June News 2026

We're approaching the longest day of the year—on 21st June— and it's incredible to see the effect of the sun's energy on plant and animal life during these long days. The fields are throbbing with activity and our crops are bulging in response. We're emerging from the Hungry Gap now and harvesting more and more each week. We're pleased to say this means we'll be back at all our Saturday markets by the end of the month, see below for details.

Pollinators loving these flowering chrysanthemums

Saturday markets

Now that we have a good range of produce on offer again, we'll be back at Exeter Quayside market this Saturday 20th. The following weekend we'll be back at Topsham and Teignmouth, Saturday 27th. From the start of July we'll be attending all of our usual markets:

Exeter — Every Thursday at the corner of South Street & Fore Street from 9am - 1pm

Exeter Quayside — Third Saturday of the month at Piazza Terracina, Exeter Quay from 9am - 1pm

Crediton — First & third Saturday of the month at Town Square, Market Street from 10am - 1pm

Teignmouth — Last Saturday of the month at The Triangle from 10am - 2pm

Topsham — Every Saturday at Matthew's Hall from 8.30am - 1pm

Our stall at the Quayside market

Devon's Harvest Festival — September 2026

We're thrilled to announce an exciting event coming up at the farm. A festival celebrating the best of Devon’s food system! Experience the heart of Devon farming with local food, music, cooking demonstrations and a pop‑up farmers’ market. for more information and to book tickets click the button below.

Growing News

We've had a good balance of rainfall and sunshine the past few weeks. Pretty much ideal veg-growing weather! The soil is nice and warm now and most things are really taking off as a result. As well as harvesting, the field planting for the autumn and winter is in full swing. Tens of thousands of brassicas—cabbages, kales and Calabrese broccoli, as well as 60,000 leeks (with another 50,000 or so still to go) have now all been planted.

Hispi cabbages being planted with our Pelican tractor-mounted planter

The first new potato harvest — 9th June

Leek seedbed in one of our tunnels; almost ready to be pulled up and planting out at their final spacing in the field

What we're harvesting

From the fields:

Broad Beans

Chard: Rainbow

New: Courgettes

New: Kale: Curly and Black

New: Kohlrabi

Lettuce

New: New Potatoes

Onions

Radish

Mixed Salad Leaves

Spring Greens

Spring Onions

True Spinach

From the polytunnels:

New: Cucumbers

New: Fennel

New: French Beans

Sugarsnap Peas

Carrots

Herbs:

New: Coriander

New: Dill

Parsley

Mint

Purple French beans, Royal Burgundy

Rudi radish

Purple kohlrabi, Azur Star

Although one of the lesser known brassica crops in the UK, kohlrabi is wildly popular in Germany. The name translates from German to 'cabbage turnip', which is a pretty good description! Peel the fibrous skin to get to the juicy white flesh. They can be enjoyed raw or cooked and have a mild, slightly sweet and peppery flavour.

Here's a few ideas for how to use it: grate raw or chop into matchsticks for a creamy coleslaw; chop into batons and use like water chestnut in a stir-fry; pickle in cider vinegar, with a pinch of sugar and salt for about 20 mins, then stir through fresh chopped herbs for a delicious side; slice into thin circles or semi-circles for a gratin or dauphinoise. The leaves can also been eaten, treat them like spring greens or kale.