Leo McEwen ACIHort
@leomcewen.bsky.social
Lead Kitchen Gardener in Surrey
ACIHort 🌱 Lvl 4 DipHort RHS Wisley 🎓
Regional finalist YHoY 2023/24
Grower, foodie & nature lover 🌳
Walker, swimmer, photographer, gamer
Letterboxd 📮 https://boxd.it/9kJ0R
Insta 📷 @leonardomcewen
ACIHort 🌱 Lvl 4 DipHort RHS Wisley 🎓
Regional finalist YHoY 2023/24
Grower, foodie & nature lover 🌳
Walker, swimmer, photographer, gamer
Letterboxd 📮 https://boxd.it/9kJ0R
Insta 📷 @leonardomcewen
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This is the #Chinese #bramble #Rubus tricolor, completed for The Field Studies Council. It appears on the #Urbanplants of Scotland fold our chart, on sale through FSCs website.
I loved illustrating the textured leaves and shiny berries.
#botanicalart #botanicalillustration #rubus
I loved illustrating the textured leaves and shiny berries.
#botanicalart #botanicalillustration #rubus
June 14, 2025 at 6:18 PM
This is the #Chinese #bramble #Rubus tricolor, completed for The Field Studies Council. It appears on the #Urbanplants of Scotland fold our chart, on sale through FSCs website.
I loved illustrating the textured leaves and shiny berries.
#botanicalart #botanicalillustration #rubus
I loved illustrating the textured leaves and shiny berries.
#botanicalart #botanicalillustration #rubus
Orobanchaceae is such a crazy group of plants
June 15, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Orobanchaceae is such a crazy group of plants
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No water, no food. 💧🥗
A new Nature Food study calls for integrating water & aquatic foods into #agroecology—embracing fishers, aquatic biodiversity & land-to-seascape approaches for resilient food systems.
Read more:🔗 bit.ly/4jylmAN
#aeTPP #FoodSystems
A new Nature Food study calls for integrating water & aquatic foods into #agroecology—embracing fishers, aquatic biodiversity & land-to-seascape approaches for resilient food systems.
Read more:🔗 bit.ly/4jylmAN
#aeTPP #FoodSystems
New study calls for greater role of water and aquatic foods in agroecology principles | CIFOR-ICRAF
A perspective study published in Nature Food argues that global agroecological frameworks and research must better integrate water and aquatic foods if they are to effectively drive food system transf...
bit.ly
April 14, 2025 at 7:01 PM
No water, no food. 💧🥗
A new Nature Food study calls for integrating water & aquatic foods into #agroecology—embracing fishers, aquatic biodiversity & land-to-seascape approaches for resilient food systems.
Read more:🔗 bit.ly/4jylmAN
#aeTPP #FoodSystems
A new Nature Food study calls for integrating water & aquatic foods into #agroecology—embracing fishers, aquatic biodiversity & land-to-seascape approaches for resilient food systems.
Read more:🔗 bit.ly/4jylmAN
#aeTPP #FoodSystems
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The recent announcement from Defra that they will no longer be accepting applications for the #SustainableFarmingIncentive has come as a huge blow to our members.
You can read our full response here: landworkersalliance.org.uk/defra-announ...
You can read our full response here: landworkersalliance.org.uk/defra-announ...
March 13, 2025 at 3:16 PM
The recent announcement from Defra that they will no longer be accepting applications for the #SustainableFarmingIncentive has come as a huge blow to our members.
You can read our full response here: landworkersalliance.org.uk/defra-announ...
You can read our full response here: landworkersalliance.org.uk/defra-announ...
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“My community has been gutted. The trail crew, wilderness crew, timber crew. We truly care for this resource we’ve been protecting. You have to be standing there to understand the beauty of it & how delicate it is.”
On Trump's felling of the US Forest Service.
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
On Trump's felling of the US Forest Service.
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
The Felling of the U.S. Forest Service
The Trump Administration has cut two thousand workers, making it harder for the service to fight wildfires and repair storm damage across the country.
www.newyorker.com
March 15, 2025 at 7:20 PM
“My community has been gutted. The trail crew, wilderness crew, timber crew. We truly care for this resource we’ve been protecting. You have to be standing there to understand the beauty of it & how delicate it is.”
On Trump's felling of the US Forest Service.
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
On Trump's felling of the US Forest Service.
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
Please sign the petition to save @agroforestryrt.bsky.social established food forest garden from eviction:
www.change.org/p/stop-the-d...
www.change.org/p/stop-the-d...
March 16, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Please sign the petition to save @agroforestryrt.bsky.social established food forest garden from eviction:
www.change.org/p/stop-the-d...
www.change.org/p/stop-the-d...
