How we grow
Healthy soil first, then the right crop in the right field at the right time.
We farm 60 acres (sample): two fields of vegetables, an orchard and a strip of soft fruit along the lane. Most of what we grow is sold within five miles of the farm.
- No-dig beds for salads and herbs, so the soil stays full of life
- A four-year rotation on the field crops
- Hedges and wildflower margins round every field
- We spray only when a crop would otherwise be lost, and we write it on the shop board
What goes on the fields
Written on the shop board every week, and here (sample).
Compost
Spread every autumn on the vegetable fields
Our own, from the shop and the fields
Green manure
Dug in each spring
Clover and rye over winter
Netting
Keeps pigeons and butterflies off without sprays
Over brassicas from May to September
Sprays
What, when and where goes on the board in the shop
Only when a crop would otherwise be lost
Come and see what is ready
The farm shop is open six days a week and the pick-your-own fields from Wednesday to Sunday.