We were so pleased to be recognised with an award at the Cornwall Sustainability Awards 2022! We entered in the Growing Greener category to showcase what agriculture and horticulture can achieve. We are always striving to embody our mission of ‘creating truly sustainable food production that nourishes people and place’ more fully but feel we […]
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By some miracle the clouds parted and the sun shone last Sunday as twenty budding vegetable growers gathered in the garden to learn about no-dig vegetable growing at the Real Food Garden. The visitors had a jam packed morning of learning about organic and no-dig ways of growing with our very own Head Grower Amelia Lake.
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We are offering three seasonal workshops to get you growing your own organic, no-dig vegetables. Each workshop will provide the essentials in no-dig and organic growing and take you on a journey of planning and creating a veg plot,boosting your success, reducing the work involved and having year-round veg. Amelia Lake has many years experience
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Fresh green leaves in mid-winter have long been highly valued in this part of the world. We are not so different from our ancestors thousands of years ago who would have savoured any young shoots of nettles or ramsons during winter. But let\’s admit, we are very grateful that we aren\’t limited to nettles all
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This is pretty new to us but we tried it at the Courtyard Deli and Kitchen in Falmouth and loved it. So we looked up some recipes, adjusted them and present this one to you. Add them to warm salads, roasted veg, serve with meats or get caught just scooping them out of the jar!
Pickled Leeks Anyone? Read More »
It’s the leek’s time to shine! Well actually they have quite a lot of time in the spotlight. They are a very valuable veg in these climes, when little else is around leeks are there to bring us beautiful flavour and nutrients in these dark months. We love leeks for their versatility in the kitchen
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
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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 »
