Spots on my Apples

Taking you with me to the annual Organic Festival 2023 by Futtle Organics at Bowhouse Fife 🍎

“Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone
They paved paradise, put up a parking lot
(Ooh, bop-bop-bop-bop, ooh, bop-bop-bop-bop)

Hey farmer, farmer put away that DDT now
Give me spots on my apples, but leave me the birds and the bees
Please.”

Joni Mitchell, Big Yellow Taxi (1970).

Over fifty years later, Joni Mitchell’s words still resonate - and happen to be the namesake of the annual Spots on my Apples Festival, organised by Futtle Organics at Bowhouse in the East Neuk of Fife. It feels like a while since I’ve been to an event where I’ve wanted to rush home to share it with you straight away, but today I’ve been inspired to do just that - typing enthusiastically in the car on the way home! Come with me virtually to St Monan’s for a day of learning, eating and making…