December
“Winter is a season of recovery and preparation.”
Paul Theroux
Our harvest
- Apples
- Beetroot
- Cabbage
- Carrots
- Cavalo nero
- Celeriac
- Chard
- Chillies
- Coriander
- Dried beans
- Herbs
- Jerusalem artichokes
- Kale
- Kohlrabi
- Land cress
- Leeks
- Lettuce
- Mooli
- Nasturtium leaves
- Onions
- Parsley
- Parsnips
- Perpetual spinach
- Potatoes
Events (members only)
- Medlar jam and quince paste tasting
- Members arts and crafts display
October
Bean finds the best apple in our tree and hands it up to me. “You know what this tastes like when you first bite into it?” she asks. “No, what?” “Blue sky. […] Try it sometime” she says “It’s apple-flavoured.”
Rodman Philbrick, The Last Book in the Universe
Our harvest
- Apples
- Apple juice
- Basil
- Beetroot
- Boysenberries
- Broccoli
- Cabbage
- Carrots
- Chard
- Chillies
- Coriander
- Courgettes
- French beans
- Green tomatoes
- Herbs
- Kohlrabi
- Land cress
- Leeks
- Lettuce
- Mooli
- Nasturtium leaves
- Onions
- Parsley
- Peppers
- Perpetual spinach
- Potatoes
- Radishes
- Runner beans
- Spring onions
- Swede
- Tayberries
- Tomatoes
Sowing this month
Cover crops
Events (members only)
- Ideas for apples
- Apple pressing for children
August
The month of August had turned into a griddle where the days just lay there and sizzled.
Sue Monk-Kidd, The Secret Life of Bees
Our harvest
- Apples
- Beetroot
- Blackcurrants
- Broad beans
- Broccoli
- Cabbage
- Carrots
- Chard
- Courgettes
- Cucumber
- French beans
- Garlic
- Herbs
- Kohlrabi
- Land cress
- Leeks
- Lettuce
- Pak choi
- Perpetual spinach
- Plums
- Potatoes
- Radishes
- Raspberries
- Red onions
- Rhubarb
- Rocket
- Runner beans
- Shallots
- Spring onions
- Swede
- Tomatoes
- Turnip
Sowing this month
- Brassicas
- Celeriac
- Carrots
- Herbs
- Kohlrabi
Events (members only
- Sauerkraut demonstration
- Apple juicing
- Nature walk for children
July
I used to visit and revisit it a dozen times a day, and stand in deep contemplation over my vegetable progeny with a love that nobody could share or conceive of who had never taken part in the process of creation.
Nathaniel Hawthorne, Mosses from an Old Manse
Our harvest
- Chard
- Herbs
- Lettuce
- Pak choi
- Perpetual spinach
- Rhubarb
- Rocket
- Spring greens
- Tatsoi
Sowing this month
- Beetroot
- Beans
- Cabbage
- Calabrese
- Carrots
- Herbs
- Kohlrabi
- Pak choi
- Turnips
Events (members only)
- “Queen and Commonwealth” afternoon tea
- New Members Lunch
- Workshops with Cubs and Brownies
May
The beautiful spring came; and when Nature resumes her loveliness, the human soul is apt to revive also.
Harriet Ann Jacobs
Our harvest
- Cabbage
- Calabrese
- Chard
- Herbs
- Perpetual spinach
- Rhubarb
- Salad
Sowing this month
- Beans
- Beetroot
- Cabbage
- Carrots
- Cavalo nero
- Fennel
- Herbs
- Parsnips
- Peas
- Spinach
- Swede
Events
- Breeding bird survey
- New Members Lunch
- Charity cake sale
April
“Spring would not be spring without bird songs. “
Francis M Chapman
Our harvest
- Cabbage
- Calabrese
- Chard
- Herbs
- Kale
- Leeks
- Perpetual spinach
- Rhubarb
- Salad
Sowing this month
- Beans
- Beetroot
- Cabbage
- Carrots
- Cavalo nero
- Courgette
- Leeks
- Parsnips
- Potatoes
- Spinach
- Squash
- Sweetcorn
Events (members only)
- Results of annual soil analysis and worm survey
- Looking for reptiles (slow worms and grass snakes)
- Seed Swap (3rd April)
- AGM
January
“Winter is the season dominated by bare soil: the whole gardening cycle begins with the care and preparation of the earth during winter so that it will feed plants the following year. “
Monty Don, The Sensuous Garden, 1997
Our harvest
- Beetroot
- Cabbage
- Calabrese
- Carrots
- Cavalo nero
- Celeriac
- Chard
- Chillis
- Herbs
- Jerusalem artichokes
- Kale
- Leeks
- Onions
- Perpetual spinach
- Potatoes
- Parsnips
- Salad
- Sprout tops
- Swede
Sowing this month
Mustard (cover crop over winter)
Events (members only)
Membership renewals https://highbridgecommunityfarm.org/membership-renewals/