November 2019
Flowering Margins
Here is a photo that was taken a few weeks back. You can see our autumn drilled field margins are now well established and we see they are already being [...]
SSSI Wetland
Here is an update of our SSSI Wetland that has recently undergone a lot of restoration work. The management of this temporary wetland provides habitats for wading birds, swans and [...]
74mm of rain in 48 hours
This past week has been eventful for the veg team with 74mm of rain in 48 hours. We’ve unfortunately had to call a halt on harvesting of veg due to [...]
Harvesting Organic Broccoli
After a challenging season the broccoli harvest is close to finishing in the next couple of weeks. Our harvesting teams have worked tirelessly to ensure all the broccoli is harvested [...]
Grazing organic sheep on brassica stalks
When we have finished harvesting our brassica vegetables the leaves and stalks left behind don’t go to waste. We graze them down with sheep which gives us a good food [...]
Harvesting Organic Onions
The harvest conditions for our first crop of organic onions grown on the farm has been challenging with the wet and cold conditions. We have windrowed these and made the [...]
October 2019
Drilling Organic Winter Wheat
The wet weather has delayed our drilling but we made a start last week when we had a break in the weather. We drill later than some farms as the [...]
Harvesting Organic Cauliflower
Cauliflower harvest is now nearing the end but the crop we are cutting here is of great quality. The variety is Skywalker and it shows a wonderful white curd that [...]
Late Flowering Sunflowers
Some wonderful later flowering sunflowers in one of our wild bird covers beginning to stand to attention this morning. A welcomed break to brighten up the day after the incessant [...]
Creating Wildlife Corridors
To help us visualise the size and scale of managing our farmed environment it helps if we take a birds eye view across different parts of the farm. In our [...]