Information about our Veg boxes
BOX CONTENTS
Our aim is to offer a veg box that represents the best of seasonal, local produce. Everything comes from our farm on Belfast Lough at the appropriate time of year, so you can expect salad, beans, peas and courgettes in the summer and roots, kale and cabbages in the winter. We try to vary your veg box each week, but there are some staples that we grow really well and include often. A veg box typically includes:
- A bag of our mixed salad leaves
- An allium(see below)
- A legume (see below)
- A root, ie beets, carrots or turnips,
- Plus a couple of additional items from the below list
WHAT WE GROW
Alliums - Spring onions, red/white onions, garlic, leeks, shallots
Legumes - Peas, runner beans, french beans, mangetout, broad beans
Squash - courgettes and winter squash
Brassicas - cauliflowers, cabbages, broccoli, turnips, kale, kohlrabi
Umbellifers - carrots, parsnip, celery, celeriac, fennel
Beetroot & Chard
Greens - lettuce, rocket, spinach, mustard leaves, pak choi, lamb's lettuce
Other items, such as rhubarb & Jerusalem artichokes.
Herbs - often available as an extra, see below.
WHAT WE DON'T GROW
We currently don't grow any indoor crops such as tomatoes or peppers. We also don't grow fruit. However we do sometimes source these items and sell them as extras, see below.
EXTRAS
We offer some items which can purchased weekly with each box, these include our own eggs and herbs plus produce sourced from local growers such as potatoes, cucumbers, mushrooms and tomatoes. All available extras can be viewed on our website. Please place any orders for extras by 7pm on Monday night.
WASHING
All of our produce is sold unwashed. We recommend washing produce thoroughly before use.
PACKAGING
We try to minimise our use of packaging as much as possible. The produce is delivered in a net bag, if you return these to us we will reuse them.
Some of our produce such as tender leaves are sold in recyclable LDPE plastic. Whilst other products are delivered without being packed in plastic, they might benefit from being placed in a reusable plastic bag or sealed container before being refrigerated.
STORAGE
Almost all of our produce is delivered to you fresh from the field and will last a long time if stored correctly. Most items benefit from being refrigerated in a sealed container, especially herbs and other tender leaves. A refrigerator dries the air as it cools which is why a sealed container is important.
A useful trick for bags of salad or herbs is to place a piece of kitchen roll in with them. This will help regulate the moisture, improving the shelf life of the leaves.
Garlic, onions and potatoes last longest in a cool dark place. Garlic and onions can also last a month just sitting on a kitchen counter.
Whilst tomatoes will keep for longer in the fridge, we recommend keeping them at room temperature which improves the flavour.
FLEXIBILITY
Using our new ordering system we can offer complete flexibility. You can start, cancel and pause your veg box through our portal. We recommend using the pause option in most cases as it is much easier to restart your veg box and items such as your exclusions will not be lost.
EXCLUSIONS
We are typically very busy on the farm and are unable to customise the base veg boxes. However, for those that have committed to supporting our farm through a subscription, we can exclude certain items from your box upon request. A replacement item will be provided, though we can't always say what..
EGGS
We also have a flock of laying hens on the farm. At times we may include eggs in the veg boxes. You can opt out of eggs using the option on the order form or by telling us at any time.
DELIVERY AREA
We deliver to Ballycarry, Ballystrudder, Whitehead, Eden & Carrickfergus. We will also make stops in the surrounding areas when they are on our delivery route. If you are not sure if we will deliver to your address, feel free to get in contact.
DELIVERY DATES & TIMES
Delivery will be on Wednesday evening from 5pm - 9pm. Our route typically passes through Ballycarry, Ballystrudder, Whitehead, Eden & Carrickfergus in that order, so if you are in Ballycarry expect an earlier delivery, and for Carrick a later delivery.
DELIVERY SCHEDULE
We will be delivering vegeboxes every week from now until Christmas 2025
DROP OFF POINTS/FARM COLLECTIONS
We currently do not use any drop off points. Our farm doesn’t have direct access to a main road so we are unable to offer collections at this point.
PAYMENT
Once you have ordered a veg box we will send you an invoice. You can either pay up front or choose to pay every four weeks. Bank transfer is our preferred payment method but you can also pay with cash/cheque/card on delivery of your first box.
REGISTRATION
If you are ready to subscribe simply click the below button and fill in our registration form.
