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| An incredible crop of mint! |
It's been a brilliant Spring on both Cindale Herb Farm and Little Black Cow Farm. This time on the blog in part 1 we are talking veges and soap. In part 2 we will be reading about Helen's AMAZING heirloom tomatoes.
Our organically grown vege boxes are totally chemical free and have come to be a popular reason for local people to call in at the stall as soon as the market opens.
Some people ask us why we don't do more than a few organically grown vege boxes when they are such good value and people snap them up. The reason is quality and sticking to our principles.
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| Purple Kale loving Spring!! |
The reason we put so much work into making sure our vege boxes are organically grown is because we are feeding our own families with this food. That means the incentive to grow a good quality product is based on sound ethical reasons and not reason for profit. We are simply sharing the excess of a really good product that we are consuming ourselves!
Our regular customers can not believe how long the veges last once they get them home and in the fridge. One customer said, 'I can't believe that I have had these leafy greens in fridge and a week later they are still fresh- the reason is our picking method. It involves no long haul trucks, no food miles and an early morning picking frenzy!
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| Sunrise over Branxton |
On the day of the market Helen and Kim get up at 5am , and as soon as the sun comes up we are out picking those veges for the boxes. So by the time a customer races to pick up a box at the market at 9am , the veges are only 3-4 hours ' old , compared to the week old ( or older !) veges you buy in the supermarket. Imagine how many more vitamins and minerals there are as a result.
Sometimes at 5 am , we wonder if we are crazy going to all this effort to pick fresh. But then the sun rises over Branxton while you have an arm full of silverbeet or kale ...and you think that you are part of something pretty special!
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| Still selling our quirky hand made iron sculptures! |
This time around we have some awesome Spring veges - broccolli sprouts, vibrant orange cumquats, celery , kale, snow peas , lettuce,various herbs, broad beans, just to name a few! ....come and have a look , the variety is awesome!
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| Early morning on the farm. |
Whether you love juicing or just love fresh crunchy veges that are chemical free - this is going to be an awesome vege box to take home! We even have a few smaller 'juicing' bags with lovely leafy greens.
The other thing Kim is doing in the early hours of market morning is milking her goat Snow.
Snow kidded this Spring and is now producing lots of fresh goat's milk.
Kim uses this milk to make her famous goat milk soaps. Why goat's milk soaps? Our Goat milk soaps are great for people with allergies and intolerances . We do not add anything artificial to the recipe.
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| Freshly made goat milk soap just poured into the tray. |
It is a little unusual to buy goat milk soap and actually be able to tell the people the goat's name that the milk for the product came from! But that's the way we like it - a small enterprise that connects with people who care about where things come from.
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| A bowl of foamy fresh hand milked goat milk. |
You can't get more natural than this! So come and buy some real farm veges and goat milk soap and notice the difference.
We will also be encouraging you to grow your own veges with our advanced seedling range that we have arranged especially for the September market! !!!
