What’s in Season this month? As the weather gets cooler and the days get shorter, it’s time for comforting soups and stews. This month we’ve got the perfect ingredients for that sort of thing… Squashes! We have all manner of squashes available at Lin’s Veg Shed. The squashes we eat today all come from […]
18th October 2022, Birmingham The Organic Matters conference is the most important event for OGA team and its 400 strong membership. The event attracts over 200 small-scale growers (on-line and in person) who share the same aspirations about growing and offering food to local communities in the most environmentally friendly ways possible. Speakers include experts, […]
It is the month of Organic Pumpkins (because we call it like that) and we are offering free large pumpkins for eating, painting or carving! Sign up to our weekly Box Scheme during October and use the promo code JACKOLANTERN to enjoy a free large organic pumpkin with your first order. You can only sign […]
Thank you all! who donated Solidarity Boxes via our weekly Box Scheme, to support MAD-AID in their efforts to help refugees housed in Moldova. Victoria Dunford, founder of MAD-AID on the Isle of Wight is sharing her story on day 118 of the war! “For our tiny team here, to say we’ve been overloaded these […]
The question re muddy veg is an interesting one. Yes we know our veg at this time of the year is often muddy and we would really love it not to be. Harvesting vegetables in the winter mud us very hard and difficult work. So why is it so muddy? The answer, as with many […]
To all Box Scheme customers at Tolhurst Organic: current, past and future! Tolhurst Organic is upgrading to a new online ordering system as of 1 November 2021 (We sent the heads-up message back in spring, however the very difficult growing season and family issues meant that we had to postpone the launch). From now on, […]
I have written before about the humble spud; it occupies quite a chunk of our land on the farm, moving every year to a new place within the seven-year rotation. It is a hungry crop needing good fertility and plenty of water and sunshine to do well. It is the crop we sell the greatest […]
With much anticipation and somewhat trepidation we are planning this year’s open air community festival, offering to the public the best of our organic pumpkins,squashes, flowers and veg. As before the pandemics, we are hoping to gather the best of local producers and craftsmen to make your day pleasant and enjoyable. Simple organic food and […]