Our garden produce helps feed local families :)

 

We are very pleased to have been able to supply grapes, tomatoes and some pumpkins to the Basics Barn today.  The tomatoes are destined to be turned into chutney and the grapes will go out in food boxes over the next couple of days.

Sandra came a little early to collect, so got roped into helping to harvest them!

Most of our produce has now been harvested for this season.  You can see our latest staff box had a lovely variety of items in it.

We continue to maintain the garden and are clearing old plants to prepare the soil and make way for new sowings next spring.  We will soon be planting onions and garlic for an early crop next year, along with salad crops in the polytunnel.

Thanks for reading!

Co-op Funding News and Garden Productivity

 

The Co-op funding session has now ended and we are due to receive £966.57 towards our Memorial Garden Project.  A huge thank you to all those who made the effort to shop at the Coop, spread the word and choose us as your local good cause!

In other news, we donated some of our crops to the Basics Barn during the half term holidays.  Potatoes and onions went into food boxes, tomatoes were turned into soup and runner beans went into stew.  These were then frozen to provide meals in future to local families.  

The Basics Barn staff thanked our Academy gardeners: "Everyone on the team was amazed by your generosity and we're very sure that our clients will be delighted to receive the soup and stew - especially as the weather gets colder and colder. "

Tasty sweet corn-on-the-cob also went home with Harrison, Jacob and Dougal for them to cook and enjoy with their families!

Finally, we have made Green Tomato Chutney which is now for sale to help raise funds for our garden project.  Feedback was very positive some years back when we sold jars so hopefully folk with enjoy these too!