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Ploughing early April, ready for planting potatoes
JUNE 2013
Markets in June
WYE Farmers' Market,
Saturday 1 and Saturday 15 June, 9am-12noon
WHITSTABLE Farmers' Market
Saturday 8 & Saturday 22 June, 9.30am-2pm
LONDON Stoke Newington Farmers' Market
Every Saturday 10am-2.30pm
We’re happy to be harvesting some new season’s crops now, spring garlic and spring onions, annual spinach, ’Red Russian’ kale and salad leaves, including lettuce and looking forward to the first of our new potatoes later on in June (later than normal due to the cold spring). Establishing newly transplanted crops is going well this year; the damp cool weather is good for that, although the baby plants would prefer a bit less wind. The courgette plants will be planted out soon, so we’re hoping there’s plenty of sun in June’s forecast.
Eating with the Seasons this year means waiting a bit longer for those early crops; we get a bit of help from crop covers, polytunnels and glasshouses but our glasshouses are old and we don’t heat them so have to take what the weather gives us.
The 3rd Wye Food Festival runs from June 15 – 23 and is launched at the June 15 Wye Farmers Market. As well as the usual great range of stalls, there will be music, a beer tent, solar smoothies, the ‘Wye Burger’ BBQ, a beekeeping display, bouncy castle, more info on www.wyefood.org.uk. Ripple Farm Organics will be there as usual, and will also be running a kids tent, to design (and make) an edible garden.
Markets in June
WYE Farmers' Market,
Saturday 1 and Saturday 15 June, 9am-12noon
WHITSTABLE Farmers' Market
Saturday 8 & Saturday 22 June, 9.30am-2pm
LONDON Stoke Newington Farmers' Market
Every Saturday 10am-2.30pm
We’re happy to be harvesting some new season’s crops now, spring garlic and spring onions, annual spinach, ’Red Russian’ kale and salad leaves, including lettuce and looking forward to the first of our new potatoes later on in June (later than normal due to the cold spring). Establishing newly transplanted crops is going well this year; the damp cool weather is good for that, although the baby plants would prefer a bit less wind. The courgette plants will be planted out soon, so we’re hoping there’s plenty of sun in June’s forecast.
Eating with the Seasons this year means waiting a bit longer for those early crops; we get a bit of help from crop covers, polytunnels and glasshouses but our glasshouses are old and we don’t heat them so have to take what the weather gives us.
The 3rd Wye Food Festival runs from June 15 – 23 and is launched at the June 15 Wye Farmers Market. As well as the usual great range of stalls, there will be music, a beer tent, solar smoothies, the ‘Wye Burger’ BBQ, a beekeeping display, bouncy castle, more info on www.wyefood.org.uk. Ripple Farm Organics will be there as usual, and will also be running a kids tent, to design (and make) an edible garden.
We grow organic vegetables for our box scheme customers in East Kent (Canterbury, Ashford, Whitstable, Faversham, Folkestone, Wye & more) ; Farmer's Market customers in Wye, Whitstable & London and we also supply shops and home delivery/box schemes in London.
