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4th November 2024
Very Novemberish today, the anticyclonic gloom is setting in.
The really good news is that we have now had, compared to the last few months, a long dry spell. The potatoes for the spring are planted and roughly ridged up. There are broad beans in the ground and hopefully it will be just warm enough to get them germinated.
The winter brassicas have been going well but we currently have a bit of a gap in PSB production. We'll be bagging up a smallish supply of shoots but there won't be enough to go around everyone for about three weeks. We have also fished our first patch of cauliflowers so, though we will be buying in some lovely cauliflowers and romanesque cauliflowers from other local, Vale of Evesham growers, we urge you toeat more kale! You can have it in green, red, 'black' or ragged jack.And we have the best red cabbages we have ever grown so perhaps this should be the year that you get around to pickled cabbage for Christmas.
onSaturday- Cirencester, Stroud, Kings Norton, Little Chalfont, Charlbury and Headington
on Sunday- Summertown, Maidenhead and Caversham
Martin and Maria are flying back to Bulgaria for their winter break (at a ridiculously early hour) on Tuesday but they wanted to leave us with a big pile of artichokes before they go! The job has got a little bit easier this week, the dry weather means they break apart more easily and they have grown a lot as the plants die down but it's still a tough one. We thank you both for all your hard work this year and know how pleased we will be to see you in early spring
