Our main job in the fields at the moment is harvesting large amounts of leeks and kale, as well as smaller amounts of cabbages, kalettes, spinach, chard, salad leaves, swede and parsley. This work gets slower as the fields are so wet underfoot and the leafy crops suffer some weather damage. ... Read more
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Posted: Friday, 9 January, 2026 - 11:28
Happy New year to all of you and many thanks for your good wishes, cards and presents, much appreciated. The first week back in the New Year has given us plenty of weather to cope with, sub zero temperatures and then today (9 Jan) gusty winds and sleet showers. Although, of course it could be much ... Read more
Posted: Friday, 5 December, 2025 - 11:51
Christmas 2025 and New Year 2026 Box Scheme and Farmer’s Market Dates Saturday 20 December Wye Farmer’s Market, 9am to midday Tuesday 23 December Extra Whitstable Farmer’s Market, 9am to 1pm Tuesday 23 & Wednesday 24 Dec. Box scheme deliveries/collections Thursday 1 Jan Veggie boxes CANCELLED ... Read more
Posted: Friday, 5 December, 2025 - 11:43
18 December and/or 23/24 December Order P lease deliver small / medium / large box and the following extras :- *** if you already have regular extras please make it clear if these are included here*** Item (all Organic) Price/Kg Amount Required White Potato (Gatsby) £1.50 / kg kg Red Potato (Java ... Read more
Posted: Thursday, 4 December, 2025 - 15:13
Ripple Farm Organics organic vegetable box scheme CHRISTMAS DELIVERIES The delivery/collection due on Thursday 25 will be brought forward to Tue 23/Wed 24 (details for each collection/delivery available below). There will NOT be any deliveries/collections on Thursday 1 January. Normal deliveries/ ... Read more
Posted: Thursday, 4 December, 2025 - 14:56
After a few frosty starts at the end of November, we are back to milder wet and windy weather so far in December. Mild is good for the leafy crops, although slowv can't drive so close to the crops when harvesting. And walking with an accululation of mud on your wellies becomes very slow too! We are ... Read more
Posted: Friday, 14 November, 2025 - 15:54
Thanks to a mild start to November we’ve still had plenty of leafy greens and salad leaves to harvest. Our flat parsley in the field has been the best than it’s ever been at this time of year and we are still harvesting tomatoes and fresh chillies for the markets. Next week’s forecast cold weather ... Read more
Posted: Monday, 6 October, 2025 - 10:02
There was quite a dramatic shift to autumn weather right from the start of September with plenty of cool, misty starts followed by sunny days with plenty of rain early on in the month, and more brought by Storm Amy at the start of October. September is a month of abundance, and when we’re not busy ... Read more
Posted: Thursday, 11 September, 2025 - 14:18
August was mostly hot and dry, so any transplanting we did needed watering in using trickle tape but everything else had to wait for rain. We transplanted the last of the outdoor lettuce a week into September with more planted into a glasshouse. It's always hard to find space in a glasshouse or ... Read more
Posted: Thursday, 7 August, 2025 - 14:45
The first part of July was spent optimistically hoping for a decent amount of rain, and then once we finally got enough mid-July, we kept getting more and more and were even hoping for a dry day so we could get some transplanting done. Us growers are never happy with the weather!! We had a few 6am ... Read more
Posted: Thursday, 3 July, 2025 - 13:23
We had enough rain in the first week of June to properly wet the soil and enable us to prepare more ground for planting and sowing, so we had a busy week after that, getting as many plants into the ground as we could. Since then, we've had a lot of heat, plenty of wind and very little rain, just a ... Read more
Posted: Tuesday, 10 June, 2025 - 15:29
After a very dry May, we finally got enough rain at the end of the first week of June to properly wet the soil. Before then, the few mm here and there did very little when the ground was so dry, and the wind was blowing the top dry very quickly. We have plenty of transplanting to do now that ground ... Read more
Posted: Thursday, 8 May, 2025 - 15:24
April has given us plenty of dry, sunny weather, with a mini heatwave towards the end of the month and just enough rain to enable field work and transplanting. But the ground is now very dry and we're optimistically hoping for some more rain very soon. Growing on 3 rented sites with no access to a ... Read more
Posted: Friday, 21 March, 2025 - 09:01
March has been a very busy month on the farm, with plenty of dry, sunny days enabling us to work in the fields. This year’s vegetable ground has all been ploughed and then worked soon after ploughing in great conditions. Cultivating soon after ploughing keeps the moisture in the soil, so that if ... Read more
Posted: Tuesday, 4 March, 2025 - 07:57
We’ve had some milder weather but still plenty of cold starts, so there’s not much growth yet on the over-wintered greens in the field, the later leeks or the salad leaves in the polytunnels. A dry week this week may enable us to get some ploughing done though. And we’ve made a good start on ... Read more
Posted: Friday, 31 January, 2025 - 10:17
The wildlife camera is set up on our small pond. The main daytime visitors have been pheasants, red-legged partridges and pigeons with the occasional buzzard. There is usually a fox seen most nights, as well as rabbits. And occasinally an owl (barn owl possibly, going on the size) and a polecat/ ... Read more
Posted: Thursday, 23 January, 2025 - 15:52
A very belated Happy New Year to all of our customers We had a relaxing break but the weather since starting back to work on January 2 has gave us a few challenges, mainly fitting in enough harvesting within the small window of time when the crops are not frozen! And getting dressed in the morning ... Read more
Posted: Tuesday, 26 November, 2024 - 14:53
Christmas 2024 and New Year 2025 Arrangements Details of our Christmas and New Year deliveries were included in the newsletter emailed to customers on Thursday 21 November and to be sent again on Thursday 28 November. (The email was sent from updates@mail.ooooby.org , check your spam folder if you’ ... Read more
Posted: Tuesday, 26 November, 2024 - 14:51
Christmas 2024 and New Year 2025 Box Scheme and Kent Farmer’s Market Dates Thursday 19 December Box scheme deliveries Saturday 21 December Wye Farmer’s Market, 9am to midday Monday 23 December Extra Whitstable Farmer’s Market, 9am to 1pm Thursday 26 Dec & Thursday 2 Jan Veggie boxes CANCELLED ... Read more
Posted: Friday, 8 November, 2024 - 11:52
We’ve had very few cold starts so far this autumn and plenty of wet and mild days so it’s very wet out in the fields now and our waterproofs are getting plenty of use!! We’ve usually had to change to an 8am start time before the clocks change, due to frosty mornings, but we’re still starting at 7am ... Read more