Good job their were lots of children to stop the sheep eating Ripple's lettuces on their way back to Olantigh field. Read more
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Displaying 141 - 148 of 148 Posted: Tuesday, 2 July, 2013 - 15:35
Spectators welcome, Sunday 7 July, 10-1, *(Weather permitting)Kevin Luckhurst, of Moneytree Farm, Naccolt, has been grazing his sheep on Ripple Farm’s fields below Wye Crown, during the last month or two, as part of a fertility building rotation. They are due to be shorn (by Kevin himself, and ... Read more
Posted: Monday, 24 June, 2013 - 21:26
Monday's cyclists, Penny, Ade, Sarah, Martin, Lewis, Jane Who was it who sang 'I've never seen a farmer on a bike', well they were wrong. Ripple Farm workers rose to the challenge to clock up 150 'bike-to-work' miles during May, and they smashed it (well actually just scraped through). Anyway, we ... Read more
Posted: Wednesday, 8 May, 2013 - 21:13
Red dead-nettle growing amongst spring garlic Read more
Posted: Friday, 26 April, 2013 - 14:55
This is my (slightly altered, using what was available on the farm in March)) version of 'Herb Pie' from the book 'Jerusalem' by Yotam Ottolenghi and Sami Tamimi. It makes 6-8 good size portions, so you could halve the recipe.I used500g chard, stems and leaves finely shredded but kept seperate50g ... Read more
Posted: Friday, 19 April, 2013 - 10:23
Red Russian Kale is probably my favourite kale, you will find the smaller leaves in our winter salads, and the bigger leaves in mixed kale and stir fry bags. It's a vey sweet kale leaf, ranging in colour from light green new growth (as pictured left), through to the dark purple leaves that have had ... Read more
Posted: Monday, 15 April, 2013 - 11:26
This year’s Wye Food Festival – between Saturday June 15th and Sunday June 23rd – is on the theme of good clean local food. You’ll be able to see where local meat, fruit and vegetables are grown, and discover how local bread, sausages, chutneys and cheese are made. There’ll be dishes using locally- ... Read more
Posted: Monday, 18 March, 2013 - 12:18
A sunny Sunday in 2010, so Martin got some help harvesting the wild garlic. Read more