The farm and garden team have just planted almost a thousand plants on the farm to create a new hedge.
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Growing vegetables in a political climate that has very little understanding of how food actually gets from the producer to anyone’s kitchen table (let alone the unpredictability of that same climate) means we are very grateful to the crops that have been successes, and we move on quickly from those that were or are, to put it bluntly, failures. Let me briefly talk you through our growing year so far…
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Recently we’ve seen a real surge in new customers and have also noticed that existing customers are coming much more frequently and seem to be doing the majority of their food shopping with us. These changes are rarely down to one thing, and I believe at the moment there are several reasons.
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Firstly, because we would really love you to. Of course, at an AGM there is the dry procedural stuff, it’s a legal requirement, but there is so much more. It’s an opportunity to hear directly from the people who grow your food.
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I recently took a trip up to Scotland. One stop was revisiting Findhorn where I originally fell in love with growing and learnt so much about the invisible aspects of what it is to become a gardener. I also went to Laurencekirk to meet up with Rose Bramwell at Balmakewan.
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We have seen a noticeable increase in insect and bird life since the hedgerow down the main track behind the shop was planted. It runs along Home Field and then Holly Field. It has been a joy to watch it grow as it has become home, food and safety to many small birds, bees, butterflies, moths, and other insects.
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This February, all the members of the Plaw Hatch management group took part in a 3-day Holistic Management Course. Holistic Management, like biodynamics, is about working with the whole farm organism and with, rather than against, ecosystem processes.
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There has been a noticeable lack of bees in and around the garden and farm. What can we do about it?
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There are times when there is so much in my head. Mostly questions. A few ideas. The answers can take a while to formulate. Sometimes there isn’t an answer and it’s an ongoing dilemma. Here’s a taste of some of my current thoughts
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At the heart of the farm, walked past by many and yet noticed by few, clear water rises up from the depths of the earth and flows forth, nourishing plant, animal and human alike.
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At the heart of the farm, walked past by many and yet noticed by few, clear water rises up from the depths of the earth and flows forth, nourishing plant, animal and human alike.
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This year the first trees have emerged in the spaces that have been cleared during our woodland regeneration project.
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The Tablehurst and Plaw Hatch Co-op AGM took place on Saturday 10th September at Tablehurst Farm.
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This year we have already taken delivery of very healthy quantities of local honey with more expected. These beekeepers only take what the bees don’t need themselves and leave enough honey in the hives for them to feed on during the winter.
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With the cost of living increasing, we are working hard to reduce the impact on customers.
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The heat of summer means the Plaw Hatch pigs are spending time rooting and wallowing in mud and shade. Rosie and Vinny are in the garden, which means plenty of fresh greens too.
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Biodynamic flower bunches from the Plaw Hatch garden will now be a weekly feature in the shop on Thursdays during summer.
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As summer arrives, summer blooms are springing up from cleared areas in the woodland regeneration site.
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At the beginning of June, Rebecca and Gala welcomed local farmers and smallholders to Plaw Hatch to discuss ‘enterprise stacking’.
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The woodland project is coming along, and the volunteer team are starting to see the fruits of their hard work in the form of wild flowers growing on previously bare land.
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Maya, Miriam and Louisa kicked the year off by attending the Oxford Real Farming Conference.