Bennachie, rising above our young woodland and the ancient woodland adjoining it, fom our kitchen garden. A rare cloudless sky! :) instagram.com/p/BxewdjOFvoW/…

We're at it again! Planting trees ... three weeping willows down by the big pond. They got a bit frazzled on the way here in a hot delivery van but we hope they will recover and thrive. We've watered them well,… instagram.com/p/Bxh_naCl1hx/…

Wendy and I were out and about this week delivering Vital veggies to our lovely customers around Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire and Deeside while Tom has a well-deserved holiday. It was great to meet so many of you! :) instagram.com/p/B1MaJpFFKTl/…

View across our farm at North Tillydaff, Midmar, from the summit of Barmekin Hill. This is part of the view described by Lewis Grassic Gibbon's fictional heroine, Chris, in the early pages of "Sunset Song" - voted… instagram.com/p/B13ztaVHxNv/…

Giant orange-legged wasp on our parsley. This beauty lives in our hedges and helps us control caterpillars :) #vitalveg #localfood #organicveggies #organicfood instagram.com/p/B3J-yt8HsAd/…

View from our meadow across to the main veg field and Bennachie. As we rapidly approach the shortest day of the year, sunshine is even more appreciated on the farm! :) instagram.com/p/B5pnlrUnft3/…

A bonny sunset over the farm last night ... @ Vital Veg instagram.com/p/B_AGONaHYsp/…

Signs of spring to warm our hearts on our farm and woodland this week :) @ Vital Veg instagram.com/p/B_XRtQtHaOj/…

Got rhubarb? Got rhubarb flowers? Don't waste them, eat them! We harvested some rhubarb "broccoli" yesterday, stripped off the stems and leaves so they looked just like the photo below, then cooked them with onion,… instagram.com/p/B_Zu5V0nLE4/…

The view to Bennachie from our orchard, across our woodland ... lovely evening light catching the apple and plum blossoms. Perhaps we might get a few plums this year, for the first time in 3 years? There is a bonny… instagram.com/p/CAZw3j9H7zX/…

The last of our beautiful winter cauliflowers which we've been trialling on a small scale. They've got the thumbs up! Sown over a year ago, protected against caterpillars with mesh til October, and harvested over the… instagram.com/p/CAcXFEVHKPk/…

Courgette plants enjoying the sunshine today, ready for planting out on Friday :) @ Vital Veg instagram.com/p/CAsNISzHbAR/…

Doris, one of our very elderly pet hens (10 yrs old in August) had a mucky bum and had lain on a broken egg so had egg yolk dried hard on her tummy ... time for a spa! Wendy held her in a bowl of warm water while I… instagram.com/p/CB0JPazHNEF/…

All 5 baby swallows raised successfully in the porch of our veg shed! Must be quite a squeeze in the nest when everyone is at home. .. the little ones are at the back ... mum or dad comes to feed them, and everyone… instagram.com/p/CCgJ7W0HB5c/…

Lovely Pearl Bordered Fritillary enjoying nectar from a knapweed in our meadow instagram.com/p/CClPX7pHn4e/…

Evening weeding brassicas. What more could a girl want! 🙄 instagram.com/p/CCt52F6HaMA/…

The first batch of carrots. Transformed after weeding and a spot of rain. Great job Weeding Team 😃 instagram.com/p/CCwPqwknvFj/…

Broad beans looking strong beside one of our beautiful pollinator strips. This one is phacelia with crimson clover (not yet flowering) plus a sprinkle of borage and poppies. instagram.com/p/CCx08mTHbBq/…

Snapshot from one of the tunnels. View changes every week as we harvest and replant. instagram.com/p/CCYEN5anldI/…

Happy 10th Hatchday to Doris (on the left - lays blue eggs) and Marilyn (right - USA brown - lays pink eggs)! The only two left of our original 6 pet chooks, who we raised from one day old chicks :) We prepared a… instagram.com/p/CEpfrj3nDgF/…