Veg Box Newsletter 31/03/17

Hello Folks, We hope that you enjoyed the fleeting sunshine as much as we, and the growing sites, did! At Left Field Market Garden, Neilston, the good weather dried the ground out for the first time this year, allowing our growers to use the walk behind tractor to prepare the beds for the sowing of…

Veg Box Newsletter 24/03/17

Good Morning Folks, We’re recruiting New Growers for our Grow the Growers programme at The Urban Croft. This is an exciting opportunity to grow for profit at our site in Queens Park Recreation Grounds. If you’re interested, apply here. This week we’re delivering treat boxes. There’s the option of sweet or savoury, and they contain…

Grow the Growers 2017

Hi everyone, One of our key aims here at Locavore is to build a better local food network. One way we’ve been working on making this a reality is by helping people get starting growing vegetables for profit through our Grow the Growers programme at the Croft. We’re pleased to let you know that we…

Veg Box Newsletter 17/03/17

Good Afternoon Folks, Our growers have been working have been busy with preparations for the new growing season, sowing seeds for cavolo nero, spinach, chard, lettuce and pea shoots. To house the seedlings, shelving units have been built from old pallets. There’s even been some landscape gardening going on, with the polytunnel having undergone a…

Veg Box Newsletter 10/03/17

Good Afternoon Folks, It’s cheese box week! We offer a choice of small (£20), standard (£37.50) and large (£55) cheese boxes as a monthly special, delivered on the second Friday of each month. Each box contains a range of cheese, including everyday cooking cheese such as Cheddar, blue cheese, goat and ewe cheeses. If you’d…

Munch of the Month | March

Morning folks, our Munch of the Month competition for March is now open! All you have to do to enter is take a photo of a dish you’ve created with ingredients from your veg box along with a brief description of what you’ve made. Post the photo on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter with the tags…