When I started yours2share, I didn’t realise that I was starting a social enterprise, I just wanted to help people share stuff. As the number of private syndicates that were helped by yours2share increased, I also became aware that if as the number of partners in a private syndicates increases substantially, it becomes a [...]
yours2share gets mentions and links from many and varied forum posts, but I had to have a look at this forum when I saw the link on the stats pages: PigeonWatch. The forum entry is actually about sharing allotments, but I was intrigued to find this forum devoted to pigeon shooting. With nearly a million [...]
I’d heard of cow sharing, where people pay for the purchase and upkeep of a whole, half or quarter of a cow which is then managed by a farmer, and this has always seemed such an easy idea.
I’d love to find someone to keep a chicken for me alongside their other chickens and as we [...]
I’ve just commented on an article in last week’s Economist, my favourite newspaper. I don’t remember ever reading about allotments in it before, so this probably reflects the substantial change in the middle classes that make up their readership over the last year or so. Tending your allotment is no longer the preserve of slightly [...]
It’s good to see examples of garden sharing or landsharing in action and Totnes in Devon has been encouraging this for a year or more and has 21 garden shares currently in place. There is lots of useful information for anyone considering setting up a landshare, either as a landowner or as a gardener. yours2share [...]
If you are thinking about allowing someone who will grow vegetables in your garden, here are ten top tips to ensure a successful sharing arrangement.
Make sure there is a water source, if there isn’t one, you will need to provide one.
Work out where the composter will be located and what is to be done with [...]
I was delighted to see this recent yours2share ad. The member is looking for someone with some spare land in HIgh Wycombe for his honey bees and their hives.
As the idea of land sharing takes hold of people’s imaginations, fruit and vegetables are not the only thing for which people are looking for a small [...]
I keep an eye on Trendhunter and was watching out for their trends for 2009, as usual I think they will be interestingly accurate.
In particular, they predict increasing use of urban gardens for fruit and veg, which chimes with yours2share’s recent new land share category.
Other trends strike a chord, or make me smile. “Ageless inspiration” [...]
yours2share has a new category: landshare. This category is for people who want to share land for vegetable plots, gardens, horses and livestock. You may have land that you are willing to allow other people to use; or want a piece of land that you can use to grow vegetables or use for livestock. There [...]