The Plot North Lancashire

The Plot's new volunteer and community engagement coordinator, Vasiliki Makri, invites you to join weekly volunteer sessions at our outdoor site, at Old Holly Farm.

Sessions are held every Wednesday from 9am-1pm, featuring farming activities and breaks with hot drinks and cake 🍰

"Join a small but dynamic team of volunteers, learn about organic farming, socialise, and have lots of fun!" - Vaso

Read the full column here: https://loom.ly/RNUnWRw
For more information contact: [email protected]

Another week, another crop-share.

This week we have:

Organic mixed salad
Organic spring onions
One organic squash
Organic chillies
One cucumber or courgette or a bunch of radishes

Enjoy the autumnal vibes…

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Yesterday we had a great time with the ace producers and friends that is working with at the formal launch of our new food hub at !

Feels so important to work together and support each other at the moment.

In other news… here’s this week’s crop-share!

Organic mixed salad
Organic coriander
Two organic leeks
Organic kale
Double portion of organic green tomatoes

Morecambe Bay Conservation Graziers

Gather North Lancs Food Hub Launch! Saturday 19 Oct at The Gregson Centre

Do you want to taste and buy local, healthy, and seasonal food from around the region? This Saturday, 11.30am-2pm, you can meet the producers and growers who bring local food to our tables 🧑‍🌾

Gather is a new online farmers market that supports the local food economy and small food businesses. If you want to find out more, come and join!

Visit the link https://loom.ly/qP3jnbA for more event details 💚

Gather North Lancs Food Hub Launch - FoodFutures Meet the producers and enjoy tasting local Lancashire food at the launch of Gather, the new North Lancs Food Hub on Saturday 19 October at the Gregson Community and Arts Centre in Lancaster from 11.30am - 2pm.

It’s a gloriously green crop-share this week!

We have:

Organic mixed salad
Organic coriander
Organic spring onions
Organic chillies
Organic kale
Organic green tomatoes

If you like the look of our veg, come and meet us at the launch of on 19 October at the . We’d love to see you there and there’s a fab line up of local producers doing free tasters!

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Volunteer sessions at the Plot have started again!

Join Vaso, the new Volunteer and Community Engagement coordinator, and the other Plot volunteers to learn what is involved in 'growing your own' in the local area, have a brew, a chat and some cake :)

Sessions take place on Wednesdays 9AM-1PM at Old Holly Farm.

Volunteering usually includes tackling seasonal farming tasks in a lovely setting close to Garstang, immersed in nature.

Tasks include but are not limited to weeding, transplanting, sowing, watering and harvesting for the first 2 hours alongside music, then a nice break and chat followed by another 1.5 hours of working on the site.

We welcome people from all walks of life, with gardening experience or not, looking to learn how to grow vegetables in a beautiful area or just have a chat and a brew while working outdoors.

If that sounds interesting please fill in this form (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe4owgkBQQIys1HfCOPEoTShSzPeNK_c3569GM1PGGOBvxomg/viewform)or contact Vaso: [email protected]

Hope to see you at the Plot soon!

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News from the Plot

Finn, the seasonal trainee grower at the Plot, offers a glimpse into the daily activities, challenges, and successes experienced at the Plot throughout September. He shares his reflections and personal growth as he concludes his first season in his role.

The FoodFriends scheme helps fund the Plot and the FarmStart training programme. Visit the FoodFriends webpage to find out more https://loom.ly/tq9NMtw

You can read Finn's full article here https://loom.ly/_3oH9TA 🧑‍🌾

Crop-share time of the week again!

This week we have:

Organic mixed salad
Organic onions
Organic runner beans
Organic courgette or cucumber
Organic kale
Organic tomatoes

Yum.

Order veg online via the food hub.

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This weeks crop-share is week 16, and we have:

Organic mixed salad
Organic cabbage
Organic courgette or cucumber
Organic radishes
Organic runner beans
Organic tomatoes, tomatoes, tomatoes 🍅

Enjoy everyone!

And order your own local veg via or join us on Saturday 21 September at the 11-4pm where we’ll have veg on the Gather stall

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It’s crop-share time again!

This week we have:

Organic mixed salad bag
Organic herbs
Organic courgette or cucumber or lemon cucumber
Organic kale
Organic tomatoes
Organic chillies or sweet peppers

If you like the look of our veg you can buy online via - the shop is open Friday to Tuesday and you can collect your orders next Friday.



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It’s sunny and there’s abundance in the crop-share this week!

We have:

Organic mixed salad bag
Organic rocket
Organic walla walla salad onions
Organic courgette or cucumber or lemon cucumber
Organic Kohl Rabi or beetroot
Organic kale
Organic tomatoes

(This one has peppers instead of kohl rabi/beetroot).

