Salad Days Apologies that we don't have much salad veggies to put in the veggie boxes this week, especially as it will be 'salad weather'. The mustard leaves and mizuna have been attacked by flea beetle - a common occurrence at this time of year. Hopefully the next sowing will be OK. And even ... Read more
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Posted: Thursday, 2 July, 2020 - 15:36
Two -thirds of our main growing areas are sown with a variety of 'green manure' crops to build fertility before growing the next crop of vegetables. These ‘green manure’ crops include a variety of different clovers, grasses, phacelia and buckwheat and, as organic growers,we rely on these to add ... Read more
Posted: Thursday, 2 July, 2020 - 09:21
We transplanted 1,000s of plants on Saturday 27 June and have been hoping for a decent amount of rain since then so we can stop irrigating (a slow job, 2 rows of trickle tape at a time) but the showers we did get didn't add up to much, and the ground was soon dust dry again. Then, we can transplant ... Read more
Posted: Thursday, 4 June, 2020 - 09:17
We’ve got used to hot, dry spells in May, but this May has been particularly so. According to the Met Office the UK has recorded its sunniest month ever with 266 hours of sunshine in May, more than any other month since records began and England has experienced its driest May ever. Our irrigation ... Read more
Posted: Monday, 11 May, 2020 - 09:10
We had plenty of sunny, windy days in April which dried the ground out enabling us to get on with ploughing, cultivating, potato and onion planting, seed sowing and transplanting. We had started to irrigate some of the newly transplanted crops with trickle tape but then thankfully a few wet days ... Read more
Posted: Thursday, 2 April, 2020 - 16:44
We’re feeling very lucky that we can keep on working and have some sort of normality although, of course, we’ve had to adapt to the 2m distancing in the fields and in the packing shed and lots of hand washing and disinfecting frequently touched surfaces etc. We've had a huge demand for vegetables, ... Read more
Posted: Saturday, 28 March, 2020 - 08:07
We are all fit and healthy on the farm and are constantly changing our working practices to minimise the risk of transmission of coronavirus. Just a few points to bear in mind when collecting /taking delivery of your veggie box/bag. Please do not collect your own vegetable box if you are self- ... Read more
Posted: Friday, 20 March, 2020 - 10:29
Corona Virus – Info for Box Scheme Customers We just wanted to let you all know that we’ll be continuing with box scheme deliveries as normal as long as we are able to – everyone on the farm has stayed fit and healthy so far. If you have your veggies delivered to a collection point and you are ill ... Read more
Posted: Tuesday, 3 March, 2020 - 10:27
We’ve had Ciara, Dennis and Jorge to contend with during February. Luckily for our harvesting team the worst of the weather has come on the weekends, but they’ve still had some tough harvesting conditions. We’ll have to replace some panes of glass in our old glasshouses and clear a few fallen trees ... Read more
Posted: Tuesday, 11 February, 2020 - 12:19
Our greens in the field are getting scarce but the mostly mild and wet winter means they haven’t suffered any significant frost damage. Other crops still in the field in February are carrots, parsnips, swede, leeks, PSB, cabbages, sprouts, radicchio and mustard salad leaves. Oh, and potatoes but we ... Read more
Posted: Thursday, 12 December, 2019 - 10:52
There will be an EXTRA DELIVERY on the morning of Christmas Eve this year PLEASE LET US KNOW IF YOU WANT THIS EXTRA DELIVERY AS YOU WILL NOT BE SENT IT AUTOMATICALLY. After that deliveries resume on Thursday January 9. Order form for extras with 24 Dec boxes need to be with us by Thursday 19 ... Read more
Posted: Tuesday, 3 December, 2019 - 17:21
It's been lovely to have some sun this week, although it has been very cold in the mornings and we do have to wait an hour or two before we can go out harvesting. There was a stunning sunset on Monday evening framing one of my favourite trees (an oak tree in the hedge at Ripple Farm). Kale pesto – ... Read more
Posted: Tuesday, 5 November, 2019 - 09:42
It’s been a very wet autumn so far, with a particularly wet and windy day last Saturday but nothing stops the Ripple Farm crowd. Wye Farmer’s Market went ahead but without tents - thanks to Clare on the Ripple stall and other stallholders who stood out in the wind and rain as well as to the ... Read more
Posted: Thursday, 24 October, 2019 - 09:52
Our annual Farm Walk will be on Sunday October 27, at our Home Farm near Crundale CT4 7EB. There will be a farm walk with Martin, apple bobbing and tea, coffee and juice provided. Come prepared for whatever the weather throws at us. We’ll aim to start the farm walk at 2pm, please arrive from 1.30pm ... Read more
Posted: Thursday, 3 October, 2019 - 11:25
We’ve harvested all our onions now for winter storage, and made a start on the potatoes, but while it’s been so wet we’ve switched to harvesting squash. And thinking ahead to next season, our garlic seed has arrived – we plant this through beds of biodegradable plastic, usually in the Autumn. We're ... Read more
Posted: Tuesday, 3 September, 2019 - 11:53
August was busier than usual as some of our planting was a bit behind schedule but we’re almost caught up now and as always, we’re hoping for a sunny September for our onion and potato harvesting and to ripen the squash. Autumn is our busiest time for harvesting – as well as harvesting fresh ... Read more
Posted: Tuesday, 2 July, 2019 - 11:51
The rain towards the end of June was needed but a bit less would have been enough! With our light, chalky soils we were able to start planting again soon after but weed control was delayed for a week or so. We’re playing catch up on the weeds now as the ground is drying out fast again after the ... Read more
Posted: Tuesday, 4 June, 2019 - 11:18
Time always seems to speed up at this time of year , a result of too many jobs to do I think. Planting is going well but we’re hoping for some rain this week before we get more crops in the ground. Our new potatoes are a bit late this year and would really appreciate some rain too – it may be the ... Read more
Posted: Tuesday, 30 April, 2019 - 12:07
All of our potatoes and onions are planted , we’ve transplanted some early kale and sowed the first beds of salad and spinach, so good progress there. We’ve harvested some flat lettuce from a poly tunnel, as well as claytonia leaves for the salad bags – good to have some new crops. The wild garlic ... Read more