Better Food traders, and ethical wholesaler that we supply in London, have produced this lovely seasonal veg chart. It gives a good idea of when to expect different vegetables, although it does include some items we don’t grow or include in the veggie boxes. Seasonal veg chart Better Food traders ... Read more
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Displaying 21 - 40 of 144 Posted: Friday, 24 February, 2023 - 15:30
It's almost March 2023, we've had plenty of sub zero temperatures this winter but we are still harvesting the following fresh from the fields and polytunnels - leeks, cabbage, carrots, swede, parsnips, sprouts, kale, PSB, kalettes, radicchio and winter salad leaves. We also have squash, potatoes, ... Read more
Posted: Thursday, 23 February, 2023 - 14:46
It’s been nice to have a few days when it feels like spring is in the air, but we’ve still had cold nights and there's more to come so our leafy greens are not regrowing yet. It's feeling like the 'hungry gap' far too early, altough we do still have leeks, kalettes, kale, purple sprouting and some ... Read more
Posted: Thursday, 5 January, 2023 - 12:09
Wishing all our customers a Happy New Year and many thanks for all your Christmas wishes, cards and presents, always much appreciated. We’re happy to have some mild weather to start the New Year but the 10 days of sub-zero temperatures in December damaged a lot of our leafy crops. Our spinach and ... Read more
Posted: Thursday, 1 December, 2022 - 09:41
Christmas 2022 and New Year 2023 Arrangements for the Ripple Farm Box Scheme The Christmas Week Veggie boxes, 22 December, will all be delivered at the usual times this year (as below) Canterbury/Whitstable/Faversham Usual Thursday collection times Velocity/ Canterbury Home Delivery Usual Thursday ... Read more
Posted: Thursday, 1 December, 2022 - 09:32
See separate blog post for details of deliveries over the festive period and extras available on the 22 December delivery. Remember there will NOT be a delivery on Thursday 29 December. November has been mainly wet, windy and mild , which has been good for our leafy green crops although they have ... Read more
Posted: Thursday, 3 November, 2022 - 10:34
Autumn is here , although it was strange to be working outside at the end of October in T-shirts! Our potatoes are all harvested, the polytunnels are planted up with winter salad leaves, the garlic is almost all planted and the broad beans are up. All the leafy green crops are looking good now ... Read more
Posted: Tuesday, 11 October, 2022 - 08:15
The summer drought finally ended with rain at the start of September and more since, so our winter crops have a chance to grow a bit more, although it came too late for the potatoes, squash and onions. Our squash are all harvested now and safe from frosts in the warm store. We still have potatoes ... Read more
Posted: Thursday, 6 October, 2022 - 08:49
Our field corner pond gets a fair amount of shade and didn't dry out this summer despite the drought. The trail camera allows us to see more of the birds and mammals that visited it. Here are August and September's best pictures from the trail camera. August and September highlights A buzzard at ... Read more
Posted: Thursday, 1 September, 2022 - 11:50
We caught the edge of rain showers twice in August, receiving just 2mm of rain each time so no respite from irrigating the newly sown crops yet! We transplanted radicchio, chard, kale and spinach in August, which all needed irrigating with trickle tape to get them established and just have 9 trays ... Read more
Posted: Tuesday, 9 August, 2022 - 17:47
We have the trail camera back on our small field corner pond, and it's proving to be very polpular with the wildlife, no surprise when the South of England has had it's driest July since records began. We've had a few visits from a buzzard, and a first time visitor of a sparrowhawk. Our lone ... Read more
Posted: Friday, 5 August, 2022 - 11:22
July has been a challenging month to grow vegetables in the South-East, we’ve had a few mm of rain a couple of times that does very little and that on top of the mid July heatwave means the ground is very dry, and the plants are struggling. Our set up of 3 rented sites doesn’t allow for investment ... Read more
Posted: Wednesday, 6 July, 2022 - 14:36
June passed by in a blur of seeding, transplanting and weeding, in between the harvesting and packing with more of the same to come in July before things quieten down for a few weeks! A drop of rain soon would help us out now, Martin might have to do his rain dance soon! The new season’s beetroot ... Read more
Posted: Wednesday, 22 June, 2022 - 11:48
Here's some of the best pics from the trail camera from March, April, May and the first half of June. We did miss a few weeks when we didn't realise the batteries had died but still lots of pics to look through. Trail Camera Album Read more
Posted: Tuesday, 31 May, 2022 - 11:39
We were thankful for the rain on our fields over several days towards the end of May. All the new season’s crops look much better now, and it enabled us to work some more ground and transplant the courgettes and a big block of chard. We’ve had to cover the courgettes temporarily as they don’t like ... Read more
Posted: Wednesday, 30 March, 2022 - 15:53
Tha trail camera is still giving us an insight into the wildlife using our small pond . An unexpected visitor in January was a snipe, a wading bird usually found in boggy areas. The polecat made an appearance, as well as rats and mice. We had a fleeting visit from an own (Tawny probably), possibly ... Read more
Posted: Tuesday, 1 March, 2022 - 14:04
Storm Eunice took down quite a few trees and large branches, broke a few more panes of glass in the glasshouses, blew off an already damaged polytunnel cover and left us without power on one site for 48 hours and on another on and off for a week. The leafy greens got a bit battered too but we did ... Read more
Posted: Thursday, 3 February, 2022 - 10:23
Although January started unseasonable mild, we had plenty of frosty mornings throughout the month, which have taken their toll on the leafy green crops. When they’re scarce at this time of year some of them (chard in particular) are harvested leaf by leaf! January was particularly dry too, not a ... Read more
Posted: Tuesday, 18 January, 2022 - 17:56
November Great spotted woodpeckers, green woodpeckers, a songthrush, a yellowhammer, chaffinches and more made an appearance in November as well as a fox, a stoat, a polecat, a mouse and a swimming rabbit! Male sure you click on the individual pics to get the commentary. November's medley of pics ... Read more
Posted: Friday, 7 January, 2022 - 17:29
Thanks for all your cards, presents and good wishes at Christmas and wishing you all a Happy New Year. The mainly mild weather between Christmas and the New Year made for a relaxing break, no worrying about frost damage or wind damage or hungry pigeons, although New Year’s Day did feel strangely ... Read more