Morning Folks, Hope you’re all out enjoying the sunshine! This dry spell has meant that our outdoor crops at Left Field are having to be watered for the first time this year. Under cover, our growers have been busying away potting up chillies, aubergines and tomatoes, and sowing courgettes, cucumbers and herbs. At The Croft,…

Hello Folks, As our entry in to this years hunger gap accelerates this week we are seeing big changes in our veg boxes and on what is on offer in the shop. If you’ve not been with us for a year or more you might be unfamiliar with the hunger gap, so let me explain…

Morning Folks, In market garden news, our growers are continuing with preparations for the new growing season. At Left Field, Louis, Hannah  and Natalie have been sowing French beans and red Russian kale, as well as planting out lettuce seedlings. In our Rouken Glen greenhouse, they’ve been clearing the beds and constructing supports for tomato…

Hi Folks, Happy Friday and Easter weekend! It’s been a productive week here with our Louis, Hannah, Natalie and volunteers busy at Left Field and Rouken Glen with planting courgettes, pulling out the scrags of last years overwintered crops and building even more shelves in the tunnel for seed propagation. We’ve also started investigating installing…

Hello Folks, We hope that you enjoyed the fleeting sunshine as much as we, and the growing sites, did! At Left Field Market Garden, Neilston, the good weather dried the ground out for the first time this year, allowing our growers to use the walk behind tractor to prepare the beds for the sowing of…

Good Morning Folks, We’re recruiting New Growers for our Grow the Growers programme at The Urban Croft. This is an exciting opportunity to grow for profit at our site in Queens Park Recreation Grounds. If you’re interested, apply here. This week we’re delivering treat boxes. There’s the option of sweet or savoury, and they contain…