That means that every single cucumber, tomato and French bean, and every last leaf of salad, kale, chard and spinach has been sown, grown and harvested right here in Glasgow!Â
That means that every single cucumber, tomato and French bean, and every last leaf of salad, kale, chard and spinach has been sown, grown and harvested right here in Glasgow!Â
When you know where something came from, and the work that went into it, you feel differently about it. You appreciate it more, and maybe you enjoy it more too. Chard Week is about that too, the sense of connection: everything you eat had work put into it, everything you eat came from somewhere, and isn’t it interesting to know just where? And just who did the work?
Sue shares an atypical week in cooking and eating her XL veg box
When you hear that our beloved market garden grew twice as much chard than planned, your first thought might be “that’s a lot of chard,” or “I will cook mine with anchovies,”or “Locavore should organise some kind of Chard Week”. Your second thought, however, will very likely be “why?” Well, the weather most certainly played…
You ride out the hard veg box times with us- the hungry gap this year seemed to last forever- and this is the good time, the time of plenty, where the boxes are full of greens and our farm is buzzing and vibrant
