and see the new seed swap! A new Green Martinstown venture! If you have any spare seeds – often we only use a small part of any packet of seeds – you are welcome to add them to the collection […]
Bird Boxes
On February 4th Green Martinstown hosted a morning of Birdbox Making in the Village Hall for the children and parents of the valley. Differently designed kits of bird nesting boxes for Robins, Blue Tits/Nuthatches and Sparrows were all ready for the children to assemble. The hall was buzzing with the sounds of children, electric screwdrivers, […]
