In October 2016 we were creating our first veggie beds and embarking on putting up our first polytunnel. Since then we’ve supplied hundreds of veg boxes to local people, attended community events, supplied local restaurants, showed scores of people around and loved (almost) every minute. We’ve received great response to our enterprise, with people both loving the […]
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The nights are drawing in and the storms are blowing up. Halloween marks the first festival of the Autumn season and we’ve been growing our Jack O Lantern pumpkins since early spring in preparation. As the last pumpkins go into our veg boxes we’re excited to see not only the culinary delights, but also the
This is Halloween… Read More »
Of course, we would have a vegetable chilli recipe! Feel free to make this chilli with meat or veggie mince. We like to make it with extra veggies and mushrooms for that meaty texture. Serve with rice or maybe try some home-made soda bread for a filling autumn feel. Adjust how much of the veggies
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Vegetable smoothies and juices are definitely on trend. Whilst offering a great way of getting your five-a-day we definitely advocate enjoying a glass of beetroot juice as part of a balance diet, rather than a meal supplement….we sure can’t weed on vegetable juice alone! But these juices are a great way of enjoying our nutrient
Not Beetlejuice…Beetroot Juice! Read More »
It’ll come as no surprise that we are big veg eaters here at the Real Food Garden, but sometimes we all need a sweet pick me up. After experimenting with a variety of savoury veg recipes we’ve recently turned our hand to baking some sweetmeats to sustain us through the afternoon weeding! Here are some
Let them eat (veg) cake! Read More »
Recently we visited a good friend at Woodland Valley Farm near Laddock. Chris Jones farms in an inspiring way. He expects a lot from himself as farmer and guardian of the land and he expects a lot from his farming. I knew several years ago that Chris had turned his grass-dominated fields over to herbal
Rewilding Agriculture Read More »
Because we love food that looks as good as it tastes we’ve grown the Chioggia and golden beetroot alongside the more familiar red beetroot. We think the golden is sweeter, the Chioggia more earthy (and downright gorgeous when sliced!) and the red is the classic. They all contain the goodness that explains why beetroot used
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Yesterday I saw a baby grass snake on our compost pile. I beamed with joy and awe at this amazing creature and the first thing I thought was “yet another reason I love being organic”. Like hundreds of other growers and farmers in the UK and amongst thousands across the world and millions in the
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Known for its health benefits and flavour alike, garlic is perhaps our favourite of the allium family, which includes leeks, onions, and shallots. Whilst it is a relatively new addition to the back garden allotment (garlic doesn’t even feature in some of our older veg growing books!), it has been consumed by humans for several
Courgettes really are a modern vegetable. Like most other veg now favoured in western diets they originate from Central/South America. Courgettes were bred and enjoyed for thousands of years by indigenous people in the Americas. They were introduced to Europe by Columbus about 500 years ago. However it wasn’t until the middle of the 20th
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