In the last few weeks, I’ve built a pergola with the help of @vanderdecken.bsky.social, weeded and mulched beds and netted my brassica cage. Today I sowed a few seeds to mark the start of the growing season at the #allotment
#horticulture #vegetablegarden #gardening #growyourown #permaculture
#horticulture #vegetablegarden #gardening #growyourown #permaculture
March 16, 2025 at 5:24 PM
In the last few weeks, I’ve built a pergola with the help of @vanderdecken.bsky.social, weeded and mulched beds and netted my brassica cage. Today I sowed a few seeds to mark the start of the growing season at the #allotment
#horticulture #vegetablegarden #gardening #growyourown #permaculture
#horticulture #vegetablegarden #gardening #growyourown #permaculture
Exciting time of year! I need to get some more experience grafting (and graft a few more apples for my own allotment) #horticulture #orchard #fruittree
Lovely M9 apple rootstocks from Walcot Organic Nursery. A good, consistent thickness, just right for grafting up a couple of dozen more cordon apple trees for the #allotment collection.
February 24, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Exciting time of year! I need to get some more experience grafting (and graft a few more apples for my own allotment) #horticulture #orchard #fruittree
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As Norbot would say "all neat and tidy"
February 20, 2025 at 9:05 PM
As Norbot would say "all neat and tidy"
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February 20, 2025 at 8:48 PM
This week’s update from the #allotment . Still weaving the compost bay with Hazel and willow, mulching beds with manure and wood-chipping pathways. Already passed last year’s progress at this time
#vegetablegarden #horticulture #gardening #permaculture
#vegetablegarden #horticulture #gardening #permaculture
February 6, 2025 at 9:20 PM
This week’s update from the #allotment . Still weaving the compost bay with Hazel and willow, mulching beds with manure and wood-chipping pathways. Already passed last year’s progress at this time
#vegetablegarden #horticulture #gardening #permaculture
#vegetablegarden #horticulture #gardening #permaculture
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The destruction of trust in science.
The burning of the books.
The erasure and harm towards queer people.
It’s happening.
America went to countless wars and lost many of its children, making the ‘ultimate sacrifice’ for these freedoms.
And one evil megalomaniac went and threw all of that away.
The burning of the books.
The erasure and harm towards queer people.
It’s happening.
America went to countless wars and lost many of its children, making the ‘ultimate sacrifice’ for these freedoms.
And one evil megalomaniac went and threw all of that away.
BREAKING NEWS: CDC orders mass retraction and revision of submitted research across all science and medicine journals. Banned terms must be scrubbed.
Goes beyond MMWR +other CDC pubs. Applies to research already submitted to top medical journals.
Take a look.
open.substack.com/pub/insideme...
Goes beyond MMWR +other CDC pubs. Applies to research already submitted to top medical journals.
Take a look.
open.substack.com/pub/insideme...
BREAKING NEWS: CDC orders mass retraction and revision of submitted research across all science and medicine journals. Banned terms must be scrubbed.
Any unpublished manuscript mentioning certain topics, including gender and "LGBT," must be pulled or revised.
open.substack.com
February 1, 2025 at 11:18 PM
The destruction of trust in science.
The burning of the books.
The erasure and harm towards queer people.
It’s happening.
America went to countless wars and lost many of its children, making the ‘ultimate sacrifice’ for these freedoms.
And one evil megalomaniac went and threw all of that away.
The burning of the books.
The erasure and harm towards queer people.
It’s happening.
America went to countless wars and lost many of its children, making the ‘ultimate sacrifice’ for these freedoms.
And one evil megalomaniac went and threw all of that away.
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There's a petition to ban conversion practices (targeting LGBTQIA+ people) in the European Union. We need one million signatures, and we currently have 180,000+. If you live in Europe (even if you don't), spread the word ! 🌈🔥✊
eci.ec.europa.eu/043/public/#...
eci.ec.europa.eu/043/public/#...
European Citizens' Initiative
Give your support !
eci.ec.europa.eu
February 4, 2025 at 12:39 PM
There's a petition to ban conversion practices (targeting LGBTQIA+ people) in the European Union. We need one million signatures, and we currently have 180,000+. If you live in Europe (even if you don't), spread the word ! 🌈🔥✊
eci.ec.europa.eu/043/public/#...
eci.ec.europa.eu/043/public/#...
Not sure what this means…
January 28, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Not sure what this means…
This week I had my first try at baking sourdough focaccia for a dinner party. Kneadless to say… I bubbled with joy.
Also, I’ve decided to name my starter ‘The Rise of Wisley’.
#sourdough #bread #sourdoughbread #breadsky
Also, I’ve decided to name my starter ‘The Rise of Wisley’.
#sourdough #bread #sourdoughbread #breadsky
January 13, 2025 at 11:07 PM
This week I had my first try at baking sourdough focaccia for a dinner party. Kneadless to say… I bubbled with joy.
Also, I’ve decided to name my starter ‘The Rise of Wisley’.
#sourdough #bread #sourdoughbread #breadsky
Also, I’ve decided to name my starter ‘The Rise of Wisley’.
