You may have noticed that we sometimes receive white eggs instead of brown ones. From mid-October, we will no longer receive eggs from Hoeve Biesland (the brown ones with faces), but from Zwaanheuvelhoeve in Brabant. The eggs will also become more expensive, from 40 cents to 45 cents per egg. In the blog, we…
馃崗 No fruit packages for 3 weeks! For July 30th, August 6th and 13th, we cannot purchase any fruit packages. But, extra apples and pears will be available for individual sale. During those three weeks, we will will ignore your reservations for fruit packages, even if they are on your personal page. 馃崘The fruit…
Regarding the purchase of fruit, there are always different considerations such as the harvest period, quantities available and price. What we never do is air trade, so if we have fruit overseas, it is shipped. Some more information on this: - The season for Dutch apples is often over by May. Even the apples…
We took some lovely and very informative field trips to our key growers this month with some enthusiastic Lekkernass没h participants and staff. On 7 May 2025 we visited Kievit in Katwijk and on 10 May we visited WIJdehorst and Bramenhorst in Wassenaar. During these visits, we were able to admire the beautiful crops that…
On 7 and 10 May, there is an opportunity to visit our growers. Always wanted to know where your vegetables come from? Then come along!(Please note, the visit to Kievit was previously scheduled for 30 April, this cannot take place due to circumstances, so 7 may is the new date). 7 May: Visiting KievitOn…
On Saturday, March 29, we will open our beautiful, welcoming WIJdehorst garden in Wassenaar for a day of activity, conviviality and information! Come enjoy the first spring sunshine, admire the plants, sample vegetables from our weekly season subscription, buy a ticket for the self-picking flower garden and discover all there is to experience at…
Elien from Hoeve Biesland sent photos of our chickens camping on their property. 篓Sunny greetings from the farm and some pictures of your adopted chickens! They are doing well and scurrying around deliciously (among the cows).篓 If you want to see them for yourself, this is the address: Hoeve Biesland, Bieslandseweg 1, 2645 BM…
Paul van Steijn grows sustainable vegetables at the Bramenhorst in Wassenaar.Cultivation is 100% poison-free and 100% fossil fuel-free, with green label compost and seeds from his own extraction. He regularly supplies vegetables for the package of Lekkernass没h. His land also grows many species of native plants (garden, wild, edible and herbs).You can buy plants…
Hoeve Biesland in Delfgauw is one of our regular suppliers from Delfgauw. In the beautiful green polder, they have their farm here with a heart for nature. The vegetable garden is growing luxuriantly and the harvest is starting to flow richly. But that means there is also work to be done! There is harvesting,…
馃尡 Last week there was delicious rhubarb in the parcel. It came from the Bramenhorst, a small-scale sustainable garden in Wassenaar. The photos show gardener Paul with last week's harvest. Have you made something tasty with it yet? Photos by Bramenhorst
馃尶 This weekend, a good number of Lekkernass没h participants and volunteers visited Food Swamp The Hague. A food swamp, what exactly is that? Helene, together with Hannah and Suzanne, explained that to us on Saturday morning. All this while enjoying a delicious cup of tea including water mint and water parsley from the food…
In Zuiderpark (300 m2), a group has started the Netherlands' first so-called Food Swamp. Here, they are experimenting with wet cultivation in the peat meadow area and investigating alternative earning models for agricultural entrepreneurs. This year, they plan to offer the first harvest of unknown edible crops (such as water mint, licorice shoots and…
Did you know that the eggs you can buy at Lekkernassuh fresh market have been coming from very close by for a few weeks now? In addition to the vegetables from our harvest section that come in your pack every week, our eggs now also come from Hoeve Biesland in Delfgauw. The chickens live…
Thanks in part to the large purchase by Lekkernass没h, Landzicht Biologisch (Strijen, on Voorne-Putten) now has the opportunity to build an additional barn. This will be used for storing and sorting organic vegetables to be delivered to customers. Photo by聽Landzicht
Keep those spring jitters coming! At Hoeve Biesland, they are not sitting still and are working hard to grow the first crops that will soon be in your vegetable pack. Watch Ollie proudly stand by the new 'hanging culture' in the greenhouse of Hoeve Biesland's vegetable garden. These hanging trays are specially made for…
