It’s time to… pick veg and pack the weekly boxes

Our veg box picking and packing team work incredibly hard every Friday morning to get the harvest in.

It’s time to… plant out squashes and pumpkins

We got hundreds of squash and pumpkin plants into the ground at our volunteer work morning on Sunday. Many thanks to Bob, Charlotte, Helen, Kathi, Mark M and our lead grower Mark Norman.

It’s time to… protect our newly-sown seeds from mice

Old tricks… Our growers hang seed trays in mid-air to deter the long-tailed fieldmouse.

It’s time to… repair the storm-damaged polytunnels

Storm Imogen damaged two of our polytunnels, which have large tears in the covers. Polytunnel doors were forced open by the sheer strength of the wind. It looks bad, but could have been a great deal worse.

It’s time to… harvest the Jack o’ Lantern pumpkins

It’s time to… sow seeds and prep growing beds

The spring rush continues as we prepare to plant out thousands more vegetable seedlings outdoors.



It’s time to… plant out aubergines and tomatoes

The polytunnels are filling up with spring-sown vegetables.

It’s time to… Plant Padron peppers

Char-fried Padron peppers are the “Russian roulette” of Spanish tapas. Only around one in 10 is spicy hot but – boy – do your taste buds know it! We’re growing them for the first time this year. Find out more about Feisty Tapas and how to cook them here.

It’s time to… sow seeds and prepare growing beds

Mark N is ploughing, weeding, composting and raking the veg beds set aside for root veg – carrots, beetroot, fennel and parsnips.

In the meantime young plants in the seeding tunnel are growing well in the warm conditions and strong spring light.

It’s time to… get all those spring growing jobs done