Agroforestry Open Day
Agroforestry Tours at the Farm. Saturday 18th May 2024, come along for a tour and see how far we’ve come in less than 10 years Details to follow
Serious Composting continues in 2024
We now have eight separate compost bays for the various stages of composting thanks to a big effort by members to construct them one sunny Saturday in January. A very
Post-Brexit Agricultural Policy Recommendations
Published by The Landworkers Alliance: Our recommendations for Post-Brexit Agricultural Policy Available here: LWA Post-Brexit Agriculture Policy June 2017
Hard (standing) work
There have been some exciting developments at the field over the last week or so: a section of the field has been dug out and hard standing put in ready
Grain Harvest
On 4th September, Nafferton Farm, Newcastle University harvested the spelt and rye grain trials on our field. Can’t wait to hear about the results! [foogallery id=”667″]
Potato Planting
Thursday was potato planting day on the Community Farm. Graham and Brian from the Ferguson Club brought their tractor and potato planter and lots of members helped plant the
Spring is almost here!
Spring’s coming! Garlic shoots up in the top field today.
Potato Harvesting.
Lifting the spuds on the top field with the help of the Ferguson Club and their vintage potato spinner ( and some members with vintage knees!). [foogallery id=”464″]
Newcastle University planting trial.
We are working with Newcastle University who are using part of our field to trial plant spelt and rye. Here are some pictures from Mick Marston of the drilling.