Category Archives: harvest

Hungry Gap Veg Boxes

Posted on May 3, 2013 by The Oak Tree Farm

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

Posted on February 14, 2012 by The Oak Tree Farm

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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Resilience and The Oak Tree

Posted on February 10, 2012 by The Oak Tree Farm

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

Posted on October 15, 2011 by The Oak Tree Farm

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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Got Squash?

Posted on October 3, 2011 by The Oak Tree Farm

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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