Veg and fruit ripening, flowers for the bees and seeds for the birds.

No artificial pesticides, good exercise, much harvesting and many hours of weeding…

Three weeks later, very busy, so here’s just a photo of our take home box.

AGM next week. Hopefully photos in a couple of weeks.

We have had rain at last.

We’re continue to harvest a lot, including beetroot and dry barlotta beans, while others weed, preparing the ground for the next crop.

We’re so busy, I’m adding only a couple of photos.

A uchiki kuri squash ripening well and again a good harvest.

The onions, red and white, were harvested today and divided into shares. A good harvest. (We have no apple trees at the farm, they’re windfalls from home).

Bright sunflowers, sweetcorn growing, potatoes growing, cucumbers in abundance, courgettes under a mass of foliage, a no-dig bed receiving our homemade compost, manure being broken up, a super harvest and time for a sit down.

“Coping” with the continued dry, hot weather. Very busy, so just a couple of photos, here of an individual share of garlic, dried in one of the polytunnels and ready to take home, plus freshly dug shallots, again picturing one share, ready to dry at home.

Very busy.

Lack of rain and water/pump problems have resulted in much time taken in tweaking our system but the fruits of our labours can be seen in our harvest take home boxes.

The weeds “wild plants”, continue to thrive and we’ve had disappointments with eg the French climbing bean plants being eaten, although protected, but other veg and fruit are developing well.

Our first radish harvest of this year.

Lack of rain has involved much time spent watering. We now have automatic watering systems set up with sprinklers and irrigation pipes to hopefully help.

The photo, sun worship or back stretching to combat leaning forwards while mending nets?

So much to do…

The site is looking good (although there’s still much prep to be done); and buds are opening on the strawberry plants and gooseberry and currant bushes.