#sourdough #bread #sourdoughbread #breadsky
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Tomorrow morning, if you're experiencing withdrawal symptoms after #ORFC25 #Agroecology
📢 Webinar on Mon 13 Jan, 10am (CET)
Discover what data tells us about how #agroecology
🌿 boosts #biodiversity
☀️ mitigates against effects of climate change
📚 & where more research is needed
🔗https://soilassociation-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUrcOihrDkqGdD9A_uVhZVHjlP8gtn0sBvv#/registration
Discover what data tells us about how #agroecology
🌿 boosts #biodiversity
☀️ mitigates against effects of climate change
📚 & where more research is needed
🔗https://soilassociation-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUrcOihrDkqGdD9A_uVhZVHjlP8gtn0sBvv#/registration
January 12, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Tomorrow morning, if you're experiencing withdrawal symptoms after #ORFC25 #Agroecology
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Caroline Lucas, "We keep being surprised by these phenomenon.. Floods in Valencia.. Hurricanes that hit the US"
"What else does nature have to throw at us to wake us up to recognise that this is being massively exasperated by climate change"
Well said @carolinelucas.bsky.social
"What else does nature have to throw at us to wake us up to recognise that this is being massively exasperated by climate change"
Well said @carolinelucas.bsky.social
January 10, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Caroline Lucas, "We keep being surprised by these phenomenon.. Floods in Valencia.. Hurricanes that hit the US"
"What else does nature have to throw at us to wake us up to recognise that this is being massively exasperated by climate change"
Well said @carolinelucas.bsky.social
"What else does nature have to throw at us to wake us up to recognise that this is being massively exasperated by climate change"
Well said @carolinelucas.bsky.social
Can’t wait to try this crunchy and springy malt & seeded sourdough loaf… my 4th loaf since receiving this starter from a friend.
Anyone got any tips on scoring? Not sure my blade is sharp enough.
#sourdough #sourdoughbread #bread #bakesky
Anyone got any tips on scoring? Not sure my blade is sharp enough.
#sourdough #sourdoughbread #bread #bakesky
January 6, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Can’t wait to try this crunchy and springy malt & seeded sourdough loaf… my 4th loaf since receiving this starter from a friend.
Anyone got any tips on scoring? Not sure my blade is sharp enough.
#sourdough #sourdoughbread #bread #bakesky
Anyone got any tips on scoring? Not sure my blade is sharp enough.
#sourdough #sourdoughbread #bread #bakesky
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January 5, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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Ice crystals from freezing fog right now 🌿
January 3, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Ice crystals from freezing fog right now 🌿
Took a lovely wintry sunset walk around the common. It was so nice to get out for a quiet one to mark my last day off before returning to work tomorrow. And I’m very impressed with the new headphones I was given at Xmas.
Some photos for you to enjoy.
#walk #hiking #woodland #wildlife #surrey
Some photos for you to enjoy.
#walk #hiking #woodland #wildlife #surrey
January 3, 2025 at 5:10 PM
I may have the day off work but I don’t fancy a day at the allotment in 0oC, even despite the beautiful sun.
Instead I’m doing some allotment planning, using Excel and Sutton’s Garden Planner.
#allotment #vegetablegarden #horticulture #gardenplanning
Instead I’m doing some allotment planning, using Excel and Sutton’s Garden Planner.
#allotment #vegetablegarden #horticulture #gardenplanning
January 3, 2025 at 10:54 AM
I may have the day off work but I don’t fancy a day at the allotment in 0oC, even despite the beautiful sun.
Instead I’m doing some allotment planning, using Excel and Sutton’s Garden Planner.
#allotment #vegetablegarden #horticulture #gardenplanning
Instead I’m doing some allotment planning, using Excel and Sutton’s Garden Planner.
#allotment #vegetablegarden #horticulture #gardenplanning
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several times a day i ask “am i hungry or am i just bored” and then i have a little snack while i think about it
January 2, 2025 at 8:34 PM
several times a day i ask “am i hungry or am i just bored” and then i have a little snack while i think about it
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How do we deal with racist or derogatory scientific names? Are there really that many of them? This NPR article from 2024 dives into the conversation from all angles - really interesting! #science #plants
www.npr.org/2024/07/31/g...
www.npr.org/2024/07/31/g...
Some plant names can be racist. Scientists are looking to rename them
An international group of researchers has voted to modify the scientific names of more than 200 plant species whose names carry a derogatory word.
www.npr.org
January 1, 2025 at 8:58 PM
How do we deal with racist or derogatory scientific names? Are there really that many of them? This NPR article from 2024 dives into the conversation from all angles - really interesting! #science #plants
www.npr.org/2024/07/31/g...
www.npr.org/2024/07/31/g...
Progress at the #allotment today continuing the bed prep after ordering 2,000L of manure.
Finally dug over the neglected potato patch, harvesting enough to eat and replant.
Tucked the weeded beds under plastic temporarily. Edging and netting being installed soon.
#vegetablegarden #horticulture
Finally dug over the neglected potato patch, harvesting enough to eat and replant.
Tucked the weeded beds under plastic temporarily. Edging and netting being installed soon.
#vegetablegarden #horticulture
January 2, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Progress at the #allotment today continuing the bed prep after ordering 2,000L of manure.
Finally dug over the neglected potato patch, harvesting enough to eat and replant.
Tucked the weeded beds under plastic temporarily. Edging and netting being installed soon.
#vegetablegarden #horticulture
Finally dug over the neglected potato patch, harvesting enough to eat and replant.
Tucked the weeded beds under plastic temporarily. Edging and netting being installed soon.
#vegetablegarden #horticulture