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Lettuces donated to Winter Comfort food4food

We donated fresh green and red lettuce to Winter Comfort’s food4food initiative this week.  They do great work providing food for the homeless in their cafe at Victoria Avenue, as well as selling lunch buffets for events. Thanks for the feedback food4food chefs, glad the lettuces went down well in both the cafe meals and buffets!...
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Cute baby animal alert….and a salad of weeds

Had to open this blog entry with this little chick, learning from one of his mums how to take a dust bath in the sun….   First, we checked out the crop of squashes which are looking good! We planted these earlier in the year and it was good to check up on them and see how much growth they’d put on.   A closer look: harlequin squashes are starting to shape up Can you tell what it is yet   Weeding them...
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Sharing the harvest – redcurrant jam and salad workshop

Here at CropShare we know how to make the most of a great, fresh harvest. One of the things produced in large volumes on the farm is redcurrants. Our volunteers got together and decided to make the most of this local glut of fruit, and share it with the community. The redcurrant season was late this year because of the lack of sunshine, which is needed for ripening the fruits on the bush. When we...
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