Hare Today – Gone Tomorrow
Hello everyone. By now, everyone should have had a good quantity of strawberries and raspberries and have collected 2 boxes. The report for this month will consist of a few of the problems and some of the highlights we have encountered.
Hare-y Times
Some of you may have been aware that a cow knocked over our rabbit fence and a hare got into the Promised Land and was causing some problems by eating the new brassicas that we had planted. James came down with his shot gun, and with the help of Katie and myself, we tried to force it out of the allotments. We went beating and eventually the hare rifled out of the potatoes, running with a great big target on his back in front of James and with no hesitation James fired 2 crisp shots. Please note, no animals were harmed in this story!!! James, once again, missed and we forced the hare out of the gates.
Equipment
To increase productivity and also make the allotments possible, James and Katie purchased a root planter. I will try to get pictures up of it, as quite frankly it is brilliant for an old piece of kit. It is also good to see that James can actually fit in the rust covered seat! There is also a new potato picker which is in 300 pieces after we bought it as we are currently reconditioning it.
Weather
Unless you have been in a far off country with a cool climate, like Egypt, you will realise that Britain has been ridiculously hot and seriously lacking water. Thankfully we have overcome this with our irrigation system and, as you have noticed by now, the produced has not been affected too much. A few carrots have suffered, a few peas and beans but on the whole, we are confident.
Wednesday Nights and Saturday Collection
I would like to say a big thank you to those who helped out on our first Wednesday Open Night. My own mother was there and she is using the night as a source of fitness, almost a green gym! It is completely optional and it has been taken in good spirits, with everyone helping in some form.
So everyone knows, on Saturday collections, there are opportunities to gather, have a cup of tea and coffee with home baked cakes from Chef Katie. Everything is very reasonably priced so please, bring a couple of pounds, meet with your friends, have a natter and collect your veggie boxes.
Please remember to bring your old boxes back please! We need the boxes for you to collect the next week’s veg!
Stamford Living
Those of you who read the July “Stamford Living” magazine will have noticed we were in there. After a nice report and a picture, I have been referred to as Farmer Guy by everyone on the Genever Farms! So, to keep this up, I will sign out till next month.
Regards – Farmer Guy!