Countryside Alliance Award 2011
Winter has arrived, but we have sprouts galore
Countryside Alliance Awards 2011 A huge thank you to those who nominated us, we have just completed a form as part of the regional finalists, so fingers crossed, we will up-date you when we have any news Thank You To sign up for a newsletter e-mail please contact me on gardenfriendsveg@aol.com, be the first to know whats new in the farm shop each week
November 2011
Check our events page for our reindeer and craft event
December 2010
Winter has arrived with a bang.
No fear of not having sprouts in our farm shop, we have managed to harvest the sprouts, so come to the farm shop for the tastiest sprouts around.
The severe frost has made it difficult to harvest, but we plod away and will endeavour to have enough veggies in the shop.
Monday 20th September 2010
As I sit updating the web site it is quite clear that the nights are drawing in, it's only 7.30pm and already its dark outside.
However it means a new dawn for some of my favourite veggies.
Parsnips, leeks and squash's are slowly creeping in and will be in most of the veg boxes within the next few weeks.
For a busy mum like me it means the slow cooker re-appears on the worktop and meals are left to slowly cook throughout the day and if you set the bread maker as well it means when we eventually return to the house there is a fabulous smell of soups or casseroles with warm bread to mop up the juices. I recently bought a book devoted to one pot cooking and if you thought only casseroles and soups were possible well think again, look out for it at Roxton Garden Centre and be inspired by your slow cooker.
22nd January 2010
I am delighted to tell you that this week Alistair Burt MP for North-East Bedfordshire today sang the praises of our veg box scheme and the farm shop in parliament. It is a huge honour for little old us to be mentioned alongside the big boys like Jordan's.
Our thanks go to Alistair who certainly knows his onions!!
to see the full report google
hansards food industry competitiveness
The Nude Ewe has arrived
100% sheeps wool
£3.50 per 50g ball
Knitting kits from £12
18th November 2009
This sunday we will be carol singing and taste testing a hot apple juice, come and join us for some festive fun.
12th November 2009
Order your Turkey for collection at the farm shop
Traditional White
Traditional Bronze
Turkey Butterfly
Turkey Breast
Turkey Boned and rolled stuffed with gammon/apple, herb and cranberry stuffing
also available
sausage meat
whole chickens
smoked ham and unsmoked ham smoked bacon and unsmoked bacon
beef joints, lamb joints and pork joints also available
call in at the farm shop for an order form or contact me on gardenfriendsveg@aol.com for more information
also available
garden friends cheese basket
1 piece mature cheddar
1 piece wenyledale with cranberries
1 jar of pickled onions
chioce of 1 jar pickled beetroot or 1 jar of pickled red cabbage
presented and gift wrapped in a small fruit bowl
we also have hessain bags that you can fill with your own choice of
jams and preserves
farm shop news 23rd October 2009
love them or hate them they are back
brussel sprouts
walnuts from wyboston, just had a taste of one and they are delicious
don't forget to get your pumpkin whether its for soup or carving we have plenty at only £1 each, check out the web site for a delicious sweet pumpkin pie recipe
speciality bread this week is apple and cinnamon and sun dried tomato with parmesan cheese, plus lots of other great loves from gunn's of sandy
our meat this week is from southall's butchers in great barford
we have a range of sausages, lamb, pork, bacon and ham
plus our great selection of vegetables and fruit
see you soon
val
Sunday 11th October
thought you might like to know about our apple day fiesta which is happening this Sunday, 10.30 till 4.30, at the farm shop (based in the grounds of roxton garden centre)
we will be celebrating all things related to apples
for the kids we will have free spartan apples
for the adults we will be taste testing a variety of apple juices
we will also have loads more apple related products
apple trees
toffee apples
apple and onion chutney
apple and cinnamon fudge
apple and blackcurrant fudge
plus much more
come along and join us for a apple extravaganza
val & mark
Celebrate National Apple Day
New this week in the shop
butternut squash and pumpkins from roxton
black kale (cavalo nero) from bromham
back again are cauliflowers ,
spartan apples and conference pears
also a new addition to the shop are breakfast cereals direct from biggleswade and the jordans fields we have wheatflakes and oatflakes, a 30g portion is all you need to start the day and to make it extra special add some fresh fruit
again we will have Gunn's bakery speciality bread parmesan & sundried tomato loaves along with a range of there other bread
Kevin is back from holiday so we again have a range of his fresh lamb, along with Southall's bacon, ham and pork
if you wish to reserve anything please drop me an e-mail or phone 07850666756 before Friday evening if possible
see you soon
Val & Mark
Bank Holiday
Taste Test Fiesta
Over the bank holiday weekend we will be
taste testing:
Bread
Cheese
Tomatoes
Sweet Chilli Sauce
Apple Juice
Sausages
Come and join us
also this week we will have sweetcorn
14th August 2009
This week we have
worcester permain eating apples & grenadier cooking apples
home-made lemon & honey curd
victoria plums
apache chillies
1st August 2009
The runner beans are here, my most favourite veg of the season has arrived, luckily I managed to pick some earlier this week for our tea and they were delicious.
This week I have also had the chance to make a few jars of redcurrant jelly and victoria plum jam.
25th July
New season Jams
Apricot, Gooseberry & Strawberry all £2.50 each
Local Cherries
Sweet Peppers & Chillies Taste test Goats Cheese on Sunday
7th July 2009
4 varieties of soft goats cheese
Peas
Romanesco cauliflowers
Bell Peppers
Marrow
This saturday we will be tast testing beef sausages, they are available in the freezer with 10% off the marked price