Moyns Park Organics is a market garden, located in the upper Stour valley on the Essex/Suffolk border, and is based in the old kitchen garden on the historic and beautiful Moyns Park Estate. From there, using growing methods that respect the soil and the natural environment, a wide range of seasonal vegetables, herbs, and fruit are grown year-round, to supply a home delivered veg box scheme and regular Farmers’ Market stalls.
The vegetable boxes delivered by Moyns Park Organics are unlike many others, in that customers can select the contents of their box from a regularly updated availability list. For the adventurous there is an option to select a ‘standard box’ – if you don’t mind the odd surprise, or if you just want to test your culinary skills. Choice also extends to the regularity that you order; there is no obligation to take a box every week, just as and when you would like one.
Our Soil Association certificate
We grow as much of the produce that goes into the boxes that we can on our 2 acres, however, particularly during the lean months of winter we source some crops from other certified organic farms in East Anglia to supplement our own production.”
Compost Blog Posts
Sunrise, sunset
The early mornings this month have mostly been lovely, so quiet and peaceful, as it was when I drove through the fens last week to collect the asparagus. A vast expanse of sky with just a few wispy clouds and not a breath of wind. That landscape is not my favourite,...
Distracted
How did I get on? Did you say how did I get on? Well not as well as I wanted to really. Too many things got in the way. Most of Monday was lost to the Soil Association annual audit; the inspection went well with no non-compliances noted. It was the first time that I...
May Day
I didn't have my Soil Association inspection last week after all, I had to postpone it last Tuesday until May 9th, because on Monday Jennifer was diagnosed with Shingles. She had been feeling unwell over the weekend and managed...
“Organic farming appealed to me because it involved searching for and discovering nature’s pathways, as opposed to the formulaic approach of chemical farming. The appeal of organic farming is boundless; this mountain has no top, this river has no end.”
Eliot Coleman, The New Organic Grower
Moyns Park Estate | Birdbrook | Halstead | Essex | CO9 4BP
info@moynsparkorganics.co.uk | 07772 457063
