Rustical

Category: Food

  • Ever changing seasons

    Well that’s the pumpkins done for another year. It is always a bit sad removing all the unsold pumpkins but it needs to be done and it is nice to get the space back in the yard. Unlike the pumpkins, the unsold winter squashes will ‘keep’ and provide us with some welcome vegetables throughout the…

  • Layla and Jamie visit

    Sue’s work colleague Paul and his wife Claire called with their two kids to pick their pumpkins from the field, feed the hens, collect the eggs and pose for pictures on the big pumpkin. I think it is fair to say that collecting the eggs proved to be the favourite part of the visit for…

  • The Barn at Scorton

    Today included a lovely little trip out to Scorton with our Australian visitors. The more athletic pair went off on the Nicky Nook walk in the forest of Bowland whilst the remaining pair toured the coffee shops.

  • Pumpkin picking

    My little helper came along to the pumpkin patch to help select a few nice specimens for a display.  

  • The pumpkin season begins

    Usually we start the season with a giant pumpkin which needs a pallet under it to move it but this year we start with a tiny little pumpkin that barely fills a hand. These small squashes are just the job for harvest festival arrangements and rustic autumnal displays. These pumpkins are available now from www.BigPumpkins.co.uk

  • New Eggs For Sale Sign

    Our new ‘Eggs For Sale’ went live today. Quite pleased with it as it is all hand painted; the letters by me, the hen by my mum. I have much more respect for signwriters after doing this!

  • Gathering Onions and Garlic

    Our 2015 onion and garlic harvest began in earnest. The onions and garlic had been pulled and left to dry on the soil but now it is time to dress them up a little and then store them in racks at the shed.

  • Hydroponic Lemongrass Update

    A quick view on the progress of our fresh lemongrass being trialled in two simple hydroponic systems; both in a polytunnel that has no electrical supply. Pot Culture One is a very simple ‘pot culture’ system where the plants are in a soil medium with a capillary wick which dangles down into a reservoir containing…

  • Surplus Veg

    Even though we are nearing the end of July, the sun has not done much shining, whilst it is relatively early in the growing season yet we have more than enough home grown vegetables to warrant a real treat of mediterranean style rustic roast vegetables (with a sneaky little sweetcorn starter while we are waiting). Roughly…