Mother's Garden

Climb the mountains and get their good tidings

mothersgarden.es@gmail.com (Martin Kirby) — Tue, 14 May 2013 10:26:34 +0000

It had been a fitful, bitter and gusty night on the summit, but I was in the land of nod when Joe rose at dawn, wrapped his NCFC scarf around his neck and went for a long walk. It was an act that was to bring home to me a significant truth about my son. [...]

Mother’s Garden fresh olive oil prices

mothersgarden.es@gmail.com (Martin Kirby) — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 14:52:15 +0000

Olive Oil – please note that from 1st of April, 2013, the price of our fresh, award-winning, arbequina extra virgin olive oil will be: £39 for a case of 6x500ml bottles, £17.50 for 2 litres £37.50 for 5 litres £150 for 20 litre bag in box See our shop to order. More and more people [...]

Two mountains to climb as spring enraptures

mothersgarden.es@gmail.com (Martin Kirby) — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 17:47:51 +0000

The storms have abated. The enraged river has lowered its voice. Tiny insects, winged flecks of gold dust, sail through evening sunbeams. The shafts of light fan between the budding pear trees while the scent of freshly cut grass swells to meet them. Wild flowers, spring’s courtiers, bustle for attention fussed over by bees, and [...]

Our fresh olive oil now on tap in Kent

mothersgarden.es@gmail.com (Martin Kirby) — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 08:43:20 +0000

We are delighted to tell you our award-winning fresh olive oil is now tap at the lovely NUTMEG DELI, 3 Sayers Lane, Tenterden, TN30 6BW. Contact Grant and his team on 01580 764125. Have you ever tried fresh olive oil? What does that mean? Olive oil is simply a fruit juice with the water content spun [...]

Mother’s Garden farm and cottage for sale

mothersgarden.es@gmail.com (Martin Kirby) — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 11:29:15 +0000

Mother’s Garden, one of the most famous “living the dream” farms in the world, is for sale. Martin Kirby and Maggie Whitman, who with their very young children were featured on the first No Going Back Channel Four television documentary 11 years ago – a pioneering series that spawned a host of global “new life” [...]

March already? There is a mountain to climb

mothersgarden.es@gmail.com (Martin Kirby) — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 06:19:02 +0000

The year drifts in and out of consciousness. Is that the hour – the month? I’ve overslept and January and now February have evaporated. There have been the dreams of countless dawn-jewelled spider webs and the daze of almond blossom adorned by the dance of white wagtails that flit from branch to branch through the [...]

RECIPE: Hake and prawns, almonds and parsley

mothersgarden.es@gmail.com (Martin Kirby) — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 07:59:38 +0000

I have to share this. Maggie Whitman’s Mother’s Garden feasts deserve no less. Yesterday she sent my tastebuds into orbit again, this time with her hake and prawns, almonds and parsley dish. And for what it’s worth, it is loaded with omega-3 and omega-9 goodness. Maggie says it is a simple dish, with easily accessible [...]

Aurora’s wintry charms

mothersgarden.es@gmail.com (Martin Kirby) — Sat, 26 Jan 2013 12:27:27 +0000

Red in the morning, shepherds’ ….TAKE COVER! Clearly something dreadful is brewing. Yet again Aurora, the Roman goddess of the dawn, has set the heavens alight. Winter’s Catalan cocktail can always be relied upon to have a kick to it, with lashings of angostura, but as all seven billion of us know, the weather is [...]

Winter cooking tips for our new harvest olive oil

mothersgarden.es@gmail.com (Martin Kirby) — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 15:05:41 +0000

NEW SHIPMENT LEAVING SOON – ORDER NOW A new shipment of fresh Mother’s Garden olive oil will leave next week for deliveries in early February so if you would like some please get in touch as soon as you can. Do winter and the best olive oil go together? Oh YES. And if you need [...]

Our fruitful colours of Christmas

mothersgarden.es@gmail.com (Martin Kirby) — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 16:57:16 +0000

It is the month of green and red, of course, although our shades may be a little different: the bounty of delicious new harvest olive oil and the miracle that is the red winter fruit of the strawberry tree. We have been rushing hither and thither, completing our annual Christmas shipment of fresh olive juice [...]