Oil week: Week 19 of BigBarn’s food and drink weeks
The fields are starting to turn yellow with rapeseed ready for the season! Virgin olive oil and cold pressed Rapeseed oil is really…
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Honey week: Week 18 of BigBarns food and drink weeks
It is just starting to warm up enough for us to start seeing bees in the garden. Bee enthusiasts around Britain are starting to…
Read MoreAsparagus Week: Week 17 of BigBarn Food & Drink weeks
The king of locally grown, and fresh produce, is asparagus. As Britain does not export a single spear of asparagus it must be pretty special stuff….
Read MoreEgg week: Week 16 of BigBarn’s food and drink weeks
It’s egg week! And why not when 1.2trillion eggs are consumed every year! Eggs are not only incredibly versatile but also help keep you fuller…
Read MoreWe must teach our kids to cook
A very interesting article in the Guardian recently proves that our most popular foods are bad for us. To us there…
Read MoreForaging week: Week 15 of BigBarns food and drink weeks
The wild garlic and sting nettles have started to appear meaning it’s time to get foraging! And killing unwanted nettles in your veg patch…
Read MoreBeer week: Week 14 of BigBarn’s food & drink weeks
It is brilliant to see so many local, craft breweries opening up and being received by the public with absolute enthusiasm. Apparently CAMRA; the…
Read MoreLocal food news and offers to remind us to avoid the supermarket?
Much of the best food available in the UK is grown here and seasonal. Even without Brexit big savings, and health gains, can be…
Read MoreGrow You Own Week: Week 13 of BigBarn’s Food & Drink weeks
Now is the perfect time to start getting stuck into your garden. Diving in and getting our hands dirty in the garden is more…
Read MoreLamb & Mutton Week: Week 12 of BigBarn’s food and drink weeks
Now the Beast’s from the east have gone, spring is nearly here. There is no better indicator then the arrival of all the daffodils…
Read MoreA Big ‘WELL DONE’ To zero waste and ‘NO plastic’ campaigners
It is amazing how much press coverage and public support there has been for cutting down, or out, plastic use. Milk is going back…
Read MoreBacon week: Week 11 of BigBarns food and Drink weeks
This week at BigBarn we are talking about beautiful, wonderful bacon. There is nothing nicer then the smell of sizzling bacon in the morning…
Read MoreBritish Pie Week: Week 10 of BigBarn’s food and drink weeks
IT’S BRITISH PIE WEEK! And we just can’t wait to sink our teeth into a delicious homemade (or locally made) British pie. Now is…
Read MorePancake Week: Week 9 of BigBarn’s Food & Drink Weeks
Shrove Tuesday was the same week as Valentine week this year so this blog is a couple of weeks late. Shrove Tuesday gets us…
Read MoreWhy BigBarn is working with Slow Food
BigBarn has teamed up with Slow Food to help more people switch from a fast food, supermarket, lifestyle, to a more sustainable, healthy, seasonal,…
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