March has been very wet, with very few dry windows to do any field work. We had a few consecutive dry days mid month, better than forecast, so we made the most of it and got out in the fields. We mowed some of the green manure and also managed a few more hours of ploughing. Martin planted a very small area of potatoes and sowed some salad, spinach and carrots. The ground conditions weren’t the best for direct seeding but with rain due again the next day and subsequently we had to make the best of it.
We've also planted a small area of onion sets by hand into spare ground on the end of the garlic beds.
So, there will be lots to do when the ground dries up enough. We're getting some lovely sunny, windy days that almost dry it up enough and then it rains again!!
It's always a joy to have the wild garlic to harvest from organically managed woodland nearby. Nature does all the work in growing it, we just have to harvest and pack it. Although it's pretty hard work for the harvesting team to carry it out of the woods up to the truck.
There hasn't been much activity at the wildlife ponds lately, there is pelnty of water everywhere else! But here's a few pictures from Feb and March.
