The farm and garden team have just planted almost a thousand plants on the farm to create a new hedge.
Read MoreFirstly, 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.
Read MoreThe summer is flying by and we have already started to get the first harvests off the fields like onions, potatoes and squash. The Spring was very late this year, however, Summer is not over yet.
Read MoreI 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.
Read MoreWe 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.
Read MoreThis 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.
Read MoreBack in 2018 we decided to try re-homing a couple of feral cats on the farm.
Read MoreThis year, there has been good progress with the regeneration of the site of the woodland project at Plaw Hatch.
Read MoreEach year around this time we all anticipate the arrival of Spring for real.
Read MoreThere has been a noticeable lack of bees in and around the garden and farm. What can we do about it?
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Maya, Miriam and Louisa kicked the year off by attending the Oxford Real Farming Conference.