Winter is coming: Update

Early Frosts mark the drop in temperature and therefore a change in the seasons for our plants. Whilst some varieties thrive, as a whole the growing cycle slows enormously. We see our winter mix leaf slow right down (seen less that 1inch growth in a month) and many of our ground cover plants surcomming to the cold and loosing colour. 

Nasturtiums slowed right down and are dead, our pumpkin and our squash plants are showing signs of calling it quits. 

WHATS GROWING WELL:

Our black radish, turnips, Jerusalem artichoke and Claytonia are all growing really well with signs of being ready for harvesting over the next few months. 

WHAT HAS STARTED AND IS SMASHING IT:

Kale is loving the cold, Both red and green, leeks are doing really well we are harvesting in good time with our planting, meaning that we hope to have fairly consistent sizing. We have plenty of mixed colour beetroot and carrots which we are now pushing to be bought loose as the tops are dying off. Cabbages are things of beauty that come in all shapes and sizes, we have grown tundra, January king, savoy, red and green hispi, all of which have their own individual flavour, colour and texture profile; please do celebrate this abundance on menus where possible. We are big fans in this game with any product that has a shelf life of more than a few days and squash are the answer that. although we have now finished our squash harvest, we have huge volume in temperature controlled stores to ensure that every squash we deliver over the next few months is perfect, don hesitate to keep these on the menu for a few months to come, crown prince especially.

Keep an eye on our instagram (link below) to see what is happening and what is coming and going as they do.

We have a protector rye and buckwheat crop overwintering our main veg growing area.The first frosts have killed off the buckwheat showing the first round of mulch hitting the good stuff, whist the protector rye keeps root in the ground and soil microbiology high. We will then lay this rye down in spring for a multitude of reasons- Ground cover suppressing weeds, green manure, late frost protection on crop planted and a clean slate to plant our veg plants into.