We believe that good quality produce, grown naturally, without synthetic pesticides or fertilisers, is one of the best things in life. Whilst we are not certified organic we follow the principals of growing in tune with nature. We use regenerative practices, feeding the soil to give us beautiful and nutritious produce whilst making space and encouraging the local fauna to live harmoniously with us here.

One of the aims of or veg boxes is to eat locally therefore what is in season. As the seasons and weather change so does what’s growing. Through the winter months, the poly tunnels are filled with winter greens and hardy salads, as spring comes there’s a slow awakening to the likes of peas and herbs. The salad bags get more exciting additions, like pea shoots and edible flowers. As summer begins, courgettes, cucumbers and aubergines appear and the long await for the fresh tomatoes arrives! The king of the herbs, basil comes along with the tomatoes plus soft fruits like black currants and gooseberries. And finally as the summer gets long, the sunshine blesses us with sweet and chilli peppers and sometimes melons!

We are not a huge farm so we depend on surrounding larger farms for the likes of onions, carrots and potatoes, they grow by similar principals. At the Pingle, everything is hand sown, tended and picked. While we take the utmost care to ensure only the highest quality veg reaches you, even the keenest of our eyes misses the odd nibble or blemish – signs that you can be assured we’re not using pesticides! We don’t wash any of the produce before packing as this can significantly reduce it’s longevity, we ask that you wash all produce before eating.

Packaging – where feasible we use paper bags, or indeed if you receive a veg box, most of the larger veg is left un-wrapped. Salad leaves and other tender leaves are sealed in home compostable bags, the long awaited wrapping has arrived! These bags can go, as it says, in your own compost heap or in your compost caddy for council collection. If neither of these is an option then they are best placed in the bin and NOT in the recycling, the nature of the bag is that they can ruin batches of recyclable plastics if they are mixed together!