Notes from the Field: St Jude vs food

This week’s farming news is dominated by last night’s weather, when St Jude’s storm arrived and laid waste to our tallest polytunnel. Staff arrived to find the tunnel roofless and… read more »

Storm damage to our polytunnel

I woke up to the heavy winds at 6am and watched from my bedroom window, the trees swaying and straining with the gusts of wind. As the eucalyptus tree bent… read more »

Notes from the Field

It’s been nice this week to see the first few shoots of garlic poking up (pictured above), 3 weeks after planting – a little quick, perhaps thanks to the mild… read more »

Notes from the Field

The weather’s been getting rather cold and damp lately. In the midst of drizzle and wind, we’ve been harvesting about a ton of squashes – but that raises a real… read more »

Notes from the Field

This week we’ve got the slightly disorientating sight of an empty polytunnel – that’s because we’ve been taking up the last of the cucumbers and a lot of the tomatoes… read more »

Flash Rewards for One Week Only!

We have just seven days left of our crowdfunding campaign to secure the £15,000 we need to keep our VegBox scheme running for the long-term. We’ve had over 160 backers… read more »