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Category Archives: harvest
Hungry Gap Veg Boxes
Thanks to the hard work of lots of our wonderful CSA members the hungry gap (traditionally April/May) isn’t looking so hungry!
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Snow, and then a thaw
A very big thank you to Lucy, Gemma, Kirsty and and Tom for their help yesterday harvesting all 24 CSA veg boxes just as soon as the snow had thawed. We harvested for everyone on the same day to replenish … Continue reading
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Tagged CSA, harvesting, snow, veg boxes, Winter harvest
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Resilience and The Oak Tree
Late last week, as I harvested the day’s vegetable boxes, I finally accepted that the farm wasn’t prepared for the impending cold weather. Harvesting had been slow and difficult all week, and that day the ground was starting to freeze, … Continue reading
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Squash and Potato Harvesting, Working Party
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) … Continue reading
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Tagged herb garden, potato, squash
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Got Squash?
Yep, we have a fair amount – it’s been harvested to get ahead of any frosts, hard as that is to imagine in this last week of balmy weather. The cold frames are doing a handy service looking after this … Continue reading
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