Tag : Harvest

Autumn Scenes

What could be more autumnal than drying of squashes? Rachel is doing a sterling job of weighing the harvest, and there is a beautiful and bountiful supply for the veg

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Harvesting in July

The team have been busy harvesting on the Top Field!

Organic conversion recording and how to harvest from the plots

We are trying to obtain organic certification and need your help! Organic conversion recording forms are in yellow folders on the field and in the walled garden.  There are full

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Tyring work

Harvesting the last of the potatoes was tyring work (I’m reliably informed). I can see why there’s a ‘No more tyres please’ notice up! [foogallery id=”793″]

Potato review

The reviews are in! (Well one, anyway). Here’s what a satisfied customer had to say: ‘We ate our first Gibside potatoes last night – a white and a red as

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Corn Dollies

One of our members, Liz Beech, has been busy making these pretty corn dollies (apparently the word is a corruption of the word Idol!) with rye grown by Gibside Community

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Autumn Sun!

6th October 2017 – beautiful autumn sun in the walled garden and leek harvesting by Lesley. I made a lovely soup from a bonus leek (savagely forked by accident) plus

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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″]

A great crop of onions!

  Our onions have the best view in the North East – and see how they grow. Good news is you can now buy them and other veg from the

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