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...

Newsletter 22 Nov 2023

Newsletter 22 Nov 2023

Mooli in many of the bags this week. It’s a type of white radish, widely grown in Asia, known as daikon in Japan or bailuobo in China. I like to use it in kimchi, but you can use it like a radish in all kinds of cooked and raw dishes. Lots of interesting recipes to...

Newsletter 15 Nov 2023

Newsletter 15 Nov 2023

Hello! There has been a lot of rain on some of the farms over the last two weeks, one of the wettest autumns in quite a while. At Bagthorpe Farm in Norfolk, they are at the point where they are so waterlogged, they are having to start restricting the amount of carrots...

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