The Husbandry School

The Husbandry School

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Yesterday on one of our regular 'pond life' advent

Yesterday on one of our regular 'pond life' adventures we spotted these incredible dragonflies! After watching the first emerge from its nymph form(?) and fly off, we brought the exoskeleton(??) in to have a closer look.

Nature really is incredible.
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❤️ OCA DE PERU ❤️ . We love this South Am

❤️ OCA DE PERU ❤️
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We love this South American tuber so much here at the Husbandry School that we line all our garden beds with them. So multidimensional, their beautiful fresh citrus flavour can be eaten raw and cooked, their leaves have the same zesty almost apple-y flavour.
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Not only are they vibrant and delicious they are also contain Oxalic Acid (Oxalis Tuberosa, clues in the name!) which bugs and pests hate, so they help to ward off any unwanted critters in our flower and veg patches! 🐌🐜🐛
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Busy busy! 🌽🌽 . . . . #husbandry #devon #far

Busy busy!
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This weather has seen a boom in growth and thankfu

This weather has seen a boom in growth and thankfully an end to the hungry gap of the cold winter and spring months!
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We are excited to offer a few more select spaces on our veg bag round in Ashburton and Buckfastleigh! If you have had your eye on our delicious produce but have yet been unable to nab a spot, now is the perfect time!
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DM us or give us a call on
01626 821145 to grab a spot before they all go!
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We have been planting like mad these past few warm

We have been planting like mad these past few warm weeks, including squash, kale and sweet corn! 🥬🌽🍠
How are your gardens, plots and fields getting on in the sun?
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What a beautiful day! 🌞

What a beautiful day! 🌞

Our Rosie has been doing her best to patrol the ga

Our Rosie has been doing her best to patrol the garden for pesky rabbits!
We have been busy bees in the garden this week getting as many plants in as we can whilst the weather holds out!
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So exciting to have @fooddrinkdevon 's new website

So exciting to have @fooddrinkdevon 's new website and promo video launched!
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It was so lovely to have the FDD team and the great folks @thereallygoodmediacompany join us up here on the hill this winter for abit of filming. The gorgeous goats, sheep, pigs and Merlin the Cockerell all got the chance to strut their stuff on the big screen (as well as our ever glamorous growers Esme and Liam)!
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We are so proud to be long time members of Food and Drink Devon, showcasing some truly incredible hardworking businesses and produce!
Can you spot any familiar looking hilltops? 🐑🐏
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🔥CHARCOAL🔥 Our first charcoal firing of the

🔥CHARCOAL🔥
Our first charcoal firing of the season happened last weekend and we could not be more happy with the results!
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All ready to be bagged up and shipped out to suppliers, campsites and our wonderful veg bag customers.
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This process is all part of our 'full-circle' approach to land maintenance and part of our ongoing 'Hedges and Edges' project, restoring and maintaining our ancient Devon Banks and boundaries.
Using offcuts from hedgelaying, we ensure as little as possible goes to waste.
What may have easily been left to rot, now has a new life, warming hands and filling tums! 🍔🍳🥙
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Check out these beautiful Radishes!🥕🍆🌶️

Check out these beautiful Radishes!🥕🍆🌶️
(campaign for more diverse produce emoji's anyone??)
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We have had such an incredible radish harvest this week, these beauties were harvested yesterday and went straight into our veg bags for delivery a few hours later.
We just can't get enough of the colour! ❤️
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After a few months lost in transit our new seed dr

After a few months lost in transit our new seed drill has arrived, and we could not be happier to see it get to work!
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Planting over 600 metres of parsnips, carrots and beetroot in 40 minutes, this beauty is the yellow lamborghini of the hill!
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What garden tools have changed the way you work?
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With these Calendula now coming into full bloom in

With these Calendula now coming into full bloom in and out of the polytunnels, we have been quick to harvest and dry as many as possible and stock our pantry! 🏵️
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Primarily known for its fantastic healing and skin soothing abilities, we use these beautiful blooms for all sorts of fantastic things. Including herbal tea blends, calendula infused oil and tinctures and decorating our baking with!
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Preserving flowers like this is a great way to hold onto some of the vibrancy that spring and summer bring all throughout the year.
What do you use your flowers for? 🌸🌼🌹
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Another fantastic spoon carving course last weeken

