We like to thank all our customers for either purchasing our healthy organically produced food and/or choosing me to teach students in Science, Maths and German. It was a difficult year with Covid-19 and the looming Brexit. I had to turn to online teaching to ensure students can progress safely. Meeting customers in our farm […]
Read More Merry Christmas 2020In a blink of an eye the summer has gone and autumn is with us. Where is the time, the fourth-dimension changes due to the speed of your movement? Taking this on board I thought about how to get to and from work, in a reasonable time but keeping my trip as environmentally friendly as […]
Read More Eco-friendly commutingCan we learn something from the spread of Covid 19? Virus, bacteria, fungi and protozoa, all of those pathogens can cause our immune system to go on high alert, fighting for us to survive. Obviously, my thoughts are triggered by the Corona virus (Covid 19) attack which shows how fragile we are but also our […]
Read More Can we learn from the Covid 19?Veggies and other produce This picture shows very much in one shot what we were up to in all these months. Thanks to Gaby’s hard work all the veggies are in full blossom. Chard and fennel are only two of the many varieties growing in the poly tunnel and on the plots. However, there is […]
Read More March 2020 updateYes, it is true, spring is here and the hours of daylight are increasing again. Hurray we have passed the shortest day (7hours, 49min, 40sec) on the 22nd December at 4.19am last year. Only 76 days to the spring equinox on the 20th March when the days catch up and become even longer. The obvious […]
Read More Cheer up spring is nigh.Autumn offers a kaleidoscope of colours of plants, nature at is best. Of course, as a scientist, observations need to be explained. What on earth is going on? First of all, plants are the only living organisms which produce their own food. We call this process photosynthesis. ‘Carbon Dioxide and Water (including heat and light […]
Read More Beautiful autumn colours, why?The reason is my 33 miles return trip to school in Dorchester. Thanks to our new neighbours I am in the lucky position to borrow a wonderful machine to get to and from work. I am talking about an E bike. Fast and still eco-friendly an E bike is an incredibly ingenious invention which allows […]
Read More How an E bike is helping me be carbon neutralGCSEs and A-levels are done and we all are waiting for the two magic days in August, the 15th and the 22nd to find out your well-deserved results. Fingers crossed and touch wood and all of this to ensure that it will be a fantastic day. Meanwhile the Earth carries on spinning and orbiting around […]
Read More What is happening at Rails Farm in the summer months?How did you manage? By the time you read this article you are in the middle of your final GCSE and A-level exams. I am sure that all of you who worked hard and focussed that crunching time is a kind of relief. You have the opportunity to show your talent and that you are […]
Read More May update 2019There we are, only four weeks of school and College lessons to the first GCSEs and A-level exams. Fortunately, there are two weeks of Easter Holiday which offer you a very useful slot of uninterrupted study time. In case you have not done a proper study plan yet, don’t postpone it any further. Do it […]
Read More Almost done and on track?You can find a list of all our products on the produce page