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| ONLYorganic Diary - keeping you informed. Starting with this latest offering, we hope to add interesting product and service information on a regular basis, forming a complete Diary of our business. LATEST NEWS - as we get it.
25th March 2009 Israeli products. We have now decided offer Israeli sourced products, but you have the option to refuse these. All our goods are offered with a country of origin stated.
14th March 2009 Bread from Hobbs House Bakery. Special opening offers on all the popular breads. Dont miss out. Supplies start 1st April and these special prices only last until the end of that week. This should give all of you the chance to try the bread from this award-winning bakery at cut prices. .
New items this week Xmas packs now available to order A selection of Christmas packs are lised on our box scheme page. Hover on each choice for brief details. Then click on each one for more details.
1st December 2008 New items this week Subscriptions Just a reminder that you can set up a regular subscription for any of our box scheme choices. Once set up you can leave everything to us. Payment will be automatic, and your delivery will be too. No hassle. No forgetting to order. Subscriptions can be cancelled at any time, so altering your order is easy. Just cancel the previous subscription and re-set a new one.
21st October 2008 New delivery area We are very proud to announce that ONLYorganic are now delivering all around the Southampton area. If you have friends, colleagues or family living in this part of Hampshire, please let them know about us. Operating from a depot at Warsash, we intend to add new routes on an ongoing basis. At present deliveries will be on Sundays and Mondays only, early morning and evenings. There is some leeway on times, so, if time is an issue, all that is necessary is a phone call or an email. A 2-hour delivery slot will then be arranged and confirmed. All of the same products will be available, so if you are recommending us, or sending a gift, you can be confident that all goods will be delivered in tip-top condition.
14th October 2008 Latest from Penrhiw farm Hello The usual reminder that we will have fresh beef, lamb and mutton this coming weekend. I have also made some sausages - beef and tomato and lamb and rosemary - these are in the deep freeze as I simply don't have time to make fresh ones ready for the deliveries and markets. I also have lamb and beef burgers in the deep freeze. Markets as usual - Usk On Sat, Riverside on Sunday. Lots seems to have happened this past fortnight - might be something to do with the continuing wonderful weather we have had ! We had a really good sale of our home bred yearling rams in the Nelson sale - one was up with the top priced rams of the sale ! We are catching up on fencing jobs, manure spreading, repairing gaps in the stone walls and sheep sorting. The thinner ewes have been put onto some better grazing to fatten up before they meet up with the rams in a few weeks time. The old ones have been drafted out of the flock and will become mutton over the next few months. I have bought and collected a new horse - she is only a baby really and is not ready for riding yet. She will be quietly broken in over the winter and will hopefully be ready to do some very low key shows and events next year - definitely a project for the future. She is called "Flo" and is just 3 years old. Finally, a quick one for the sympathy vote - some will remember me whingeing about my finger back in the spring. Well to cut a long story short I had an operation on it last Friday. I will recover in time for the weekend - I've been told ! Regards Celia
27th August 2008 New Seasonal lines Our first Bramley apples are in at last. Also there is new season british Celeriac arriving soon together with both green and purple romanesco cauliflower.
7th August 2008 Our first Meat Boxes went out last week, and it looks like they are going to be a big hit. We have already received subscription orders for them, but they can always be purchased as single orders, if that is easier.
16th July 2008 Latest from Penrhiw farm Advance notice - we will not have much best beef roasting joints and steak in 2 weeks time (early August). Only doing fore quarter meat that weekend - plenty of mince and braising.
The weather continues to be the main talking point on the farm - the fields are so wet for the time of year. If it was October we would be considering bringing the cows indoors to prevent poaching the ground. We are getting really impatient to continue with the hay and silage - but, alas, no long spell of good weather on the horizon. One or two days are just not enough. We had a set of twin calves this week - we were expecting them as the scanning lady had spotted them last December. All doing well after spending a few days in the shed out of the rain. Spent some time vaccinating the sheep against Blue tongue - a new disease which is threatening to devastate the livestock sector. This has come from the continent carried and spread by midges. We have to do the cattle as well.
13th July 2008 Chicken We are now taking orders for delivery of fresh welsh Free-range organic Chicken. Orders should ideally be with us by 4.30pm on Tuesday for deliveries on Friday or Saturday.
13th July 2008 Latest from Kidners New in this week are Cherries, White Grapes, Plums 'Black Diamond', Plums 'Golden Japan', PLUS All the berries and currants are now in. There are Blackberries, Blueberries, Raspberries, Blackcurrants and Redcurrants. Other new lines include Summer Cabbage, Shallots, Red Ramiro Peppers, and Salad Leaves.
