farm shop

double_mummy

today i went a different way home (just for a change) and came across a farm shop 2 minutes from my door that i never knew about

i popped in found some amazing veggies and fruit all grown within 3 miles of my front door

i bought some lovely red and white cabbages some nice and still dirty carrots figs a couple of homemade gingerbread men (farmers wife makes them apparently) a home made cherry pie (again farmers wife) a massive bag of potatoes some apples plums and necatrines a small bag of red onions and quite a few white onions- what i would normally spend about £40 on in the shops came to under £20 (the shopkeepers were very impressed that my kids knew what every veg and fruit was as most kids there age dont!)

i am so pleased i have found somewhere like this now yipeee!

so i have decided to make coleslaw for a bbq on sunday is there anything else i need?

also is it just me or does it all taste better from a farm shop my kids havent stopped eating the fruit (although they are usually big fruit eaters anyway) but keep saying that its the best they have ever tasted

i know i talk lots but im so happy i found somewhere so close that is so much nicer and cheaper than the supermarket and the kids are happy eating it they loved washing their own carrots before dinner tonight

oh and does anyone know how to do that red cabbage pH test thing? i would love to show that to my son and this red cabbage is huge!

meritaten

I have farm shop envy now! my nearest so-called 'farm shop' had Egyptian potatoes and Suffolk strawberries and almost every item was definitely NOT local! the only exception were the free range eggs and I am prepared to think they came from the farm as the chickens were running round the car park! er - the eggs are the only things I buy there now - got totally disillusioned!

notanewuser

meritaten wrote: »

I have farm shop envy now! my nearest so-called 'farm shop' had Egyptian potatoes and Suffolk strawberries and almost every item was definitely NOT local! the only exception were the free range eggs and I am prepared to think they came from the farm as the chickens were running round the car park! er - the eggs are the only things I buy there now - got totally disillusioned!

Which one was that?

scaredy_cat

the difference is the fruit has been pick just on ripening, whereas the fruit in the supermarkets are picked long before ripening and so don;t have a chance to develop their natural sweetness under the sun.

and veg with the dirt on from when it was pulled out of the ground will keep longer too.

whitesatin

I am lucky in that my son has an allotment (and a demanding full time job) where he grows all sorts. This week already he has dropped off lots of strawberries and redcurrants. I know allotments can be difficult to get but if you are successful, I don't think they cost a lot to rent. It seems also that the other "owners" are happy to swap produce with you.

Re farm shops. I have had mixed experiences of these. When I was living in Surrey, they were really upmarket, a joy to walk around, but so expensive. Where I am now, they seem to be more reasonably priced. We also have a place run by adults with special needs and carers. Lovely produce at a reasonable price.

Butterfly_Brain

Is it Hunters, Pecks, Froweys or Wakefields?

double_mummy

ummmmmmmmmmmm as far as im aware its called farm shop lol

meritaten

unless you live in the Caerphilly area I doubt you would have heard of it - its located off the main road in the Rhymney valley.

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I've seen a meat wholesaler delivering meat to the local farm shop. Same wholesaler that delivers meat to the local butcher shops. Only the farm shop is double the price. :rotfl:

Drachenfach

We have some cracking farm shops round our way as we live on the edge of the vale of evesham. A lot of them have a chalkboard or whiteboard up telling you exactly where the produce came from - one nearby tells you the distance to the actual farm.

Our closest shop is hit and miss, lots of nice cheap veg, but some horrendously overpriced 'deli' stuff, and they once sold me a bunch of asparagus that was so tired it could be folded back on its self several times over. Not what one expects from the heart of sparrergrass country!

notanewuser

meritaten wrote: »

unless you live in the Caerphilly area I doubt you would have heard of it - its located off the main road in the Rhymney valley.

I go to the one on the mountain road occasionally. Just off the roundabout.