Winter closing
We will be closing for veg orders from Dec 24th until the start of February 2012.
In these weeks we are hoping to complete alot of groundwork, hedge cutting, fencing etc etc etc, that we never get to during the growing season.
Thanks a million for all your much appreciated orders all through 2011. I will update the website and will email our regular customers to let you know our first date for orders in Spring 2012.
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‘soup box’ winter offer for 10 euro
We are introducing a new veg box for winter produce, with the aim of keeping cost down, whilst still providing wholesome core winter veg to supply a family.
Contents:
Potatoes
Carrots
Onions
Parsnip
Leek
Celery or celeriac
This will be worth a total of 11.50 – costing 10.00 per box.
It is available for collection only every Friday 12 – 5pm
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Thank you to all our veg box customers who have signed up to pay by standing order. It makes our planning easier to know that we have confirmed regular orders. We will make sure that there are tasty goodies in your hampers at year’s end!
We have taken on our maximum number of new standing order customers for this season, so it will be Spring 2011 before we will be able to sign up new customers for this offer. We need some time to plan next year’s crops, quantities and new projects.
In the meantime, if you would like to order a veg box please contact Elaine (087 6187908) – we can still offer weekly boxes and casual orders, depending on week to week availability of produce.
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Autumn news 2010
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Good & Green
The summer has passed us by in a blur of hoeing and sowing (and not enough weeding!)… Our new tunnel has transformed the garden and is going strong, with weekly crops of tomatoes, cucumbers, french beans etc. Sweetcorn and chillis are on the way in Autumn. Outdoors there are now a choice of cabbage (red, savoy or round), kale, leeks, celeriac, celery, beetroot, red and white onions and some new peas, and of course pumpkins will be ready for Halloween. Our new hens have settled in well and there is a steady supply of eggs, so, all in all we are delighted with the produce this year and with the steady growth in visitors calling in to us every weekend.
We very much appreciate the effort our customers have made to make time to call for produce and hope that you have enjoyed watching the crops grow and come to harvest since Spring. It is great to be able to share the excitement of following the progress of the garden and to show our customers how and where each crop grows.
We have loads of work to do for the autumn and winter and lots of ideas that we would like to try for next season to meet requests made by our customers. At the moment we are sowing winter salads, rocket and greens (spinach, orientals etc) and will get these crops into the tunnel by end of September to have fresh greens and herbs throughout the cold months.
There are some new options and opening times for the Autumn and Winter as follows:
We are restarting our free delivery service within 5 miles of the smallholding on orders of 20 euro or over. Delivery will be on Friday afternoon and evening between 4 and 7pm.
To order a veg box there are a few options:
a. Send a tailor made order from the list of produce posted on the website every Wed night – email or text to me by Thursday evening for delivery on Friday or collection from the farm as you prefer. No minimum for orders collected from us. 20 euro minimum for free delivery.
b. Growers choice – this has been a popular option where we select the contents of the box from our available produce to an agreed total (min 15 euro for collection or min 20 euro for free delivery). We vary this from week to week, but always include a mix of root veg, leaves, herbs and fruit. You can specify items that you like a lot or don’t use/need. In addition we add 15% free extra produce (eg. 23 euro in a 20 euro box).
c. Regular standing order – We are offering a special deal to customers who know that they like and use our produce regularly and are willing to commit to a fixed amount standing order payment to our bank account. In this case we will add 15% extra produce as usual, free delivery to your house. In addition we will give you a free hamper at Christmas (including seasonal treats, bread, home reared pork/bacon and apple juice) as a thank you for your commitment through the year. With this type of box order you can use any credits built up if you are away to get extra produce at other times (eg for plants, extra veg).
If you are interested in getting a regular veg box – either delivered or for collection from us please complete the attached form and return to Elaine. Delivery from Friday 3rd Sept. Occasional orders also welcome for delivery, although priority will go to weekly customers for any limited produce.
Our opening hours for drop in customers will change from Sept 3rd:
* We will open for drop in customers on Fridays 12 – 5pm as usual.
* On Saturdays we will harvest for any preorders only. If you would like to order produce on Saturday please email/text or ring with the details 24 hours ahead.
Many thanks again to our customers who have supported our work. We look forward to growing again for you in the coming season.
Kind regards,
Elaine, John, Cathal, Oisin, Ryan and Fionn
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Roasted radishes
from ‘The great big veg challenge – how to get your children eating vegetables happily’ by Charlotte Hume
This is a great book, geared towards using every veg from a-z in a child friendly way. Really nice recipes that give regular veg a twist.
A different look at radishes – roasting them softens their heat and brings out a gentler and sweeter flavour. Serves as a side dish:
750g radishes, halved
6 cloves of garlic, peeled
2-3 tbsp sesame oil
1/2 tsp mild chilli powder
1/2 tsp smoked paprika
pinch sea salt
Preheat the oven to 190c.
Place the radish halves in a deep baking tray.
Add the whole cloves of garlic, then cover in the sesame oil, chilli powder and smoked paprika. Add a pinch of salt.
Stir well to make sure they are coated in the oil and seasonings.
Roast in the oven for 30mins.
Halfway through, stir them round to make sure they are evenly cooked. Serve hot.
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Fresh produce from our garden
Our farm gate sales are now up and running 2 months and business is going well.
We harvest every Friday and Saturday to sell from our log cabin beside the garden and tunnel and regular passing trade is building up steadily. Our regular veg box customers are a great core to the business and we very much appreciate their weekly orders.
As the summer progresses the range of produce is increasing – and we are adding new items weekly. The tunnel ensures that we have crops earlier than would be possible outside – and we now have a great range of salads, scallions, potatoes, carrots, courgettes and soon will have cucumbers. We are still topping up our own produce from an organic supplier when we are waiting for our crops, but the garden is doing very well this year and things are coming on quickly.
We still have capacity to take on weekly veg box customers who have the added benefit of 15% free extra produce. So for a box costing 20 euro you get 23 euro produce. If you are interested in joining this scheme you are welcome to get in touch.
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