Veg Growing

The strawberries are now finished so time to remove the straw, cut off all the old leaves and give them a feed of fish, blood and bone to help them […]

On Thursday more winter veg were planted out – Swiss chard, red cabbage and Savoy cabbages. A weekly soak and more normal temperatures are certainly benefitting the plants. This is […]

And it’s strawberry time! The dry weather has suited them very well and we even have a few autumn raspberries. The gooseberries will be ready next week, there has been […]

It was a great pleasure on Thursday to see most of the grafts for the apple tree which has bad canker have taken so we now have a replacement growing […]

Thursday was a day of sun and showers, but the strong south westerlies were drying out the soil almost as soon as it was wetted!  No Mow May is giving us […]

Thursday was a lovely day for the first of the plantings for this year. And the sunny days have brought on all the spring flowers on the plot. The onions […]

A good day for a bonfire to burn up the waste wood and prunings. The Bridgend Farmhouse were pleased to have the willow prunings for craft use. The low hazel […]

A windy session on Thursday so not a good day for a bonfire but nothing has fallen down, and the netting is still in place. Last year was a good […]

The sounds of the skeins of geese flying high on their journey south reminds us that autumn is definitely here, but there is still plenty to harvest and plenty of […]

It was a fine September day on Thursday and we had an energetic time on the plot. Each week now we have a busy time with the pleasure of harvesting […]