Over the last 10 years, the soft fruit crops have grown from a simple bed of rhubarb to a pretty sophisticated set-up with irrigation, cages, and a wide range of varieties producing around a staggering 1300lbs of fruit each year. Find out more about the work of the Soft Fruit team.
The A Team story
Can you imagine Highbridge Community Farm without sheds, water, polytunnels, fruit cages, tools, compost bins, cups of tea, somewhere to sit ...? These are just a few of the things that our Infrastructure ("A") Team take care of.
Blast from the past
Check out this clipping from May 2013 as a lovely reminder of just how long our community farm has been thriving.
Look sharp!
There's more than you think to getting strong edges around each plot. Alister ran some workshops to show how it's done.
Looking back at 2023
See how the crops that we grew in 2023 flourished (or didn't!) and how the growing team felt about the work and results.
Producing more than fruit and veg
HCF is about getting to know each other as well growing. We recently held an Art, Craft, and Produce Fayre for HCF members to share their work with each other.
Welcoming winter squash
We harvest hundreds of winter squash every year. Find out more about this splendid autumn crop.
Managing our soil
Andrew Ross writes about our soil tests and how the results and our local weather inform the way that we will manage the plots.
Food for free
We keep our Farm prices low - but there's loads out there that costs nothing. Elderberries, rosehips, and blackberries are abundant right now and can be turned into delicious food and health-boosting syrups.
Cucumbers: so much more than salad
Plot 19 have a glut of cucumbers so it's a good time to make them into recipes and savour them for months to come.