Croft selling

It might have taken us a few years but we are at last making active, and importantly commercial, use of the croft through sales of our mixed salad leaves and herbs, and our Croft baking.

Albeit on a very small scale. But that doesn’t matter. The land is sustaining us, and we are getting to know it better each year.

It’s sort of taken off all at once and as is always the way, I’m still a bit behind the curve in terms of preparation.

The micro-perforated salad bags haven’t arrived yet, so our initial sales to local cafes have meant we’ve had to commandeer other food safe bags to hold the produce.

However, the first four 250g bags of salad leaves, peashoots, and bags of herbs have now been delivered, and negotiations are underway to supply the local community store and our local very posh restaurant with more of our growings.

It’s become very clear that the problem is going to be growing enough to meet demand. Most of the restaurant/cafe outlets use several kilos of salad leaves and herbs each week, and we simply can’t manage that quantity. Especially with still growing out of sheep lick tubs rather than proper beds yet!

But, it’s a start and I’ve been delighted to see how readily local businesses have embraced buying from local suppliers.

Life is good.