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11pm in the market garden. Scottish summertime nailing it.
#permaculture #scotland #summer #marketgarden #organic #aberdeenshire #vegboxes #farm #nighttime #scottishsummer #nofilter
Crops in the polytunnel are doing well - three beds of courgette, beets, dwarf beans and tomatoes. The chickens can be seen through the end doors in a garden plot that they are keeping fertilised and pest free for us.
#permaculture #marketgarden #farm #communitysupportedagriculture #chicken #poultry #polytunnel #northernpolytunnels #biointensive #organic #vegboxes #vegetables #scotland #aberdeenshire
Listening to the radio? Tune into #bbcradioscotland and listen to #outfortheweekend as we’ll be on between NOW and 4pm!!
@thevictualist @bbcradioscot
#permaculture #marketgarden #communitysupportedagriculture #volunteering #scotland #radio
While we lost a whole bunch of cauliflower, broccoli and kale to the cabbage root fly, some of our cabbages have survived. We’re placing protective collars around each plant to stop further flies getting to the base of the cabbages to lay their eggs. And we’re planting more kale, cauliflower and broccoli!!
#permaculture #marketgarden #farm #organic #communitysupportedagriculture #pests #scotland #womenwhofarm
It’s been a tough season so far - prolonged snow and rain and then weeks of no rain. And now our first serious pest attack - cabbage root fly.
We have almost lost nine beds of brassicas which has been very hard for us to see.
These flies lay their eggs at the base of a cabbage where the eggs hatch into maggots that eat the roots of the vegetable. There is very little we could have done to prevent this - the realities of organic agriculture.
We have removed all the dead plants and introduced our flock of fifty hens into the beds with the maggots to help break the pest cycle. We won’t be beaten and are now planting more brassicas in another area which we will net with insect netting.
#permaculture #marketgarden #communitysupportedagriculture #farm #organic #csa #pest #insect #homestead #chickens
@rosabevan got the goats moved into the lane way that connects the goats grazing cells this morning. When the laneway is out of use it quickly gets thick with grasses, thistles and willow herb which are all perfect for converting into milk!
#goats #milk #rawmilk #dairy #rotationalgrazing #permaculture #farm #taponoth
