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All Year Round
Simply the best of English Watercress you will find around at this time of year. We are unique being able to supply watercress 52 weeks of the year, despite the testing winter, we are still able to produce a large leaf, clean stems , full of flavour. #supportlocal #Romseywatercress #sunbeamwatercress
Nothing Wasted
Nothing goes to waste 🌿 We make use of excess crops by using traditional methods like scything and transplanting. The tops are spread into empty beds to keep the cycle going. Sustainable farming at its roots 🌱♻️ SustainableFarming #NoWaste #RegenerativeAgriculture #TraditionalFarming #OrganicLiving #FarmLife #EcoFriendly #GrowYourOwn #Permaculture #ZeroWasteFarm
Old Ways Are The Best
Traditional methods still being used, the witches brush …..it enables us to protect the leaf and stem with the cold weather now here, encouraging new shoots to grow for a thicker crop in a few weeks time .
Winter Cress
Our winter cress is now fully established, ready for harvest over the coming months
Where it Started
Taking a look back through the albums. Seen here, the Founder of Sunbeam Watercress Ivor Noble, inspecting the restructuring of the gravel beds, during the expansion in the 1950s #history #watercress #farming #generations #family #succession
Keeping Warm
Starting to raise the water levels to protect the stem and leaf . Ready for our first cold night