The Fourth Pillar
The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change published its latest report this week, and it leaves no room for doubt. In a nutshell,...
Hope for Nature
To set the scene: it’s Low Luckens in September - summer on last knockings - nectar on last orders - bugs at the last chance saloon. As a...
Hortipomology
‘Agroforestry’ is a buzzword for environmentalists, ecowarriors and Earth-friendly food producers, so, being Earth-friendly to the muddy...
One Smallholding - a Giant Leap for Mankind
If Greta Thunberg ever sails up the River Lyne in her electric boat, or if Sir David Attenborough ever makes a six-part series on the...
Enriching our Soil
Becky Willson from an organisation called Farm Carbon Cutting Toolkit came to see us yesterday. We are one of twenty farms in the country...
Blood Oranges
Tarocco blood oranges from Italy are available this week. Try them while you can - their season is a short one. Let us know if you would...
Snowed in!
We are still struggling with the snow at the moment but remain hopeful that temperatures will begin to rise early next week and that we...
Pak Choi
Our new season pak choi is ready now and looking good. Great in stir fries or even chopped up raw in salads, it’s a tasty and healthy...
The Plastics Problem
As you know, the bulk of our produce is delivered loose in wooden crates and cardboard boxes that get re-used as much as possible until...
Tree Planting Continues...
We planted more apple trees at Houghton this week: Red Devil and Scotch Bridget to add to the Rajka, Discovery, Red Topaz and Keswick...
