Three regular HCF summer crops burst onto our list of available produce this week. Find out more about the broad beans, pattypans, and fennel.
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Herbilicious!
Our herb garden is flourishing. As well as favourites like rosemary, thyme, and chives, we grow some less well-known herbs. These are hard to find in shops so it's well worth picking some to try next time you're at the farm.
Weather, watering and crops – using water wisely
Andrew Ross explains how much water our crops need in warm weather - possibly much more than you thought!
Growing a new HCF team
Wild Hive Ecological Educational Collective is helping us to grow a new HCF team. Welcome to Green Team@HCF! Wild Hive founder, Jo Hutchison, explains how it works.
Wild Hive educational outreach projects
Wild Hive Ecological Educational Collective gets our local schools and neighbourhoods growing. Founder Jo Hutchison shares how they're doing this.
Wild Hive takes community farming to the community
From its inception in the dark days of pandemic lockdown to its current set of thriving local initiatives, Wild Hive Ecological Educational Collective is going from strength to strength. Founder Jo Hutchison describes how she envisioned and developed Wild Hive.
Worming our way into soil health
Andrew Ross organises regular surveys of earthworms in our soil at Highbridge Community Farm. He explains why we do these surveys and what we learn.
Community farming Down Under
On a recent trip to New Zealand, Julie and Andrew visited some local community gardens. Read what they found - and how much connects us from one side of the world to another.
The power of seaweed
UK coastal communities have a long tradition of wild harvesting of seaweed for food. But its potential reaches far further than this.
Drowning the Highbridge water meadows
We were delighted to be invited by Highbridge Conservation Group to see them removing the boards to divert water onto the meadows. This is another step in the restoration of this scientifically-important water meadow.