Steak & Kidney Pie - Recipe
Ingredients
225g/8oz lamb’s kidneys
700g/1lb 9oz chuck steak
1 tbsp vegetable oil
knob of butter
2 onions, chopped roughly
2 tbsp plain flour
2 bay leaves
4 sprigs of fresh thyme, leaves only
570ml/1 pint beef stock
4 field mushrooms, sliced thickly
1 tsp tomato purée
1 tsp mushroom seasoning or mushroom ketchup (if not [...]
Ploughing with the two boys
I have been ploughing the field above the house (barley field) hoping to plant turnips, for the pigs during the winter months.
The boys started to just ride on the tractor and then 20 minutes later they where runing up and down the furrows collecting every bit of soil on the clothes! <sigh> boys will be [...]
15 may 2008 - Toby returns home
Been busy on the farm today spreading muck on the harvest fields.
Toby our little black and tan Jack Russel has been found having been missing for 6 days, Ben the butcher had kindly took him to town without knowing and Toby had sneaked out with him in the van.
Jonathan’s blog post
its been quite a successful day here on the farm.
There’s plenty to do to get all the fields ready for harvest. All the fallen debris and broken branches have to be cleared, and the ‘manure spreading’ as we call it (muck spreading tp the rest of you!) has to be done.
The grass is playing catch [...]
Ainsley Harriott and John Torode are fans of Welsh Farm Organics
Rural news round-up
TV chef’s ham order tribute
TV chef’s ham order tribute
CELEBRITY chef Ainsley Harriott has ordered air-dried ham from Montgomeryshire-based Welsh Farm Organics after tasting it at last month’s BBC Good Food Show. And after sharing the stage with Jimmy Doherty (Jimmy’s Farm), owners Jonathan and Sally Rees revealed restaurateur John Torode may source their [...]
Welcome to our new website
Welcome to our new website
The company is the same (we’re still growing)
The products are still the same (why change a winning product?)
The team is the same (apart from the new staff)
BUT the website has been designed to make it as easy as possible for you to find what you need - and we will be [...]
The Economics of Organic Farming
Organic economics
UK food production has received significant bad publicity, seemingly on a regular basis, over the past decade. Much of the criticism centres on production processes and quality standards that are less than excellent. Ultimately it is the failure to aim for and to achieve excellence that has led to the problems experienced in recent [...]
The Wider Benefits of Organic Farming
The Wider Benefits of Organic Farming
Anyone who has eaten organic meat, fruit and vegetables knows the benefits in taste that comes from organic farming methods, but there are other benefits too.
According to research findings recently it has been found that organic farming encourages biodiversity. Studies have shown that there is generally greater levels in both [...]
