It’s so cold we barely want to go out in the garden and pick at the moment. But the bonus...
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 of our Tea Room, has been toiling in the heat with my husband Peter to keep the cogs turning. There have been some interesting shades of sunburn! It is a great...
I don’t know what the weather is like when you are reading this but I am writing this column during...
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 in the garden, and it’s been a bumper crop this year. The colours are amazing and we can’t do enough with it. We’ve sautéed it with chilli, put it in...
My goodness – what is going on? Alicante beach was white with snow while the first shoots of 2017 were...
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 the dubious advantage of being up with the lark – and today’s sunrise was spectacular! We make six varieties of bread and they all have completely different recipes. The sourdough, for...
Vicky celebrates the late season harvest This month has been everything we had dreamed of and more; Vallum Kitchen Garden...
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 out his seedlings when it fell. We’ve been harvesting rocket, rainbow chard, sorrel, viola flowers, broad bean tops and the last of the celeriac for the first wedding of the...
