Hello Folks, Almost all of our winter crops are now sown and it’s great to watch all the delicious leafy greens develop. We’ve cleared the last of our tomato plants – chard, claytonia and land cress have taken their place – but other summer crops like cucumbers and courgettes will keep going a little while…
Veg Box Newsletter 22/09/17
Hello Folks, There’s still time to enter September’s Munch of the Month competition, which you can do by posting a photo of your veg box creations to social media with the tags #locavoremm and #locavorevegbox. We took another delivery of apples from the Centre for Stewardship at Falkland Estate in Fife this week. This time…
Veg Box Newsletter 15/09/17
Morning Folks, That’s it for salad from Left Field for a little while now. There’ll be a break as we transition to hardier crops that will survive through the winter. We’re sowing a lot of spinach, chard, land cress and other hardy greens which should give us crops throughout the winter. Also our Rouken Glen…
Growing school of thought: a carrot stick approach to local food in East Renfrewshire.
This week we are pleased to have made our first local organic vegetable deliveries to the kitchens of primary schools across East Renfrewshire. Each of the 21 primary schools will get a mixed box of produce every week which will be used to provide crudités (finger food) for children to help themselves to at lunch…
Munch of the Month | September
We’re already almost two weeks into September now so it’s probably time to announce that we are taking entries for our next Munch of the Month competition! If you’re a veg box subscriber and would like to be in for a chance of winning a hamper of ethical goods from our shop then make sure…
Veg Box Newsletter 8/9/17
Hello Folks, Thank you all for your wonderful entries to the Munch of the Month competition, and congratulations to Jennifer, our August winner! Please do continue posting your veg box creations on social media with the tags #locavoremm and #locavorevegbox for our September edition of the competition. If you haven’t already, join our veg box…