Crops

Erecting the brassica cages

Brassica protection

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A great three days on site completing many jobs which were becoming urgent. There were 16 members helping out at different times over the 3 days. The jobs included erecting 2 brassica cages, mowing and … Read more

First Hawarden Harvest of the year

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Great to see the first crop out of the ground –  Autumn planted Onions, currently drying off. We have been busy planting our Tomatoes, Purple sprouting broccoli and Swiss Chard. We had to re-seed our … Read more

Happy healthy seedlings

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Here at FlintShare we have all levels of knowledge and skills. These seedlings are beautifully grown by long standing member and grower Peter Rogers. They are at the perfect point for planting out and are … Read more

Pruning, Digging, Playing!

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We pruned all the fruit at Cilcain today. The young apple trees are a challenge to our decision making process but I think we got there! We remembered to prune the redcurrants and gooseberries to … Read more

‘Patios’ for Northop

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Here’s a pic of the new ‘patios’ at Northop! Seriously this is going to make opening and closing the polytunnel doors so much easier. Nice kale and spinach growing, too.

Our New Website

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Welcome to our new website and we are so glad you’ve found us! We’d love to welcome you to our world of wonderful fruit and veg, sociable gatherings and generally friendly folk. Have a gander … Read more

Melons at northop

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Here’s a taster of deliciousness to come! Our melons are being supported to stop them pulling off the vines – we have been known to use old bras! Perfect for the job…