Weekly update

Good morning

usual veggie reminder, and just to let you know that we have our own salad bags this week - very tasty - and Alan has some coriander, and one of our customers can offer parsley, so if you would like any of that just let us know. I'm afraid the rhubarb was a bit oversubscribed last week, so Alan will probably be resting the plants for a week or so, but once more becomes available we will let you know. My caulis have finished now, as well.

many thanks
Theresa

Hello

Hope everyone was OK with the exchange of spring greens and cauli instead of kale and purple sprouting last week. Kale and psb now completely finished, but we may have some more of our caulis for this week, if anyone would like them. We also have a limited supply of new season rhubarb (Alan's).

It's a pity the weather broke on the bank holiday, but I have to confess we are very glad to see the rain up here - sun and showers is what we need for the next month!

Best wishes
Theresa

Today we also planted 1000 brasica plants and drilled almost 720mts of carrots, beets and chard.

Recent Project on farm

Recently we took advantage of the weather to plant 300mts of new hedging to protect our veg fields, Supervision was by Yinka, Oscar, Jasmin, Jasper, and Esso on 4 legs, with the two legged team of Theresa, Silvia, Alan, Pete and Ian doing all the work

April Update

Hello everyone

usual reminder for veggies, but I have attached April produce list, and updated version of Caroline's breadlist. The cake of the month has changed to Carrot and Walnut - absolutely delicious (although the lemon was VERY popular, so we will probably have to repeat that at some point).

We are having a busy but productive day - field has been ploughed and rotavated, and we will be planting potatoes and sowing seeds for beetroot, spinach, chard, carrots, kale, swede and turnip later on - then we will be hoping for a drop of rain. Alan's field has also been ploughed at his farm, and he has put up a polytunnel and is building raised beds, so hopefully we will have more local veg than ever on the boxes this year - so please bear with us in this time of not-very-much-local, as you probably know this time of year is known as the 'hungry gap' but hopefully our fields will be producing lots of good stuff in the very near future. Alan has also got some chickens, which are completely free range, so he will be supplying some of the eggs on the boxes from now on, and we will probably getting some as well in the not-too-distant future, so hopefully we will be self-sufficient in local, free-range eggs.

If anyone doesn't get attachements by e-mail please let me know and I will put a produce list in your box.

Best wishes
Theresa