Community Veg Patch at Salt Pig The Farm

Our Community Veg Patch at Salt Pig The Farm Putlake is officially open.

Lots has been going on behind the scenes for the last few months. We had such a brilliant day for our launch event last week – showing the power of community coming together.

So many local families turned up to dig, plant, chat, eat & simply enjoy being outside together. Kids were planting, watering, digging non-stop and running free; exactly the kind of relaxed community atmosphere we had hoped for.

The idea behind the Community Veg Patch is a space for individuals and families from the community to come together to plant veg and tend to the garden as and when they can and then all enjoy the produce. The Salt Pig’s ethos is all about connecting people to food and farming so to be able to start such a great thing and learn from each other about gardening and growing has been amazing. It’s also a great social space!

We currently are up there most Tuesday, Friday and Sunday afternoons and it’s great that people pop up and get stuck in. We have already planted so much – fruit trees, salad plants, potatoes, pumpkins, herbs, strawberries, carrots, sunflowers!

And a huge thanks to everyone who helped in the first few months to get things moving ready for the launch event and on the day itself. We love living in such a fantastic community.