Our mission
Our family believe that the food you eat, should be grown organically, have no pesticides, anti-biotics or steriods used in the growth, whether meat or vegetables. We changed what and where we buy from over 10 years ago, growing as much of our own produce as we can.
Why?
There has been a plethora of different TV programmes and debates about whether organic is better for you, is it worth the extra price. We've always believed that if a vegetable/animal takes longer to grow, has more sunlight and natural goodness in the soil, then it builds more nutrients in it. There was research last year that compared nutrient values taken from vegetables during the second world war and now, and the results were amazing.Imagine my surprise today, to see an article on BBC Good Food that backs up the idea that organic is so much better.
http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/howto/guide/clean-eating-shopping-tips-what-buy
The immediate comments on Facebook were about the costs of organic, to the point of simply rubbing dirt on veg and it will be the same. Depending on where you get the organic veg makes a difference to the costs too, I also posted the following comment below on the thread as I think we forget that growing our own is an option.
Time to get some veg growing at home, it doesn't need to be a full veg garden, I grow cut and come again lettuce in hanging baskets, also rocket, mizuna, beet leaves and land cress, slugs can't get to them, easy to pick and cheap. Also I use herbs in planters plus sugar snap peas growing up twigs (pinch out tips for pea shoots, mangetout or full sugar snaps), tomatoes in grow bags. Kids love being able to graze from the plant, can't get fresher.So many children say they don't like vegetables, but what if you give them a vegetable that is grown for flavour not speed, cook it properly, help them learn to grow vegetables themselves, there is nothing like a sneaky pod of peas straight from the plant.
I grow runner beans (stringless varieties are the best), sugar snaps, courgettes, tomatoes, lettuces, rocket and lots of herbs.
If you want to get started early, aren't so worried about organic seedlings, why not buy your growing lettuces and herbs from the supermarket, you can pot them straight into hanging baskets and tubs, keep them indoors until the weather improves, but a conservatory or enclosed porch may give enough protection for the moment.
Food is fuel, your body is important, you wouldn't put inferior fuel in a Lamborghini, so why your body.
Let's get productive.
