Category: News

My first producer’s market is the 3rd of May in Langholm. I’ve been busy drying herbs, making preserves, collecting eggs, designing cards, and tending to my veg plants – the tomato, courgette, herb and leek plants are looking healthy and ready to go to new homes! It’s still too early for much fresh produce, but … Continue reading “May 2025”

My new polytunnel is now built! I’ve now got 2 tons of gravel to dig in around it to improve drainage, 3 raised beds to build, and 3 tons of topsoil to put in them.  Then…. the planting out begins!

Fantastic news at Acre Fare! I’ve recently been awarded funding from both SoSE Pathways and the  Business Gateway Enterprise Seed Fund. This will enable me to expand operations on the smallholding, to turn it into a thriving market garden business! I’m installing a second polytunnel and getting some essential jam-making equipment to get the business … Continue reading “Feb 2025”

Happy New Year! There’s not much going on in the veg plot at the moment, it’s minus 6 here this morning and about 0 degrees in the polytunnel. The garlics and autumn onions are keeping their heads down.  Plenty to do, though – planning the polytunnel and raised beds, making sure crops are rotated to … Continue reading “Jan 2025”

I’m taking on 2 Oxford Sandy and Black weaners again in spring 2025! I can’t wait – they are such characters, and have a lovely temperament. I raise them outdoors, so they are free to roam in a large area in the paddock. They get fresh veg from the plot – brassica leaves, etc., as … Continue reading “Dec 2024”