Notes from the Field

On Saturday, we said goodbye to Kev who (sadly for us) is moving out of the area. He gave one last compost workshop, getting everyone involved in filling our three,… read more »

Notes from the Field

This week we’re going to be planting up our mandala raised bed with herbs, including rosemary, thyme, sage and oregano. This is our first punt into bouquet garni (that’s a… read more »

Five lessons learned…

…from working at Sutton Community Farm   by Gavin McGregor (former VegBox Project Assistant at Sutton Community Farm) I recently left Sutton Community Farm after 16 months – roughly half… read more »

Notes from the Field

It’s been a busy week here on the farm and the sun’s been with us (almost) every step of the way. The tomatoes in our propagating polytunnel have started germinating… read more »

Notes from the Field: ploughing on with tomato planting

The sun was well and truly out last week, which meant that our volunteers were able to emerge from the robust shelter of the VegShed and pack our salad and… read more »

Notes from the Field: planting pears of plum good’uns

There’s something extraordinarily satisfying about planting a tree – you really feel like you’re doing the earth (and yourself) a favour and, this week, we happily planted a small handful… read more »