Our local Clan (Clan MacDonald) opens its gardens and castle to visitors from Easter for the summer season, and feeds and waters them at the adjoining Stables restaurant.
Under new management this season, there’s a different approach at the Stables. The new manager is keen to showcase local produce and we crofting folk are keen to oblige.
I shall be baking homemade cakes from the croft for them, and in the summer providing them and hopefully other local outlets with fresh herbs and salad leaves.
The saladage is but a tray or several of tiny seedlings at the moment, but cakes happen all year round. At the seasonal opening a few days ago I provided Swedish cinnamon buns, a chocolate yoghurt cake and an elderflower and lemon cake for the locals to enjoy.
This is the first actual croft produce we’ve sold and it marks the croft as it’s meant to be run. Multiple small sales streams to supplement our regular income. We’re never going to get rich from this but it helps root us into the community, and I get paid a small amount for doing what I love.
Cinnamon buns take three hours though, and need to be with the Stables before they open at ten.
And I thought that 5.30 am starts were a thing of the past..
Ravencroft Skye 
How Exciting! I love going to cafes which use local producers so I totally approve of the new management. And selling produce at least goes some way to helping pay for things like seeds. Good Luck. Your baking always looks lovely and if you can add herbs and leaves even better. If I lived nearer I would be buying from you.
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Thank you. Such kind words! ❤️
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How very beautiful your cakes are! I am going to start calling our lifestyle here ‘Crofting’ too I think; we grow what we can and sell some things we make in excess, we do paid work when it is presented to us and live from small income streams. I think the primary focus of this way of life is to live well at home and in the community. Also, I just love the way the term ‘Crofting’ sounds.
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That sounds about exactly right
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