Posts tagged as "organic veg boxes"
MUD IN EXCESS
Global warming may havve enabled Eden Farms to havve both purple sprouting broccoli and ordinary “calabrese” broccoli on our organic veg stall in Nottingham last week, but the mud! In normal winters there is usually some cold, biting weather by now that “freeze-dries” our fields, so we can do some winter ploughing- or- hey [...]
MEXICAN MADNESS
This week on our farm we are pulling organic spring onions. This is pretty unusual for the time of year- usually Eden Farms grows overwintered salads in tunnels, but until this week, they were quite happy ourside.So how come that my local Somerfields is air- freighting spring onions in from MEXICO this week?! Is [...]
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, [...]
e | business award finalist
Eden Farms is somehow a finalist in this gears East midlands Development Agency e- commerce awards! see www.ebusinessclub.biz Great excitement all round to discover that we have been chosen out of all these hi-tech businesses as a bit of alright!I tend to think of Eden Farms growing our organic vegetables in a sort of [...]
PURPLE EVERYTHING
First, my nose and toes have been purple all week- its freezing out here on the farm. With all the terrifying predictions of snow, I envisaged ruined vegetables buried under mountains of snow. In fact, we have got off with a very light covering, and some really sharp frosts. The chief sufferers have been [...]
GORGEOUS GIRLS AND BEETROOT
Before………And after………Here are some pictures froom our gala dinner event, where the staff froom the packhouse, normally dressed in old jeans, and at this time of year, scarves and hats, flaunted themselves at a champagne reception run by East Midlands Development Agency, and accepted an award as runner up in the category of “Best [...]
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
MORE ABOUT WATER
Listening to the weekend farming programme( yes, I know it’s sad), farmers in Australia are apparently in the forefront of global warming and are running out of water. In line with official thinking worldwide, protection of home-owners’ privileges tends to take precedence over farmer’s needs. So while flush toilets and automatic washing machines continue [...]
Yellow Greens
Summer should be a melllw dreamy time to enjoy the great outdoors and recover from too many nights spent in watching “B” movies and snacking sweeties. source
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