A visit to Colin Shaw's weblog reveals that it's set to be a good winter for growing cabbages. On the down side, however, the mild weather means there are still lots of slugs around!
 | | Colin Shaw |
This online diary is updated nearly every day with the latest news on Colin's organic garden just outside Eyam, over-looking the grounds of Chatsworth House. It's all part of the healthy lifestyle Colin has subscribed to since suffering a heart attack in 1992 and having a double by-pass operation a year later. He said: "I decided when I was getting better that I needed to look after myself so I started learning about organic food. "It's just what my dad used to do anyway - he didn't use any chemicals and that seemed like the right thing to do.
"When you grow food yourself, it's really fresh. And I can't prove that eating organic food is better for my health but it just feels like it is." Colin's impressive garden features tomatoes, cabbages, leeks, asparagus and a row of fruit cages.
 | | Colin's garden |
Unfortunately six weeks ago, he suffered another heart attack whilst lifting a heavy solar pod and it was while recuperating in hospital that his weblog came into its own. Colin explained: "People came on and wished me well. They said they were glad I'd survived. "I was lying in hospital waiting for treatment and all I could think about was the garden and the blog. "In a way it kept me sane because the garden is important and thinking about it helped me realise there was life afterwards." | 
