In the box this week:
- 1kg potatoes
- 1kg carrots
- 200g sprouting brocolli OR 2 fennel bulbs
- 1 red kuri squash
- 2 small peppers
- 2 orange and 1 red chillis
- 300g beetroot OR 100g spinach
- 2 leeks
- 600g parsnips
In the box this week….
(picture accidentally contains sprouting brocolli which wasn’t in the box – sorry)
- 1 red kuri squash
- 300g Brussels sprouts
- 1kg Potatoes
- 1kg Carrots
- 3 small green peppers
- 2 red chillis and 2 orange chillis (very hot!)
- 75g salad leaves (wild rocket, baby spinach and baby Swiss chard)
- 1 celariac
- 400g parsnips
Leslie is planning to film at The Oak Tree during the working party at The Oak Tree on Saturday 12th November as part of this BBC project “Britain in a Day” – it looks really interesting:
In the boxes this week:
- 1 celeriac (replace by Swiss chard or beetroot later in the week)
- 350g Brussels sprouts
- 250g mixed green and red tomatoes
- two small peppers
- two red and one orange chillis
- large orange squash
- 1kg potatoes
- 1kg carrots
- 400g parsnips
In the shares this week:
- 1 small Japanese red squash
- 1 Brussels sprout top (cook like cabbage)
- 2 small green peppers
- 1kg carrots
- 1 kg potatoes
- 3 Florence fennel
- 2 red chillis and 1 orange one
- 100g tomatoes
- 175g Swiss chard (replace by beetroot and then celariac later in the week)
- 400g parsnips
The first frosts have bought us… all quantities minimum:
- 1kg potatoes
- 1kg carrots
- 200g tomatoes
- 1 small green pepper
- 2 red and one orange chilli peppers
- a bunch of rosemary
- 3 small fennel bulbs
- 1 red kuri squash
- 500g Brussels sprouts
- 400g parsnips
Many thanks to the Earthlight Holistic Festival this Saturday, 22nd October in Stowmarket for displaying information and offering information on The Oak Tree Community Supported Agriculture Scheme. It looks like an interesting day!
Greener Fram (lingham) recently did a 30 day – 30 mile food challenge.
I’m suggest we do some thing similar here in Ipswich September 2012 (the time of plenty – let’s start with something encouraging!)
There is a forum post here on the Transition Ipswich site – if you’re not already signed up then come and join us!
http://www.transitionipswich.org.uk/forum/topic.php?id=194
The Squash harvest looks good, you’ll have already had the Spaghetti Squash and some of the Butternut squash, we have a good harvest of the Japanese squash n the cold frames for storage (this stores better than the other two)
Japanese Squash in the cold frames to keep off frost
The potato harvest carries on using the new potato lifter attachment for the tractor
Eric harvesting the spuds
and we have a newly added potato clamp using the straw bales that we used as benches in the Harvest meal
Potato clamp using straw bales, there'll be spuds in there somewhere
Joanne’s email to Alaisdair Ross, Labour Councillor for Rushmere Ward…
Dear Alasdair,
Many thanks for your leaflet about the planning application for a Tesco store on the Golden Key pub site on the Woodbridge Road.
I am opposed to this application because:
1) There are truly excellent shops close by, particularly Chris’s Veg and Mickleson’s Butchers that offer local, quality produce at very reasonable prices.
2) The local coop convenience stores offer an excellent selection of products, including many local products, for people who need to shop in the evening.
3) We really do not need any more nationally supplied food stores here in Ipswich. At a time of rising fuel prices we should be focussing on helping local food producers to stay in business, and, dare I say it, to thrive. We’re going to need them in the future.
I run Suffolk’s first vegetable growing Community Supported Agriculture scheme at The Oak Tree Low Carbon Farm www.the-oak-tree.co.uk in Rushmere-St-Andrew. We have been awarded the Suffolk Carbon Charter, and were short listed for a “Creating the Greenest County” award by Suffolk County Council in our first year. We have had no public funding whatsoever in setting up our project.
I am not concerned that a Tesco store on the site of the Golden Key pub would affect our veg-growing community a great deal as our members are committed to supporting local, sustainable food producers. However, were the planning application to be approved I believe it would send Ipswich residents the message that creating a truly sustainable, local supply of fresh food at a reasonable price for the residents of Ipswich and surrounding area is a low priority for Ipswich Borough Council. I’m counting on you to send us just the opposite message!
Kind regards,
Joanne Mudhar (was Brannan)