News From The Farm

The new season’s potato harvest is just about to get underway with the tops ready to be burnt off and the crops harvested in early September.

Now the warmer weather has finally arrived all fruits will be ripening fairly quickly. The raspberry crop is looking good although we have had to water them a little. Lovely juicy large berries will be ready to pick soon.

The first of our strawberries should be ready early this month and will be available to buy from the Farm Shop. Due to all the lovely sunshine in April and May we may be opening the Pick Your Own slightly earlier this year. It will be announced on our website and Facebook page. The gooseberry […]

The lambs have started to arrive on our tenanted fields but the Lapwings have only just appeared over at Esp Hill Farm. They are a little late for this time of year.

Purple sprouting broccoli should be available soon and another month or so our delicious asparagus will be ready!

All the pruning of the fruit trees and plants has now finished and winter ploughing is completed.

Most of December is devoted to getting the extra stock sorted for the Christmas demand. We have plenty of our homegrown cabbages at the moment but this will change as soon as we have any significant frosts. We continue to grade more potatoes and onions and have plenty in storage to last the winter.

Pumpkins are already being harvested and everything is being prepared on the fields for the opening of our PYO Pumpkins, Spooky Maize Maze and Sharland’s Family Fun Fair (20/10/18).

We have all varieties of cabbage, cauliflowers and broccoli available in the Farm Shop at the moment and there should be a consistent supply available. There may be a short gap on some varieties as we wait for them to be ready to harvest.

The new seasons potato harvest is just about to get underway with Marfona ready first, followed in the early autumn by Picasso. The onion crop will be ready to harvest by the end of the month and then will be left to dry.