Farm News  |   February 12, 2024

Active Travel Routes Survey

Could the farm be part of an active travel route for you…

The farm landscape with a blue/purple colour wash over it, and superimposed, a graphic of a map with a dashed line path and a 'pin' symbolising a route

Could the farm be part of an active travel route for you…

Farm News  |   February 5, 2024

The First Wassailing of the Community Orchard

We gathered to celebrate the young trees, and wish good things for them, and for all, for the coming year…

A group gathered at the farm listening to a song-leader in a yellow jacket. Some of the group (and a black dog) are wearing leafy adornments, there are lots of smiling and laughing faces.

We gathered to celebrate the young trees, and wish good things for them, and for all, for the coming year…

Farm News  |   February 2, 2024

February Newsletter Out Today

Our February newsletter is out today – we’ve got volunteering sessions for Trees, Wildflower & Willow Planting, Market Garden Volunteering is back, plus we need your help…

Market Garden beds with overwintering veg, the protective fleece pulled back fro the hoops

Our February newsletter is out today – we’ve got volunteering sessions for Trees, Wildflower & Willow Planting, Market Garden Volunteering is back, plus we need your help…

Farm News  |   February 1, 2024

Highlights From the Wildlife Cameras

Some nice captures from the camera at the pond – teal & mallards flying in, and a fox having a drink…

Mallards flying down onto a pond

Some nice captures from the camera at the pond – teal & mallards flying in, and a fox having a drink…

Farm News  |   January 17, 2024

Drop-in Volunteering resumes in the Community Garden & Allotments

Drop-ins are back tomorrow (Thursday 18th) after the winter break – wrap up warm and come along…

Five photos from the community allotments: a group of four people kneeling at a raised bed using hand tools; a closeup of a wheelbarrow with bare root trees, with two laughing volunteers behind it; a young, smiling volunteer shovels frost-covered bark into a wheelbarrow, a smiling volunteer moves an empty wheelbarrow on a crisp sunny winter day; beds of veg in autumn light. The text is repeated in the post.

Drop-ins are back tomorrow (Thursday 18th) after the winter break – wrap up warm and come along…

Farm News  |   January 12, 2024

Community Allotments & Growing Your Own in 2023

Take a look back at a productive and fun 2023 growing season in the Community Allotments and Garden…

Five people stand by a raised bed in the allotment plot triumphantly showing their potato harvest, which is in boxes at their feet.

Take a look back at a productive and fun 2023 growing season in the Community Allotments and Garden…

Farm News  |   January 10, 2024

Pumpkin Quest 2023 – The Results

Among other incredible progress and noteworthy moments in the Market Garden, 2023 saw the team on a major quest to find the perfect pumpkin varieties to grow on the farm…

Three photos: pumpkins growing in the Market Garden; a farmer in yellow waterproofs sorting pumpkins in crates, a long table in the packing shed with many people on either side tasting plates of cooked pumpkin and rating them on sheets on paper

Among other incredible progress and noteworthy moments in the Market Garden, 2023 saw the team on a major quest to find the perfect pumpkin varieties to grow on the farm…

Farm News  |   January 2, 2024

Community Orchard – how to get involved

You can get involved in the Community Orchard at the start of 2024…

closeup of an apple on a young tree

You can get involved in the Community Orchard at the start of 2024…

Farm News  |   December 6, 2023

Biodiversity & Soil Health Update

Jamie Somerville gives an update on plans for biodiversity monitoring in 2024, and dives into detail on earthworms and soil microbiology…

Jamie Somerville gives an update on plans for biodiversity monitoring in 2024, and dives into detail on earthworms and soil microbiology…

Farm News  |  

Winter break for Community Allotment & Garden Drop-in Volunteering

Final drop-in session for the year Thursday 14th December…

A photo collage of the community allotments, in autumn/winter light - from top left: a group tending a raised bed; two folk ready to plant bareroot trees from a wheelbarrow; a hardy soul shovelling snow-dusted woodchip from a large pile into a barrow; a smiling volunteer moves a barrow in bright winter sunshine. Bottom image: an allotment plot with winter-growing veg. The text reads: Community Garden & Allotments Drop-in Volunteering winter break. Final session 14th December. Resume 18th January

Final drop-in session for the year Thursday 14th December…

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