Don’t worry, pea happy! It’s pea and bean week at Big Barn!
While we can enjoy fresh peas and beans through the summer, especially if you’re into growing your own, then we get to enjoy them…
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Jamie and the Vegetarian School
How fantastic to see Jamie at the amazing Greenside Primary vegetarian school, Channel 4 clip video below. Kids enthused to queue up to eat…
Read MoreHow to test your local chef/restaurant?
Ever traded your home grown veg for a meal at your local pub/restaurant? I have a big crop of Beetroot, courgettes and squash in my…
Read MoreSmallholders Handbook Part 7
Here is our seventh instalment about joining the Food Industry and living off the land with a sustainable smallholding. At BigBarn we would love to…
Read MoreWhat to do in your organic veg patch in October
Here is a great resource to help you grow great fruit and veg at home from our friends at Garden Organic. Like BigBarn Garden…
Read MoreWe grow enough of them to build lane motorway around the world 6 times! It’s potato week at Big Barn.
They’re inexpensive, fat free (when they come out of the ground) and they’re full on nutrients and vitamins. They’re versatile, easy to flavour and…
Read MoreIt’s time to celebrate some berry tasty preserves! It’s Jam (and chutney) week at Big Barn.
While the summer may be disappearing and the days already starting to feel shorter, it’s not the end of the British bounty just yet!…
Read MoreIt’s beetroot week – find out why it’s brilliant for your health here.
There’s a nice purple vegetable which happens to be very well adapted to living in our climate and that’s the good, old Beetroot. Its…
Read MoreWhat to do in your organic veg patch in September
Here is a great resource to help you grow great fruit and veg at home from our friends at Garden Organic. Like BigBarn Garden…
Read MoreSmallholders Handbook part 6
Here is our sixth instalment about joining the Good Life and living off the land with a sustainable smallholding. At BigBarn we would love to…
Read More‘Major mistake to compare cows to cars’
My last blog was criticised for calling Goldsmiths University ignorant and irresponsible for banning beef in their campus food outlets. To back up…
Read MoreWhat a cowincidence – it’s Diary week here at Big Barn
Not only are dairy produce one of our key food groups, but the foods produced by the dairy industry are so varied and so…
Read MoreHere come the apples and pears!
It’s that time of year where we start thinking about this year’s harvest. While it’s a great excuse to teach the little ones about…
Read MoreUniversity banning beef is mad and irresponsible
Last week the Guardian reported that a university has banned the sale of beef in campus food outlets to help…
Read MoreIt’s corn week at Big Barn – here’s why we should be celebrating this versatile food!
Sweet corn is now ready for us! Track down some brilliant British grown corn from your local farm shop using our local food…
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