Weeding day 3: success!
We had a great time at our latest meet at Waterland Organics Farm. Our onions are really putting on the pounds now, and as the days get shorter they will start to bulk up quickly. Just looking back to some of our first posts its easy to see how much our crop has grown!
From Cambridge Onion Cropshare Scheme
Alas, the weeds have also grown…thistles, charlock and persicaria (Redshank)-but we got straight onto them with our...
Visit to Oak Tree Farm
Joanne, head grower at Oak Tree Farm.
I visited Oak Tree Farm, near Ipswich, on a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) networking event. It was great to have a nosey round someone else’s place, and collect ideas for our own project. Lovely to meet everyone!
Polytunnel and green manure
Homemade cold frames keeping squash plants protected
Oak Tree has an immpressive expanse of comfrey, which is used to feed crops all over the farm
Peppers and tomatoes looking good...
Weeding Day 2: Done and Dusted
One of our youngest members helping her Dad with her very own mini-hoe!
Today at the farm we checked in with the onions. Coming along nicely- but so were the weeds!
Smartly dressed Paul shows us how its done!
Weeding team ready to go
We chatted about the life cycle of onions whilst working....