Thats us well under way with the season now.

All the leeks early and late are blocked and in the tunnel plus the onions.

This week we will start blocking salad and brassicas.

 This week we made a start on the seed blocking.

We bring on around 80% of our seeds in seed trays.

Only the Beetroot, Parsnips, Turnips, Beans, and Carrots are direct sown with a...

Last week there was no weekly newsletter from the farm.

The reason being, I was away for my yearly week of skiing.

This year I went to Italy and Erin was with me.

My first time...

 

 Last week I got the final part of the clear up job on the tunnels that were ripped in the storms.

And it was the worst job.

Cutting all the polythene of and clearing...

 

Last week we spent every day clearing up the tunnel damage from the storm.

We don’t get all day at it because every morning we have to harvest first.

We had three tunnels...

 

They say things come in Three.

Well, we are on two already, and it is only nearing the end of January.

First thing this year was the van engine blowing up, with the wet belt...

After the serious van problem, we have at long last got it sorted, and it will be back out delivering this week.

At the end of last year, you might remember I build a shed with pallets and willow...

This is the first newsletter of the new year.

Happy new year to everyone.

On the lead up to the Christmas holidays we had an unexpected big problem.

I ran out of hours days last week to do a newsletter.

The shed I was building with willow trees and pallets is finally finished.

And already inside for storage over the winter are eight...

Last week we had our yearly soil association inspection.

It takes a full day, with a tour of the tunnels and the field, this part does not take very long, as it is obvious there are no chemicals...