Follow the development of the flower garden, organic farm and arboretum throughout the year at South Farm.
Category Archives: Smallholding The rain has just been constant since last month’s blog! We are now very wet on the South Farm Smallholding with water sitting on the ground in the vegetable paddocks. The upside is that we haven’t had to think about irrigation! However the rain and cold has hampered planting and has meant that things are...  April began with a blast of arctic wind and some hard frosts although we are now also getting nice days mixed in. As the ground is still pretty dry we have been able to get on with the sowing in the vegetable fields. Indeed when the wind drops it is really feeling like spring! Habitat...  The weather is warming up nicely and although we still have some winter dampness in the soil it is drying out well. Last month we left our tomatoes newly sown somewhere cosy – hopefully by now you will have some lovely little seedlings with at least a couple of leaves. However if your seedlings have...  Despite the snow inside the polytunnels and greenhouses work has continued apace as we begin the race to provide some fresh produce for the kitchen as early as we can. The first of our new irrigation systems has been fitted into one of the new tunnels and judging by the trials we have done, watering...  The very warm weather has meant the crops in the newly completed polytunnels have all growing well. We have been harvesting Pak Choi for our events and the carrots are nearly ready! This month we will be lifting and moving some of our asparagus into the new permanent bed and lifting and dividing some of... |
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