The Wee Croft Shop

24/07/2022

Up at the croft this morning getting tatties for dinner...om nom nom

These are Shetland Blacks and Belle de Fontane which are both early varieties. We have 8 x varieties growing this year.

17/07/2022

Up at the croft this morning before it got too hot...everything is looking fine but very dry and dusty.

Hope you are all enjoying your Sunday, remember stay cool, stay in the shade and stay hydrated :-)

Take care folks

15/07/2022

Things on the croft are looking good thanks to Mr Browns hard work. He remembered to take some pictures for me yesterday

We have 8 x varieties of tatties in this year - these ones are one of the main crops and are called Apache so they wont be ready till later in the year.

The gooseberries are from a new bush so looking good but not many this year. Mr Brown calls gooseberries Grozets, which is the old Scottish name for them.

And the apples are looking great. Our orchard now has many varieties of apple, pear, plum, greengage, gooseberry, blackcurrant, redcurrant, cherry and one Quince tree.

Oh and there is more rhubarb ready, so look out for rhubarb, grozet and tattie recipes (but not necessarily together) x

21/05/2022

One of my favourite little bugs :-) Definitely a gardeners friend

25/04/2022

Its definitely rhubarb season...

Contact me if you would like any for this Friday, I am out on deliveries in the morning, or you can pick up from us in Lochardil.

Email me at [email protected]

20/04/2022

Lovely morning at the croft and very productive too 😀

12/04/2022

Some random photos of the croft that I never got around to posting... all taken within the last few weeks.

Rhubarb is coming along nicely and should be ready in the next week.

Asparagus and blueberries now planted thanks to Mr Brown.

First early tatties in the ground - this is a job we love doing together.

17/03/2022

Asparagus bed taking shape up at the croft, thanks to Mr Browns hard work. I dont know where he finds the energy!!

This will be asparagus and blueberries in this bed.

14/03/2022

Busy day yesterday up at the croft planting more trees... You can only see a small number of them here but we have lots of heritage apples, pears, plums, cherries, greengages, quince, blackcurrants, gooseberries and raspberries.... so fingers crossed in a couple of years, lots of fruit

09/03/2022

Mr Brown up at the croft last weekend taking advantage of the good weather.. and working on his asparagus bed

02/03/2022

Jim up at the croft today working hard, digging, mulching, putting up fences, preparing ground for this year. All the beds are looking fab with their Winter seaweed, grass cuttings, etc

Will take some photos of the orchard when I am up on Friday as its looking great as well

08/02/2022

Up at the croft with Mr Brown today, trying out my new wheelbarrow!!

We got 2 very large Sitka spruce trees taken down last November and using the chippings for mulch on top of seaweed.

This is the rhubarb bed, and you can see the rhubarb starting to rise already...

27/08/2021

Blue danube tatties for dinner tonight 😋

14/08/2021

Broad beans from the croft, almost too pretty to eat....almost haha x

07/08/2021

I really hope we don't have tatties like this, not sure I could eat them

02/08/2021

Blossom honey now available. Its later than normal this year because they didnt get off to a good start at the beginning of the year.

The honey is extracted from the hives on our croft at the top of Leachkin Brae and is jarred by Rob Buckle who looks after the bees.
Message me on [email protected] if you would like to pick up a jar from me at my house in Lochardil, Inverness.

28/07/2021

Couldn't resist a wee boiling of these Belle de fontayne tatties for lunch.
They aren't unlike sharpes express

25/07/2021

Sitka spruce trees at the end of the croft road.
Jim, as wee boy went out with a pocket full of seeds... 50 years later!!

21/07/2021

Im busy in the kitchen with orders today but Mr Brown is up at the croft and has just sent me these lovely flowers.

Tattie flowers are so pretty arent they x

11/07/2021

Up at the croft today with Mr Brown

06/06/2021

Good evening folks...
Its definitely rhubarb season 🙂

We are selling this, which will be picked to order. Contact me if you would like any.

Pick up day is Friday this week.

I am also going to do some rhubarb and custard scones, which you can add some homemade raspberry and rose jam to. Its a lovely combo

Message me if you would like to order either a bunch of rhubarb or scones or both plus jam 🙂

Pick up from me in Lochardil on Friday x

Contact me via my page or [email protected]

01/06/2021

Mr Brown was up at the croft yesterday and when he was watering his trees in the orchard, he took this photo of this beautiful bumble bee x

16/05/2021

Lovely day up the hill on the croft

13/05/2021

Things are moving very slowly this year, its been a cold wet start but hopefully getting there. Photos are onions and rhubarb

05/05/2021

This made me smile... Im a bit like that with all our plants :-)

Yep!

30/04/2021

Up at the croft and noticed blossom on the new trees, this is a Worcester pearmain apple

29/04/2021

A wee reminder that I will be taking some time off from this weekend to Sunday 9th May inclusive. Back to work on Monday 10th May.

When I return to work, I will be supplying a couple of local places (not on the same scale as I used to when I lived on the croft).

Riverhouse restaurant and Velocity cafe

Over the next week, I will be catching up with jobs around the house, garden and spending some time on the croft as Mr Brown needs some help (he has been working so hard lately).

Watch this space for updates on my whereabouts and if you havent done already, make sure you subscribe to my mailing list to get up to date weekly delivery and takeaway menus.

Over the Summer months, people on my mailing list will also be told what fresh produce is available... first up will be rhubarb.

Thank you xx

26/04/2021

Mr Brown hard at work up at the croft, first earlies are now in. This year we have 9 different varieties of tatties... first ones will be ready about the 20th July (all being well)

16/04/2021

Not a very clear photo but I love it, it was taken in 2017, Jim walking up over the hill where he is now planting his orchard. You can see part of our lovely view..

And he also looks kind of like a serial killer for some reason.