Another fantastic spoon carving course last weekend from the wonderful @seanhellman 🌼
If you missed a spot on this fab course, don't worry! We have another date booked for the end of the summer, head to our website to check all our courses out! 🌞
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And we have another this weekend too! (Sorry, its fully booked!)
It's been such a joy having courses run again, new and old faces joining us back up on the hill. We are so grateful to everyone who in, whatever way, joins our community here. You are the life force of what we do!
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🧺WILLOW TRUG WEAVING🧺 We have a few course

🧺WILLOW TRUG WEAVING🧺

We have a few course spots still available for the incredible willow trug weaving course with @vivienne_turner_willow! With such a fantastic teacher, this course is the best possible way to welcome in the spring and create your very own garden/foraging/ shopping trug!
These beautiful versatile baskets are the ideal first step into willow weaving, or if you want to expand your knowledge of weaving a little further!
Check it out on our website 😊
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🌲WOOD WORK FOR YOUNG PEOPLE🌲 Do you have a

🌲WOOD WORK FOR YOUNG PEOPLE🌲

Do you have a child in your life looking to learn or improve in their wood working and whittling skills? Whilst having a fantastic day out in the sunshine? Although our ages 6-11 session is now fully booked, we have a few more spaces on our 11-16 group on the 2nd May!

Come and get involved and learn incredible skills fro. The fantastic @seanhellman here at The Husbandry School!
Quick, while spaces last!!🌻
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Liam has been busy 'Ghost Busting' our beans!👻

Liam has been busy 'Ghost Busting' our beans!👻

Although this crazy contraption looks a little menacing it's actually just full of delicious (disgusting! ) garlic water🍵.
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Aphids really hate allium but they love our beans, so by spraying down our pea plants with this smelly concoction we can fool those hungry aphids into thinking its a horrible snack!
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This is a great alternative to toxic chemicals and pesticides!
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Every bag of our salad is lovingly hand picked fre

Every bag of our salad is lovingly hand picked fresh on delivery day, blended from 100s of different seasonal herbs, lettuces and edible flowers with a focus to create the ideal blend.🥬🌼

Now with the sun bringing us a little more light and warmth each day, these beauties are really about to come into their own.

A true labor of love, and we wouldn't have it any other way! 🌸🌱🌺
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🔪SHARP - SEAN HELLMAN🔪 Continuing with our o

🔪SHARP - SEAN HELLMAN🔪
Continuing with our ode to the fantastic craftsman and course tutor @seanhellman, with the recent release of his incredible book, Sharp. A Bible on all things sharpening and maintaining tools of all descriptions, from cooking to bushcraft.
We couldn't be more inspired by his work, his finely crafted skill and his incredible ability to guide, teach and inspire.
To get hold of this incredible book, head over to his website seanhellman.com 🌻

🔪WILD WOOD WHITTLING🔪 🌳WHILST SPACES LAST

🔪WILD WOOD WHITTLING🔪
🌳WHILST SPACES LAST!🌳

With many of @seanhellman 's incredible wood work courses selling out fast, now is a chance for you to grab a space on the Wild Wood Whittling course we are thrilled to be hosting at the end of this month (24th April)!
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Sean's wealth of knowledge and teaching experience make these courses truly to second to none.
A perfect day course for both those totally new to working with wood, and those who are looking to gain a little further experience in the intricacies of this incredible art form and skill.
Head over to our website to grab these last few spaces while you still can!!
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We can't wait to start hosting our range of courses again and we are thrilled we are starting off the year right with this fantastic experience!
What a wicked way to celebrate the unlocking of things! 🌳🌲
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🥕FEILD SCALE🥕 . Our new bed former is doing

🥕FEILD SCALE🥕
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Our new bed former is doing such a fab job in our newly fenced feild scale plot, it's attracting more than just the veggies!
Fancy a nap in the spring sunshine anyone? 🐻
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