Down at the farm: team volunteering @ Future Roots
Unlike the last time we took part in some farm-based volunteering, the weather was kind to us yesterday when we all ventured into the wilds of north Dorset to Rylands Farm, the home of the Future...
Google’s mobile-friendly update
So Google announced a while back that it was going to roll out some changes to its algorithm later this month that would increase the degree to which mobile-friendliness is taken into account...
Winners of the Dorset Business Awards
We can hardly believe it but we’re proud to announce that Freshleaf was the winner of last night Dorset Business Awards in the “Engagement with the Community” category! The awards celebrate...
Freshleaf in the finals of the Dorset Business Awards
We’re delighted, honoured and a little surprised to have been chosen as one of the finalists for the forthcoming Dorset Business Awards. The prestigious awards showcase leading companies in...
Dummies and bandages – First Aid training
If you’re anything like me, and did First Aid in the cubs or brownies, you’ll no doubt have fuzzy memories of the creepy Resusci Annie doll, and terrible attempts at putting people in slings – and...
Heartbleed – what you need to know
So, anyone with their eyes on the tech blogs or the national news will no doubt be aware of a significant security vulnerability in OpenSSL which is being referred to as one of the biggest...
Freshleaf training – business ethics
Here at Freshleaf two of the things we’re proud of are our commitment to training, and our business ethics. So recently, when we had a training slot scheduled, we decided to combine the two...
A thoroughly festive outing
Well, the festive season really is upon us (complete with rain and gale force winds!) – and what better way to celebrate, than with a fantastic five star three course lunch?
We’ve been to some...
A day at the farm
It might not be where you’d expect to find web developers, but High Mead Farm was our destination last week for a spot of volunteering. High Mead is an amazing place – a working farm community...
Git Workflow, Deployment and Hooks
Git Deployment
We use a simple post-receive git hook to make a production ready repository that we can push to from our local machines. We’ve also setup SSH keys on the servers we deploy to so...