-
Recent Blog Posts
Share if you like:
Tags
- building
- cattle
- chickens
- chicks
- climate change
- community supported agriculture
- CSA Network
- cultivation
- events
- flowers
- forest garden
- funding
- geese
- general
- general news
- goslings
- harvest
- herbs
- local food
- low carbon
- milestones
- Party
- peak oil
- permaculture
- pests
- pigs
- policy
- recipe
- sales
- savetheoaktree
- supermarkets
- tools
- transition
- Uncategorized
- waste food
- what's in the veg box
- wildlife
- working party
Category Archives: cultivation
Harvesting potatoes at the Oak Tree
We have a new attachment for the tractor, a potato lifter to get the potatoes to the surface where they can be bagged ready for storage. Harvesting the potatoes was great teamwork – Frans found this fine toad which we … Continue reading
Posted in community supported agriculture, cultivation, general news, tools, wildlife
Tagged harvets, potato lifter, potatoes, toad
Comments Off on Harvesting potatoes at the Oak Tree
Planting a Forest Garden at The Oak Tree
On Saturday a group of enthusiastic volunteers, including members of Transition Ipswich and the local SGI Buddhist Group, planted the first trees of The Oak Tree Forest Garden. It was a lovely day, and great fun thanks to the good … Continue reading
Posted in community supported agriculture, cultivation, general news
Comments Off on Planting a Forest Garden at The Oak Tree
Potash, Pee and Comfrey
An interesting article from Rose Prince that sums up the issues surrounding the current interest in potash in agriculture. I like her writing, she knows how to connect the big issues with the food we actually eat, and hopefully enjoy. … Continue reading
Posted in cultivation, general news
Tagged comfrey, Pee, Potash, Rose Prince
Comments Off on Potash, Pee and Comfrey
Change in the Weather?
I wonder whether the weather is finally about to turn for the better? I need a soil temperature of 5°C to plant my clover/grass fertility building green manure mix that will cover most of the field. We’re not there yet, … Continue reading
Posted in cultivation, general news
Tagged green manure, soil fertility, soil temperature, two wheeled tractor
Comments Off on Change in the Weather?