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Posts in Woodland

A new hedge

The farm and garden team have just planted almost a thousand plants on the farm to create a new hedge.

Farm, Environment, January, Sustainability, Winter, WoodlandKitty M12 January 2024Plaw Hatch Farm Comment

Woodland update

The summer is flying by and we have already started to get the first harvests off the fields like onions, potatoes and squash. The Spring was very late this year, however, Summer is not over yet.

Environment, August, Farm, Volunteers, WoodlandKitty M4 August 2023Plaw Hatch FarmComment

Woodland Regen Project update

This year, there has been good progress with the regeneration of the site of the woodland project at Plaw Hatch.

April, Spring, Farm, Environment, Volunteers, WoodlandKitty M20 April 2023Plaw Hatch FarmComment

Regeneration in action

This year the first trees have emerged in the spaces that have been cleared during our woodland regeneration project.

Sustainability, WoodlandKitty M16 September 2022Plaw Hatch FarmComment

Wildflowers in the Woodland

As summer arrives, summer blooms are springing up from cleared areas in the woodland regeneration site.

Sustainability, Woodland, Volunteers, Summer, JuneKitty M19 June 2022Plaw Hatch FarmComment

Woodland Project - spring update

The woodland project is coming along, and the volunteer team are starting to see the fruits of their hard work in the form of wild flowers growing on previously bare land.

May, Sustainability, Woodland, VolunteersKitty M11 May 2022Plaw Hatch FarmComment

Woodland project

Following the request for volunteers for the woodland regeneration project, there was an excellent response.

Farm, Sustainability, Volunteers, WoodlandKitty M18 December 2021Plaw Hatch FarmComment

Deer Management Day

On Saturday 11th December, Matt Moss from High Weald AONB presented a day on deer management on the farm.

Farm, Sustainability, WoodlandKitty M14 December 2021Plaw Hatch FarmComment

Native woodland regeneration at Plaw Hatch Farm

One of the main projects we’re hoping to realise on the farm is the regeneration of a patch of Ancient Semi-Natural Woodland. We’ll need your help to do it!

Sustainability, Volunteers, WoodlandKitty M19 September 2021Plaw Hatch Farm Comments

9 Jan 2024

Why cows have horns

It has long been a policy of Biodynamic husbandry to keep cattle with horns. As well as the aesthetic value, the horns have an important function in the life of the cow.

23 Nov 2023

A year as a farm Apprentice

Approaching the halfway mark in my 2-year placement here at Old Plaw Hatch Farm, the coming of the shorter days has allowed me to reflect on what has been one hell of a ride this past year.

27 Oct 2023

The realities of a garden

Growing vegetables in a political climate that has very little understanding of how food actually gets from the producer to anyone’s kitchen table (let alone the unpredictability of that same climate) means we are very grateful to the crops that have been successes, and we move on quickly from those that were or are, to put it bluntly, failures. Let me briefly talk you through our growing year so far…

24 Oct 2023

Supply and demand

Recently we’ve seen a real surge in new customers and have also noticed that existing customers are coming much more frequently and seem to be doing the majority of their food shopping with us. These changes are rarely down to one thing, and I believe at the moment there are several reasons.

24 Aug 2023

Why should I go to the AGM?

Firstly, because we would really love you to. Of course, at an AGM there is the dry procedural stuff, it’s a legal requirement, but there is so much more. It’s an opportunity to hear directly from the people who grow your food.