Fen Peas

A busy week harvesting peas at Sleaford and on Lincoln Heath. We completed what was ready in the early hours of Saturday morning and are now parked waiting for a couple of days for the next fields to mature. Whilst it has been a pretty pleasant week weather wise, we still could do with more sunshine and heat to move all crops along. Next week will see us get all the heath peas harvested and move over to the Spilsby area, before we drop down into the Fens for a variety called Jaguar.

Compared to previous years we are running about a week behind on the calendar, which shows just how cool the spring was. This could catch itself up, but I doubt it.

After last year and the shortage of crop, people are asking how are the yields? It is really too early to call, but we've had nothing outstanding so far and whilst some of the mid and late crops do look well, lack of continued sunshine will begin to have an effect.