Posts tagged as "doing it"
Sunny Saturday
Last night was the first truly cold frost for some time, coming just as we are curting the first tunnel organic lettuce. If the weather is cold enough to freeze the leaves, particularly when they have hearts, the morning sun will rupture the cell walls( ice expands- remember physics GCSE?), and a week later, [...]
Eat your greens
Here are the two extra greens recipes that I promosed you in this week’s newsletter.The first is from a customer, Ginny Blonde, and transforms kale into something unrecognisable- by all accounts, this could be an advantage…… KRISPY KALE Heat up the oven to about 180*/ gas mmark4. Meanwhile, thoroughly wash your kale and rip [...]
CAULIFLOWER CHAOS
Cauliflowers are one of the most weather-responsive vegetables I know. When its cold, they sulk annoyingly, with hearts the size of 50p pieces protectively concealed from the chill. source
The Great Kohlrabi Competition
Kohlrabi, strange vegetable relation of turnips and cauliflowers, is much loved almost anywhere except the UK. Go on any farmers market and ecstatic customers witg continental accents snatch up huge bags of them and scurry home to gorge on delicacies made witg this under-rated veg.So why do I feel I have to keep apologising [...]
Who loves the sun | ..
At last some genuine summer weather; I adore heat, and have felt profoundly cheated so far this summer. Therefore , accompanied by Harry Potter to submerge any feelings of guilt, I have managed to aquire a good tan by sitting out in the garden on every possible occasion over the last week. Not [...]
BIGGEST BEAN FEAST EVER
We escaped from our sticky farm this weekend, aided by Ryanair’s bargain basement selection. Naughty but nice- and who’s going to quibble about 99p flights to Milan (except some bright green environmentalist who didn’t get trench foot in a Lincolnshire bog this summer!) Regular readers will know that we love our busman’s holidays, [...]
THE GRAND PLAN
January is the month for forward planning on the farm. It’s the time when we reviww what we grew last year, and how successful it was (difficult when the farm spent most of the summer under water…), should we be trying new crops, were there big “hungry gaps” in our programme?We’d really appreciate [...]
Grow Fresh Organic Vegetables in your Veggie Garden without digging
Finally, a method of growing food that is reliable (qnd I mean bomb proof). It also produces an abundance of food and is easy to understand. This package includes a fully illustrated step by step manual and over 60 minutes of video. continue
MEET THE SNAKE CHARMER
Eden Farms home farm has received absolutely no chemical sprays for nearly 40 years! We are situated in a narrow valley bisected by a stream, and boast quite a selection of wildlife, including quite a few protected species, including bats, newts, lizards and snakew.Surrounded by intensive agriculture, we provide a small haven for species [...]
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