Most this week’s work was spent strimming and weeding the tunnels, trying to get everything spic and span for this Sundays pumpkin day.

 

We did not manage to get the final batch of broad beans planted this week; the ground stayed wet.

Erin and Calum wanted to plant them, and one afternoon would have been enough.

But...

 It is the October school holidays, and there were Jobs for Erin and Calum.

Pumpkin time, they love getting the Pumpkins out of the field and ready for Pumpkin day selling.

 Last week we had a week of nice dry weather, so I got out in the field with the discs on the auld Fergie and went through all the beds that we have harvested out of.

The discs do a great...

 Last week was a busy week of rotovating and re planting tunnels.

We had the five thousand Radicchio and five thousand Pak Choy needing planted, and the lambs lettuce seeds arrived.

With...

As I was saying last week our cucumbers and courgettes are coming to an end.

We are still managing to harvest around a crate a day of cucumbers which is around 120.

And the courgettes...

Last week I did not have time for a newsletter.

With it being a five Saturday month, I had no farmer’s market.

So, Erin, Calum, Breagh and me packed our rucksacks full with weekend...

Harvesting in the field is in full swing at long last.

Everything is around three weeks later than usual but now looking great.

Unfortunately, the beetroot that everyone has been asking...

 This week at long last we are going to start harvesting our leeks and onions.

They are around 3 weeks later than we would usually start to harvest them, but they are looking great, so they...

This week we lifted the fleece of off the savoy cabbage and kale.

The savoy cabbages are not as big as we would have liked, but they are better than the spring cabbage we had harvested a couple...