About the farm
Who grows your vegetables, how the farm works through the year and when you can come and see it for yourself.
Twelve acres, three polytunnels and a barn
We started with one field and a stall at the gate. Now we grow around sixty kinds of vegetable for the boxes and the shop, and we still plant, weed and pick most of it by hand.
- Picked the day before it is packed
- Anything we buy in from other growers is labelled in the box
- Crates come back and go out again
- Visitors welcome on open days
Sample farm story.
The people who grow it
A small team. The person who picks your carrots may well be the one who hands you the box.
Frank Dale
Field vegetables and roots
Has worked these fields longest. Decides each Sunday what is ready to pick on Monday.
Ruth Calder
Polytunnels and salad
Sows something every week of the year so the salad bag never runs out.
Emeka Obi
Boxes and the farm shop
Packs the boxes, drives the Wednesday round and knows who hates beetroot.
Sample growers and bios.
Pick your own
Take a punnet from the shop, walk out to the rows and pick what you want. We weigh it when you come back. Children are welcome with a grown-up.
Strawberries
June and July
Raspberries
July to September
Sunflowers and sweet peas
July and August
Pumpkins
October
Rows open when the fruit is ready and close after rain. Sample months.
What box customers say
“The carrots taste like carrots again. Our two still pick round the kale, but they ask what is in the box every Wednesday.”
Sample box customer
Family box
“I skip a week whenever I am away and it is never a problem. The list on Saturday helps me plan what to cook.”
Sample box customer
Small box
“We come for the eggs and always leave with more than we meant to. The strawberry morning is a fixture for us now.”
Sample farm shop customer
Farm shop
Open days on the farm
Four days a year when the gates are open and anyone can walk the fields. Free to come, no need to book.
Saturday 18 April
Seedling swap
Bring spare seedlings, take ours. Tomato and courgette plants for sale in the barn.
Sunday 14 June
Strawberry morning
The pick-your-own rows open for the year. Short farm walks at 10:00 and 11:30.
Saturday 26 September
Harvest open day
Tractor rides round the fields, a look inside the polytunnels and soup in the yard.
Saturday 24 October
Pumpkin weekend
Pick a pumpkin from the field. Both days, while they last.
Sample dates. Events go ahead in light rain.
Start a box this week
Sign up by Sunday evening and your first box is picked on Monday and with you on Wednesday. Choose delivery or collection, and skip any week you like.