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  • 7th October

     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...

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  • 23rd September

     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...

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  • 16th September

    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...

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  • 9th September

    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...

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  • 26th August

    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...

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  • 19th August

     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...

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  • 12th August

    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...

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  • 5th August

     Over the last few weeks, I have been getting asked at the farmers markets if our beetroot is ready.

    I am also asking the beetroot when it will be ready.

    I had sown the beetroot,...

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  • 15th July

    Last week on the farm was mostly spent weeding out in the field.

    I spent a couple of on the weeding machine, weeding in front of the bed weeding

    It took a couple of days for me on the...

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  • 8th July

    Last week we managed to plant the eight thousand cabbage and kohl rabi plants in the field.

    The weather stayed dry although not as warm as what July should really be.

    We also managed to...

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