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Keep the Good Times Rolling with Asparagus and Green Garlic

Keep the Good Times Rolling with Asparagus and Green Garlic

You'll find a green garlic bulb from Ripple Farm in the bags this week. I love seeing the green garlic arrive. It’s the young garlic bulb, before the individual cloves have separated out, and before it has been dried. It has a milder flavour than mature garlic and you...

Celebrating the Fertility of Spring and Saving Food Waste

Celebrating the Fertility of Spring and Saving Food Waste

1st May is a day for optimism. It’s the date of the old Celtic festival of Beltane, a celebration of fertility and Spring. May Day is also International Workers Day, a day to cultivate our socialist tendencies! The UK apples have run out, so we’re now putting citrus...

The Struggles of Growing UK Seasonal Veg in April & May

The Struggles of Growing UK Seasonal Veg in April & May

All our farms are racing to catch up with the new season planting. The wet weather has delayed lots of plans, but dry and occasionally warm days are beginning to help. We could all do with the temperatures rising again, it has to be said! It‘s come to that time of...

Seasonal Veg Greetings from the Star of the Stir Fry – Pak Choi !

The weather is so changeable this spring! Our farmers tell of watching the weather forecasts hawkeyed, waiting for favourable dry days when they can plant out the new season crops. As Sarah Green writes from the Essex coast, “It’s disappointing to have a backlog of...

A wet, slow few months for organic farmers

A wet, slow few months for organic farmers

It’s spring! The season of purple sprouting, rhubarb and fresh crispy greens. Sarah writes from Ripple Farm: "March has been very wet, with very few dry windows to do any field work. We had a few consecutive dry days mid month, better than forecast, so we made the...

Fresh Greens from Wild Country Organics

Fresh Greens from Wild Country Organics

It’s a rather cold start to April, at least from where I am now, on my mum’s farm in Devon. Here, we’ve had heavy rain, hailstones, as well as nice bursts of sunshine and the occasional rainbow. It’s classic English spring weather, but quite a bit colder than usual....

Wild Garlic back in season!

Wild Garlic back in season!

We’ve passed over the spring equinox, the days are officially longer than the nights, and surely spring is here at last… more or less! The blackthorn trees are covered in frothy white flowers, the hawthorn hedge has put forth its buds, and wild garlic is everywhere in...

Newsletter 20 Mar 24

The extremely rainy winter has become a pretty rainy spring. When you chat to farmers, you hear a lot about the weather! Growing veg is completely determined by the ups and downs of the weather. Every year our farmers make growing plans based on the patterns of...

Newsletter 13th March 2024

Hello! The rain and cold keeps coming back, despite the occasional spring warmth! On the farms, the longer, lighter days mean plant growth is accelerating, despite the cold. Spring cauliflowers are ready, lots of leafy greens are coming through, particularly the salad...

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