Having just returned from a very relaxing, sea-tastic and majorly foodie holiday in Cornwall it has been quite tricky to...
Between planting, picking and serving all the produce from our kitchen garden, our newest team member, Richard Jack, head chef...
I don’t know what the weather is like when you are reading this but I am writing this column during a full-on heat wave! This morning I went to walk the Whiplington (half whippet, half Bedlington and far too posh a name for my scraggy lurcher!) round the pond at...
We’ve dragged our feet this spring preparing for planting, but thanks to our new tea room chef, Richard Jack, and...
With Vallum’s Vicky Moffitt The purple-sprouting broccoli at Vallum is insane. It’s like being in a virtual reality world down here...
My goodness – what is going on? Alicante beach was white with snow while the first shoots of 2017 were showing in Northumberland according to our foraging chef Jonny. When we caught up about menus he was blitzing said shoots with thistles and coconut water – good for the liver...
We have been completely frosted over here today. It was -1C when I came in on the bread shift at...
Today I made bread. I’m in training with young Phil the baker here at Vallum Bakery, which brings with it...
Vicky celebrates the late season harvest This month has been everything we had dreamed of and more; Vallum Kitchen Garden has been awash with colour and has given us the most fantastic rolling harvest. The best of our home-grown produce has been picked to order and used throughout our Tea...
It’s all rain in the Kitchen Garden It’s pouring down today – again! After the driest May on record we...
The cold snap hits the Kitchen Garden Can you believe the weather? Snow in May! Thank goodness Mark hadn’t planted...
It’s cold outside, but the hens are laying Hello again from Vallum in what’s been a very frosty month. Our gardener Caroline made the journey over a few weeks ago to start preparing for spring planting, only to find it exasperatingly frozen solid, even by 2pm, despite a beautiful winter sun doing...
