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  • 26th August

    Harvesting in the field is in full swing at long last.

    Everything is around three weeks later than usual but now looking great.

    Unfortunately, the beetroot that everyone has been asking...

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  • 19th August

     This week at long last we are going to start harvesting our leeks and onions.

    They are around 3 weeks later than we would usually start to harvest them, but they are looking great, so they...

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  • 12th August

    This week we lifted the fleece of off the savoy cabbage and kale.

    The savoy cabbages are not as big as we would have liked, but they are better than the spring cabbage we had harvested a couple...

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  • 5th August

     Over the last few weeks, I have been getting asked at the farmers markets if our beetroot is ready.

    I am also asking the beetroot when it will be ready.

    I had sown the beetroot,...

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  • 15th July

    Last week on the farm was mostly spent weeding out in the field.

    I spent a couple of on the weeding machine, weeding in front of the bed weeding

    It took a couple of days for me on the...

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  • 8th July

    Last week we managed to plant the eight thousand cabbage and kohl rabi plants in the field.

    The weather stayed dry although not as warm as what July should really be.

    We also managed to...

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  • 1st July

     Another week of mixed weather, tail end of the week was windy and cold, lucky we have all the squash plants under a nice cosy fleece.

    I have talked before about brassicas plants, and how...

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  • 24th June

    This week’s newsletter might not be the best one I have ever done.

    Its Sunday night 7.30pm and the Scotland game is not far away from starting.

    Last week’s work did not go...

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  • 17th June

    Last week at long last managed we managed to get the last of the squash plants planted.

    We now only have the over winter crops to go in.

    We will plant a few thousand late cabbages next...

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  • 10th June

    At the end of last week’s newsletter, I was on about trying to get the mulch film put down so we could get started planting the squash plants.

    I had been waiting from Wednesday that week...

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