April 2019
Planting Organic Broccoli
Here the Pearson planter is planting broccoli that was sown in the glasshouse in September last year. We will continue weekly until Mid July and this consecutive planting aims to [...]
Weeding Our Organic Broccoli
The Steketee weeder has rubber fingers that move the soil close to the plant and disturbs small weeds moving their roots to the surface where they will dry out and [...]
Field Preparation in the FENDT 1050 and 12-meter discs
Jonny has been preparing this field in the Fendt 1050 and 12-meter discs. We work the fields prior to planting or drilling to break down as many kinds of grass [...]
Organic Wheat Spring Drilling Is Well Underway
Spring Drilling is well underway. The variety is Chilam and that is a group 2 wheat with resistance to orange blossom midge and high levels of tolerance to both Septoria [...]
Organic Broccoli Growing Well Under Fleece
Here you can see one of our broccoli plants 11 days after planting and fleecing as well as photos of the field from the air. The fleece although restricts some [...]
March 2019
Organic Leek Planting Is Underway
We have started our leek planting. These are super seedlings, small leek plants that have been growing through the winter and then transplanted out in the spring to be covered [...]
Harry and Nell – Our New Shepherd and Huntaway Dog
Introducing Harry and Nell. Harry our piano playing shepherd who joined the Pollybell team a month ago and with him he has bought a wealth of knowledge and passion for [...]
Organic Sheep Grading
It has been a lovely start to spring this year and the farm is a real hive of activity. Here you can see a few pictures of the team grading [...]
Organic Winter Cabbage
We are supplying 7,000 of these organic winter cabbage each week. A great substitute for leafy greens and fantastic for stir fry, steaming or even coleslaw for extra bite! Grown [...]
Packing Organic Cauliflower
Here is a video with some of the last of the Pollybell cauliflower being packed back in November. We chose the variety Naruto it’s lovely white curd and lots of [...]