Wildflowers are an important source of nutrition for pollinators, yet 97% of the UK’s wildflower meadows have been lost since the 1930s. That’s why Plan Bee has given away 1.2 million packets of wildflower seeds since 2009.
Request your free packet of seeds from the Co-Op via the link below and get involved!
http://www.co-operative.coop/Plan-Bee/Ways-to-get-involved/Request-a-free-packet-of-seeds/
Andre.
Saturday, 28 April 2012
Sunday, 22 April 2012
Bees at work in our garden...
Can you spot the pollen this little bee has collected on its back leg?
During a rare spell from the rain we got a good look at our bees collecting pollen from our pear trees - we brought the bees back to our garden to try and get a higher fruit yeild and fingers crossed its working!
More fruit AND lovely honey, we really can't complain :-)
Monday, 16 April 2012
New Arrivals!
A big welcome to Scoops' five little piglets born over Easter - Scoops is doing really well for a first time Mum - and the babies are growing quickly! Scoops is a Pedigree Saddleback Sow - Mum and babes are all settled in and we're looking forward to watching them scoot around the smallholding...
Friday, 6 April 2012
Piglets on the way!
After checking on our Saddleback Sow Scoops this morning we found she was nesting! Dragging sticks and hay into her ark preparing for her new babies. Scoops is a first time Mum so its even more exciting! Nesting means babies are imminent so we're really hoping for some Easter piglets! Will post updates as they happen...
Jane x
Jane x
Sunday, 1 April 2012
Cardona & Son at your next event?
We've got some great events under our belt - most notably The Rotary Club's Food and Wine Festival last November and CAMRA's Beer and Cider Festival earlier this month. Over 900 servings of British rare breed pork dished up to hungry locals just in those two events alone!
We've had a fantastic time meeting and talking to many in the local community and hopefully converting some tastebuds to the wonders of British rare breed pork and the benefits of eating food which is locally produced. We're really passionate about food and supporting the local community - and we're glad that lots of you out there are too!
We've just signed up to The Letchworth Food & Garden Festival on the 19th and 20th May which we're really excited about - Another chance to meet lots of locals and there'll be LOADS of great food to try out :-) We'll definitely be taking some samples home...
So if you're running an event - whether its big or small (we do private parties too!) we'd love to hear about it. Just give us a call or drop us a line and hopefully we'll be adding you to our calendar too!
Jane + Andre Cardona
cardonaandson@gmail.com
www.facebook.com/cardonaandson
07958 655962 or 07971 422734
We've had a fantastic time meeting and talking to many in the local community and hopefully converting some tastebuds to the wonders of British rare breed pork and the benefits of eating food which is locally produced. We're really passionate about food and supporting the local community - and we're glad that lots of you out there are too!
We've just signed up to The Letchworth Food & Garden Festival on the 19th and 20th May which we're really excited about - Another chance to meet lots of locals and there'll be LOADS of great food to try out :-) We'll definitely be taking some samples home...
So if you're running an event - whether its big or small (we do private parties too!) we'd love to hear about it. Just give us a call or drop us a line and hopefully we'll be adding you to our calendar too!
Jane + Andre Cardona
cardonaandson@gmail.com
www.facebook.com/cardonaandson
07958 655962 or 07971 422734
Monday, 19 March 2012
Cardona & Son at the Hitchin Beer and Cider Fest....
We had a fantastic time at the Hitchin Beer and Cider Festival - Camra put on a fantastic event and the crowds just kept on coming! (Over 2000 vistors in 2 days with over 5000 pints of ale and 1150 pints of cider demolished! )We sold 700+ delicious rare breed sausages sharing a pitch with one of our lovely Hitchin clients The Radcliffe Arms - It was all about pork with scratchings, sausages and pork rolls on the menu showing what a versatile animal the humble pig is!
We met lots of friendly locals and had some fantastic feedback about our sausages (and Jane's homemade coleslaw :-) we definitely think we've converted some tastebuds.
A big thankyou to all who helped it happen - Especially though...our great friend Ben, CAMRA, The Radcliffe Arms, Quotidian Bakery (How good are their rolls!), CAMRA volunteers and The Artisan Food Trail for spreading the word... We hope to be invited next year!
Andre + Jane Cardona
Monday, 5 March 2012
Cardona & Son at the Hitchin Beer and Cider Festival! 9th/10th March
We'll be back at the Hitchin Town Hall for Camra's essential event for beer lovers - Make sure you pop in and visit us this Friday and Saturday, we can't think of anything better to nibble on with a pint than our mouth watering rare breed sausages! Made with local produce sourced from within a 10 mile radius of Hitchin, we'll definitely make it worth a visit.
We look forward to meeting you there,
Andre & Jane
Fri 9th (Noon-11pm) & Sat 10th March (11am-11pm)
We look forward to meeting you there,
Andre & Jane
Fri 9th (Noon-11pm) & Sat 10th March (11am-11pm)
Entry on the door : £2.50
Hitchin Town Hall, Brand Street, Hitchin, SG5 1HX
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