How will you use your veg this sunny weekend?

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Yep, it’s Friday and that’s crop-share day!

Our crop-sharers support our farm by committing to having a share of what’s produced each week.

This week it’s:

Organic mixed salad bag
Organic basil
Organic walla walla salad onions
Organic courgette or cucumber or lemon cucumber
Organic turnips
Organic french beans plus some from our ‘in conversion to organic’ polytunnel
Organic tomatoes

And there’s even a sunny forecast for the weekend so enjoy the salads and summer herbs!

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Do you ever wonder, what *is* the crop-share scheme?

In this week's FoodFutures: North Lancashire food column, we hear from Grace Russell, marketing and communications coordinator at FoodFutures, about her journey to local and sustainable food and how it connects to her current experience as a crop sharer.

If you want to learn more about our crop-share scheme click the link https://loom.ly/607AZxQ 🥬

Read FoodFutures' food column via the link https://loom.ly/DTR1DgE 💚

And the abundance is here!

Despite the very challenging growing conditions this season, here’s this week’s crop-share:

Organic mixed salad bag
Organic basil
Organic spring onions
Organic courgette or cucumber or lemon cucumber, mixed
Organic Kohlrabi
Organic mange tout peas
Organic french beans plus some from our ‘in conversion to organic’ polytunnel
Organic tomatoes

You can order Plot veg via as our crop-share scheme is currently full

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We are excited to be able to recruit a Volunteer and Community Engagement Coordinator to work with us at the Plot.

Please see full details here: https://foodfutures.org.uk/work-with-us/

It’s a one-day a week role and the deadline for applications is 5 September.

Message the Plot directly if you want to discuss any of the details.

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LESS FoodFutures: North Lancashire

We had such a great work-morning on site this week with the wider team with staff who work on .northlancashire .northlancashire and the Plot.

Was fun to have time away from screens together and thanks for all your help with the kohlrabi and courgette harvesting, weeding and spring onion planting!

Have you taken some time this week to be outside?

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This week’s crop-share:

Organic mixed salad bag
Organic basil
Organic oregano
Organic spring onions
Organic courgette or cucumber or lemon cucumber
Organic Kale
Organic french beans plus some from our ‘in conversion to organic’ polytunnel
Organic tomatoes

You should smell the basil! 🌿 💚

If you like the look of our veg, head over to the Gather online shop and order for next week!

Last week’s cropshare!

1. Organic salad bag
2. Organic courgette or cucumber
3. Organic basil
4. Organic coriander
5. Organic french beans plus some from our ‘in conversion’ polytunnels
6. Organic spring onions
7. Organic beetroot

Beans not pictured as already snaffled for tea!

If you want to order Plot produce (as our crop-share scheme is full), head over to Gather and place your order before 10am on Tuesday!

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Our latest crop-share delights!

Organic mixed salad
Organic kale
Organic french beans plus some from our ‘in conversion’ polytunnels
Organic coriander
Organic basil
Organic spring onions

How’ve you been eating yours?

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Crop-share!

This week we have:

Organic mixed salad bag
Organic french beans
Organic garlic
Organic oregano
Organic blackcurrants
Organic beetroot or a kohlrabi
Organic stir-fry bag

The French beans are included for the first time this week and there’ll be more hot crops from the polytunnels over the coming shares!

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Yep, it’s crop-share time of the week again!

The shares are getting bigger now the weather is finally warming up a bit!

This week, we have:

Organic stir fry mix
Organic coriander
Organic walla walla onions
Organic radishes
Organic beetroot
Organic broad beans
Organic blackcurrants

And allegedly the onions are so sweet you can eat them like apples (!)… 🍏 🧅 😂

Enjoy!

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Drrrumroll! Crop-share week 5!

And we have:

Organic whole lettuce head
Organic mixed salad bag
Organic basil
Organic garlic
Organic broad beans
Organic blackcurrants

Enjoy your veg and the weekend, everyone!

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The online shop is open this week!

Organic and locally grown fruit, veg, and herbs for you to get your hands on.

This week's produce:
french beans
broad beans
cucumbers
mixed salad with edible flowers
basil, coriander, oregano
rainbow chard
rocket
mixed chilli peppers
whole lettuce heads

It goes quickly so get it before it's gone https://loom.ly/GkwkfOs 🌶️

Order by 2pm Wednesday for collection/delivery at the end of the week 💚

Crop share week 4!

This week we have:

Organic mixed salad bag
Organic basil
Organic spring onions
Organic rocket
Organic broad beans
Organic blackcurrants

Bonus points to anyone who spotted that this photo features rainbow chard not basil… (oops 😬!)

Enjoy!

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