Glebelands Organic Produce: A day on the farm
Glebelands Organic Produce (GOP), located off Glebelands Road in Sale, is inviting keen locals to spend a ‘day on the farm’ next month.
Glebelands Organic Produce grows mostly salad crops throughout the season © Life in Sale
Your day will start with a guided tour by one of the gardeners of the 2.7-acre site and then you will be fully refreshed courtesy of a hot brew before being assigned a few manual tasks to get your hands dirty.
To register your interest in this day of the farm event, simply direct message the team via Instagram, @glebelands_organic_produce.
⏰ The day starts at 9.30am on Saturday 1st April 2023.
📍Located between, 94 and 96 Glebelands Road, Sale M33 6JR
🌧 Don’t forget to take your wet weather gear if rain is looking likely – gardening doesn’t stop for a bit of rain!
Dan Larke took over the 2.7-acre site in 2021
About Glebelands Organic Produce
Glebelands Organic Produce is an organic market garden in Sale. It’s a bit of a hidden gem in M33 and plenty of local residents remain unaware of its existence.
Dan Larke (pictured above) took over the site in 2021, after completing a number of volunteering positions at farms across the UK.
GOP is home to three large, permanent polytunnels, a sizable greenhouse and some portable polytunnel structures © Life in Sale
The 2.7-acre site in Sale M33
Passerbys might be surprised at what lies at the end of a fairly non-descript pathway just off Glebelands Road. The site is home to three large, permanent polytunnels, a sizable greenhouse and some portable polytunnel structures.
The team grows mostly salad crops throughout the season, which account for nearly half of the business’s income. As they are fast-growing crops, leafy herbs and salads can bring in quite a high income more quickly. The rest of the growing space is taken up by crops such as spring onions, radishes and courgettes to name just a few.
Organic growing
The team try to produce as much of their own compost as possible on-site, to limit miles travelled and also save costs. Overall the site produces around 10 tonnes of its own organic compost every year, but they still need to bring in another 25 tonnes to ensure the crops get the nutrients they need to grow.
Being organic, the team prides itself on thinking about what’s right for the environment and so chooses to do the majority of groundwork by hand, only opting for machinery when the ground is impenetrable.
Glebelands Organic Produce currently provides crops to Ashby’s Greengrocer in Sale’s Stanley Square, Unicorn Grocery in Chorlton and Organic North.
