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JoH · Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2009 1:23 pm Post subject:

Yes am doing it later this year but only to this immediate area and supplying one shop sorry

Ina · Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2009 3:09 pm Post subject:

Ina · Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2009 3:32 pm Post subject:

Wendy's just sent me the details:

The lady at Huntly who was setting up with veg is called Lesley Richards. Her email address is:

LesleyJRichards@aol.com
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lrichards · newbie Joined: 14 May 2009 Posts: 5 Location: huntly

Hi, This is Lesley Richards and I'm currently setting up a veg box scheme in and around Huntly shortly. I don't have a web site yet (veg come first!) but I can be contacted at HuntlyHarvest@aol.com or call me on 01542 870201. Although I will be growing veg to 'organic standards', I can't label my veg as 'organic' but they are home grown, chemical and pesticide free and will grow in their own sweet time. Still in 'set up' mode, but hope to have a 'salad box' available by last week in May and Veg boxes sometime in June. Please call for details and please bear in mind that I will be 'out on the veg plots' most of the day so leave a message and I'll get back to you.. thanks, Lesley

Forget-me-Not · Neepster Joined: 25 Jan 2008 Posts: 1014 Location: Insch

We'd be interested in one too (Insch), we're too far out for Vital Veg. It would be for before our veggies are ready and when I can't keep them going any longer. (I know it's possible but due to my short comings unless I manage to crack it this year.)

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wildgarlic · Posted: Fri May 15, 2009 12:20 pm Post subject:

Great news - What area will you be covering?
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lrichards · newbie Joined: 14 May 2009 Posts: 5 Location: huntly

Hi, I'll be supplying to Huntly and surrounding areas - want to keep food miles as low as possible! Already have a waiting list of people interested in receiving a weekly box of veg (so hoping the veg will grow well!) so if anyone is interested then they should contact me at HuntlyHarvest@aol.com

Thanks
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rhubarb n custard · newbie Joined: 19 Jun 2009 Posts: 5 Location: Huntly

It's great to know there will be a box scheme in Huntly. In the short term (and I'm sure people have already thought of this) you can get boxes delivered to your work if you're in an area that's covered. We get Vital Veg delivered to my partner's work at Blackburn as they don't deliver out this far.

Maria · Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2009 2:38 pm Post subject:

We tried that from somewhere - erm...could have been 'food for thought' or something very similar. We tried a couple of times but found much of the bag was imported...unless 'local produce' means oranges and bananna's ect. I know many veg schemes add these things to supply a wider service to customers...but what i really wanted was seasonal local fruit and veg. I guess in hindsight i could have tried chatting to the growers and seeing if the bag/box could have been changed to suit. Hindsight's great after the event.

Since then I've done what i can to grow in the garden. I'm getting there...and hope next year I'll manage a year of seasonal veg from the garden.

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lrichards · newbie Joined: 14 May 2009 Posts: 5 Location: huntly

Hello All

Just to let you know that rather than doing an independent Veg Box Scheme, all my vegetables will be available for purchase at the Ashgrove Garden Centre in the near future. I'm hoping to take the first 'offerings' there on Friday (3rd July) which will consist of red/white onions, some beetroot, courgettes (Soleil -yellow) and broad beans. June has been very cold and wet up until the last week which means crops are later than usual and along with a few 'gardening disasters', some crops have had to be started from scratch again, so please bear with us. Some crops will be later than normal (peas/mangetout) and all crops will be dependant on the weather - which is always unpredictable up here! Thankfully we have a poly tunnel which is now bursting at the seems with young plants and seedlings waiting to get planted out. The last week of 'Bahamas' type weather has helped some crops along but it has also meant that some crops in the poly tunnel (at 46 degrees today!) have bolted and will need to be re-sown -lettuce in particular.

As far as the veg box scheme goes, The Ashgrove are happy to act as a collection/drop off point if the scheme goes ahead, we really will have to see how the crops perform this year. There will be a stand at the Ashgrove Garden Centre for the veg and alongside it will be the usual sheets of information relating to the veg on sale - ie, recipes, how to store the veg etc (as would have appeared in the veg box scheme).

If you would like to know in advance what will be delivered and when then just drop me an email and I can keep you informed. Otherwise, why not just pop in on your way past and see what's there and have a browse around the shop for other items of interest. If there is a particular veg that you are wanting (and it's available), I'm more than happy to make sure it will be at the garden centre (and put aside for you if necessary) if you can give me 48hrs notice (via email) of when you require it.

If you would like to phone the garden centre direct, please call 01466 760223 and ask for Rhona. Update- Rhona has had a wee accident and is currently on crutches, but there will be someone else in the garden centre who can help out.

We really hope you enjoy eating the veg as much as we enjoy growing it. We don't use chemicals or pesticides (one of the reasons our crops will be delayed this year!) and take great pleasure knowing that we are doing our bit towards reducing 'food miles' and helping with climate change, let alone knowing we are not consuming dangerous toxins that are potentially harmful to people.

What's coming next? well, peppers (bell) are growing nicely, potatoes should be ready in the next few weeks, spring onions, pak choi, radish, lettuce, maybe some baby carrots.....

If you have any feedback on the vegetables, we'd love to hear it.

Kind regards

Lesley Richards

Huntly Harvest,
Grown as Nature intended

Tel 01542 870201
Email HuntlyHarvest@aol.com
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