The Organic Pantry

Our open day is next Sunday! Tickets are going fast, but there are still some left. Please book a FREE place so we know how many people to cater for! The link is just above in our page details. 👆

Also, previously we made a mistake on Eventbrite which has now been rectified, people who have already booked had to pay a minimum of £1 per ticket which was never the intention. If you book now you do not have to pay, the event is FREE as advertised. If you previously booked a ticket and paid more than you wished to, please get in touch and we will issue a refund.

If you previously went to book but didn't because you had to pay, please book now so we know you are coming, you can check out for FREE.

On the 1st of September TOP will be opening it’s doors to the public… This is a chance for people to learn about organic farming, watch some expert chefs create some magic and have some fun with the family… perhaps even have a beer and a dance! 💃🏼 🕺🏻

Book via the link in the company information, or head to https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-organic-pantrys-big-day-out-tickets-967677709077?aff=oddtdtcreator&keep_tld=1 > The Organic Pantry’s Big Day Out.

This is a family friendly event, entry is FREE although you may need cash or card for food and drinks. This years event will be raising money for Martin House Children’s Hospice in Boston spa.

Activities include..

- Chefs cooking Demos.🧑‍🍳
- Live music. 👨‍🎤🎸
- Bouncy castle. 🏰
- Farm animals. 🐑🐓
- Guided farm tours. 👩‍🌾👨‍🌾
- Tractor rides. 🚜
- Children’s treasure hunt. 🏴‍☠️
- Bar. ( beer, wine and soft drinks) 🍺🍷
- Food vendors ( vegan and non vegan) 🥗 🍕
- Fruit & veg market stall. 🫛🫑🥦🌽🥬🥒🍆

The goal is to raise some money for a worthy cause and have some fun! The more people the merrier so please repost, share and tag people who might enjoy the day.

Looking forward to seeing you there.

The TOP team

Sergie and the team have finished planting the last of the sweetcorn, the fields are nearly full and the nursery is nearly empty! 🌱🌽👨‍🌾

This week’s boxes are a celebration of what we grow on the farm! Life for us gets a lot easier now the UK season is fully underway…🇬🇧👨‍🌾 -life

Broad beans - Farm 🫘
Mixed lettuces - Farm🥬
Salad Onions - Farm🧅
Salad Bags - farm 🌱
Kholrabi - farm
Rainbow Chard - Farm🌈
Mint - farm
Radishes - Farm

… and lots more to come! 👨‍🌾🚜

Look at this beasty in the poly tunnel this morning. The camera does not do him justice, he was huge! Does anyone know what type of dragon fly he is? And whether he needs a saddle?

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Chard beautiful chard. Freshly picked chard for our boxes. Treat it the same as spinach, it goes brilliantly in a curry. 🤤🌈

A snap of the northern lights ( aurora borealis) last night over the farm.. great work from Felicity to catch this at 1am, great work in the brand placement aswell .. 😂.

A rare site.. apparently it’s going to happen again tonight from 10pm- 2am.. 🤞 don’t miss out!

All you need is a glass of wine and a deck chair! 🌚💫

A snap of the northern lights ( aurora borealis) last night over the farm.. great work from Felicity to catch this at 1am, great work in the brand placement aswell .. 😂. A rare site.. apparently it’s going to happen again tonight from 10pm- 2am.. 🤞 don’t miss out!

All you need is a glass of wine and a deck chair! 🌚💫

Purple Sprouting Broccoli appreciation post.

💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜

This is one of most productive vegetables on the farm, we grow different varieties ensuring a harvest from as early as November taking us hopefully to the end of May. Our last patch is still going strong, just this morning we, the team were able to pick handpick 20, 12kg bags 🤩

needs our support! 👨‍🌾

For a few years now we have collected surplus non perishable foods and toiletries from customers and redelivered to Rainbow Junction in North Leeds. 🥫🧻🪥🫘🫙🪒🧼

Rainbow junction is a pay as you feel cafe and a community support center that offers everything from free food packages to free haircuts for those that need it! It’s an amazing place that relies heavily on donations. If you wish to donate any surplus food or toiletries, toothpaste, loo roll ect please leave it out for our drivers and they will collect. It is then redelivered alongside their weekly fresh produce donation. 🚚

You can also donate a veg box by leaving a comment when you checkout and the team will know where to send it.

We have lots of kind customers making weekly donations but we need more! 😊

There are no straight lines in nature, the same can be said for our rows of salad onions! 😅

This week we will be planting our tomatoes..🍅 .

In other news Asparagus makes it’s first appearance in the boxes this weeks.. 🌱😮‍💨

Some mixed lettuce going into our no dig beds.
🥬 These warmer temperatures are speeding things up,..🌱 .. this means more UK produce for our boxes, 🇬🇧 and less food miles for our customers! 😍

Purple Sprouting Broccoli is making another appearance in the box’s this week along with farm cauliflowers! 🎉👨‍🌾

It’s a real treat to get these two items off the farm during the hungry gap.. enjoy whilst they last!

As the season gets underway you will start to see more leafy greens in the boxes! 🌱Pak Choi, bunches of PSB and cauliflowers this week … the farm has come alive.. 😮‍💨

Has anyone got any pak choi recipes you can share? 👨‍🍳

Lots of gorgeous veg coming off the farm! 😍

No single use plastic here. 🌎😏

What are we up to? 🤔

We are converting our tunnels to no-dig of course! 🌱

After a successful trial tunnel last year where we grew salad and radishes we have decided all 4 tunnels will go no-dig. So .. the team are putting down a cardboard membrane then adding 6 inches of fresh compost ontop! 😊👨‍🌾

Busy week of hard work coming up.. ‘’after’’ photos to follow.

The Organic Pantry is looking for a full-time farmer! If you are interested in horticulture enjoy working outside and are passionate about sustainable farming systems we would love to hear from you!👩‍🌾

Red skies over the farm last night.🔥🔥🔥

The calm before the Christmas week storm…🎅🥬🥒🥦

There is still time to get a delivery 🚚

Get out in the glorious sunshine and visit Michael and Louise at Oakwood farmers market!🌤️🥒🌽🍋🥕🥦🥙

Our Christmas bumper box is packed full of flavour, it's chemical-free and planet-friendly! 🎅🍾

Please get your orders in soon as there is limited availability due to a sprout shortage! 👨‍🌾

Contents are as follows:
(serves 8-10 people)

Potatoes 3kg🥔
Carrots 1kg🥕
Onions 750g🧅
Parsnips 1kg
Red cabbage x 1
Swede x 1
Brussels sprouts 800g
Broccoli x 2 🥦🥦
Mushrooms 300g
Tomatoes 500g🍅
Lettuce x 1
Cucumber x 1
Leeks 600g
Kale 300g
Winter Squash x 1

Get your christmas orders in..... or....YULE REGRET IT! 🎅

Christmas is in full swing at TOP, we have pork pies, game pies and our favorite.. pork topped with cranberry! All from the award winning Voakes pies. 😍

We also have a range of local speciality cheeses for the perfect after dinner cheese board aswell as organic grass-fed beef from Gazegill Organics ( if turkey is not your thing!) .

What ever your needs, we have you covered, it's going to be a tasty Christmas! 🍾