Well, here it is. The first ever post on The Food Farm blog!

It seemed like an appropriate time to start.
It's winter, but the seed catalogues have arrived which always heralds the beginning of a new growing season.
It's our big time for planning- when we feel there is a little more space in our heads to try and have a longer term view of the property. It's also time to plant the bare root trees and to order any for springtime planting.
This year we're only going to increase the number of trees a small amount after 4 years of mass plantings.
We've worked out it's important to plant only what we can ensure we will looked after. For us this means irrigation, protection from stock, frost and wind and our ability to create a weeding regime for that area.
This planning week has even delivered a couple of milder days, bringing with them the anticipation and suggestion of spring- most appropriate. No doubt mother nature is just teasing!