Every year in the garden, there’s a front runner for most bountiful crop. This year, the courgettes are shaping up to take the title.
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As we head towards the season of plenty, we reflect on how much foresight and planning goes into some of the plants we grow.
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The prolonged cold has taken its toll on the cucumber crop. Having lost all but three of the first sowing, the more recent additions to the tunnels are starting to grow, but the garden team are hoping for warmer weather soon.
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In farming, sometimes it’s less about what you do, and more about what you don’t do. Tali explains how conservation on the farm is developing, and the exciting species she has already seen appearing.
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There is a moment at the beginning of the year, about this time, when despite the weather, the grey, the cold, the wet and the mud, when us gardeners start to feel into the future. Impossible you may say, and I would entirely agree, and yet every year I feel it.
So, lets call it an awakening.
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The Hungry Gap. The period at the beginning of the year when the cold, grey days mean little grows and little thrives. It’s time to rely on the roots in the store from autumn as we wait and look forward to warmer longer days and the promise of leafy greens and salad crops.
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This January, we welcome Emma Hams, our new gardener who will be co-managing the garden with Liz. A graduate of Warmonderhof in The Netherlands (alongside our arable farmer, Maya) she’s already got stuck in with planning the sowing calendar, and is looking forward to her first year here, at Plaw Hatch.
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Garden manager, Liz Charnell, gives an insight into her experience at Plaw Hatch this year.
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Nir Halfon, Garden Manager, writes his last Daybook entry. Nir is moving onto a training postion at Plumpton, and tells of his time at Plaw Hatch Farm and what he has found so unique about it. We wish you the best of luck on your next adventures, Nir!
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When the sun comes out, the poly tunnels start heating up. Great for tomatoes and cucumbers, but tough for the gardeners that keep everything growing. Nir Halfon, Garden Manager, explains how his team have managed with the 30℃+ temperatures this year.
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Planting is mostly done. The garden team’s sights now turn to preparing for the incoming harvest season.
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Garden Manager, Nir Halfon, tells how summer in the tunnels and fields has really picked up the pace.
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Fancy getting involved in the garden? As the season picks up, many hands make speedy work of soft fruit processing and weeding. Nir Halfon, Garden Manager, also tells of how Covid-19 has changed the demographic of volunteers on the farm.
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Help from the volunteers is making all the difference in the garden this year.
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Our garden manager, Nir Halfon, hails the change in season and what it means for the abundance of vegetables and salads growing on the farm.
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Garden Manager, Nir Halfon, reflects on a productive winter and looks forward to what is shaping up to be a promising spring.
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What we’re doing for our cows and customers.