Environment

Bees and Volunteers

2nd May 2012

Erica invited ten of her enthusiastic green-fingered friends to tackle our first day dig at the garden. Meanwhile, Victor has been busy with his bee course. He’s developed this amazing buzz about bees.

Preparing the garden for growing

6th April 2012

In order to landscape the garden we have lifted and replanted clumps of Snowdrops and Daffodils, along with removing the remaining trees and shrubs. We still need to ‘grub up’ the remaining roots and it is also necessary to spray…

Frogs and Neighbours at Casa San Lorenzo

2nd April 2012

Thanks to Mr Apple and Victor, the garden is now completely cleared of old growth. Well done boys! View the video of the latest work.

Casa San Lorenzo – Our secret garden

29th February 2012

We’ve got a secret and we’d like to share it with you. We’re going to restore a Victorian garden that has never been used for any food production into our very own Kitchen Garden. Come and watch the video.

Terra Madre at Centotre

4th January 2012

We celebrated Slow Food’s Terra Madre. A celebration of good, clean, fair food on George Street. In the snow. Watch the video!

Wynad Pepper

12th August 2011

Very dear friends of ours, Colin and Kolquin live in India. Colin is in his 70′s and Kolquin in his 80′s. About 15 years ago they retired and chose the region of Kerala as their home. They bought a few…

Slow Food Week at Centotre

20th June 2011

Good Farming = Good Food = Good Eating! The first ever National Slow Food Week starts today and we’re delighted to be taking part! With the Royal Highland Show taking place at Ingliston between June 23 and June 26, Slow…

Great Italian Menu – Sunday 5th June!!

2nd June 2011

Today is Festa della Repubblica, celebrating 55 years since Italy became a republic. And, this year is particularly significant because 2011 marks 150 years of unification in Italy!! So to celebrate we’re throwing a street party, this Sunday 5th June…

Loch Arthur Ricotta – Wow!

21st May 2011

An authentic taste of Italy straight from the heart of Scotland! A traditional Italian soft white cheese made from the heated whey after cheese-making. We source this delicious Ricotta direct from The Loch Arthur Community and serve it on our…

How Many Eggs!

20th May 2011

The figures are in and we’re blown away! In the last year we’ve gone through 45,360 free-range eggs!!! We’d like to thank the healthy happy hens at Oxenrig Farm, Coldstream in the Scottish borders and Phantassie in East Lothian for…