We use the site for a range of courses and workshops, which are posted on the homepage. We have volunteering opportunities on Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10.30 - 16.00. Join our team of volunteers, learning best organic practice, to develop your skills and knowledge, or just to enjoy a satisfying day's activity in beautiful surroundings. Please phone or email to find out more details.

bud grafting workshop

Bud grafting of apple trees, Organic Farm School Workshop, August 2009

Sowing mustard green manure.

Participants on the Local Food Growing Champions course, March 2008. Learning about how to use and grow green manures, such as the yellow mustard being sown here.

sowing a seedbed

Sowing a brassica seedbed in March to produce lots of bare root transplants.

Riddling compost

Riddling compost to make our own potting on media.

planting out broccoli

Planting out bare-root transplants of broccoli, with savoy cabbages as an intercrop to fill the gaps while the broccolis get established.

seed sowing

Using a precision seeder to sow spinach for an autumn and overwintering crop.

leeks

Plunging bare root leek transplants with home made hole maker - i.e. old spade handle.

planting chicory

As summer crops are finished in the polytunnel, we make sure to fill the spaces - in this case with 'sugar loaf' chicory.

cucumber seed

Learning about seed saving techniques. Extracting cucumber seed for cleaning

flaming weeds

Advanced weeding methods. Using a flame weeder to knock back weed seedlings on an onion bed. The onions are just appearing, but their thick, waxy shoots can tolerate the passing flame - the weed seedlings can't!

peppers

Harvesting last of the sweet peppers. One of the perks of working in a productive garden is, of course, the chance to take home some of the grub...