12th July 2008 Meat deliveries Our first meat supplies were delivered this week, and interest is good. Welsh Lamb and Beef from a local supplier is packed on the farm and delivered to you in cool-boxes. This time of the year there is fresh meat cut to order twice each month. Frozen meat from the farm's own stores is available most of the time.
6th July 2008 Times of Plenty You may have noticed how much extra is in your Box scheme deliveries lately. While supplies are more plentiful, the prices have been dropping on many items. Because of this, our boxes are fuller, better quality and better value. The 'hugry gap' period is well and truly over. What adifference to only a couple of weeks ago. It doesn't seem long ago that the Boxes were looking noticeably mean and the quality was not great (our apologies, but this happens occasionally). Hooray for the summer months, and lets hope the summer harvest carries on as it's started. The fruit season is starting, and I'm sure we are all looking forward to the first british apples and pears. At last, we can now offer fresh, organic, new season lamb and beef from South Wales farms. Ther will be more and more local offerings as the season progresses. The Venison season should start in early September.
6th July 2008 Monthly Competition New for July and ongoing, is our free monthly competition. Have a go and your next delivery could be on us. There is no purchase necessary to take part, so if you haven't tried us yet, now is a great time to do so.
19th June 2008 New Season is well under way The new season is now starting in earnest, and the quality of new potatoes is outstanding. New season carrots, bunched with the leaves still on, helda beans, broad beans and celery are all looking good too. A limited supply of early cauliflower are also available, but these may not be available every day as yet. A steady supply of courgettes, chard and spinach are arriving almost every day, as are spring greens, which are also of fine quality, as you would expect early in the season. Leafy vegetables are very tender at present, so be sure to refrigerate them as soon as possible. English tomatoes, regular and vine, are in plentiful supply and we now have a novel supply of 'plum-vine' tomatoes. British mini-salad leaves have been available for a few weeks now, and we are receiving regular stocks of various lettuces. Almost daily, throughout the year, we have watercress and various types of mushrooms, including the ever popular 'portabella' and stocks of these items look likely to be available for the foreseeable future, as will the chicken's eggs from Monmouth. Rhubarb has been available for a while now and supply is fast coming to a close. The British fruit season is just starting and the first strawberries look very good indeed. There will, of course be lots more british produce available as the weeks go on.
6th June 2008 " Chemical fertilizers and weedkillers have also contributed to higher yeilds and taken away the risks which used to threaten success. However,these substances have their disadvantages. It is found that where fertilizer or pesticide is used year after year it loses its effect so more and more has to be used. The result can be damaging to wildlife and can lead to the pollution of drinking water into which the chemicals seep. To prevent the problem some farmers have returned to older organic methods of farming,using only manures and natural methods of controlling pests "
1st June 2008 Samphire We have now a small amount of 'Sea Asparagus' in stock for next day delivery. First come, first served I'm afraid, but you can still, of course, pre-order for next week.
28th May 2008 Samphire We have now an exclusive supply of 'Sea Asparagus'. There is a very short season for this speciality product and you will need to order 7 days ahead.
26th May 2008 Lettuce / Tomatoes / Spinach / Chard We have English round and vine tomatoes now in stock. Local lettuces from Farrington Gurney now arrived.
Also the local Spinach and Chard starting to come through.
12th May 2008 Lettuce / Tomatoes French Lettuces very short supply now but have managed to obtain 1 pallet of Red and 1 pallet of Green Batavia Lettuces.......... STRICTLY FIRST COME FIRST SERVED. We have English round and vine tomatoes arriving Wednesday morning. Regards,Ian.
8th May 2008 Local Growers Our local growers will have Batavia Lettuces and Oakleaf Lettuces,Cos Lettuce,Little Gem Lettuce,Rainbow Chard and Spinach available around end of May.
In June also available locally, will be Broad Beans and Spring Onions.
In July Blackcurrants,Redcurrants and Whitecurrants will be available.
 1st May 2008 The first 'Jersey Royals' are already in Kidner's Organics' warehouse. Good size at average 3-4cm, these bite-size potatoes are the gourmaet's choice and full of flavour.
29th April 2008.  Press release from Kidners Organics. We have the first arrivals of Southern Hemisphere organic citrus. Both the Satsumas and Lemons are of the expected quality and show only a little greenness to the fruit for early season arrivals.
We expect to have continuity on soft citrus until August,with the first navels arriving 20th-27th May.
Lemons starting now and season end may be dictated due to shortfall in Spanish Verna crop.
WE HAVE PALLETS ARRIVING THIS FRIDAY.
One of our main suppliers M & D Kidner - Kidners Organics. of Bristol wholesale fruit market are soil association approved suppliers and are the packers of all our fresh produce orders. Photo: Mark Kidner with a mixed organic box. (taken Spring 2007).
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