Ardtornish Estate Newsletter June 2017
CEO Update I am very pleased to present this newsletter on behalf of everyone at Ardtornish and many thanks for the contributions from colleagues. The first 6 months of 2017 have been very busy and with such a great team of people working here, I am confident that we will get through the workload. There is much going on as [...]
Annual Report, 2016
A word from Dennis Overton, OBE, Chairman of the Ardtornish Estate Company. Dennis Overton, OBE I’m delighted to introduce this, our third such annual report, on behalf of the team at Ardtornish - and to thank them for the year’s work that it records. My tasks as chair of the board are made easier by settled policies [...]
Fresh Spinach & Potato Soup
Ingredients 40g butter 1 large leek roughly sliced 3 sticks of celery chopped 2 medium kitchen garden potatoes peeled and diced 1 bunch spring onions roughly chopped 1.5Ltr of chicken or vegetable stock 500g Fresh kitchen garden spinach 150g half-fat crème fraîche A good pinch of sea salt and ground black pepper to season Method Heat the butter [...]
Fresh Broad Bean & Feta Cheese Salad
Ingredients 250g couscous 250g fresh kitchen garden broad beans 150g fresh kitchen garden spinach leaves Large handful of fresh mint 80g black olives 200g pack good quality feta cheese Method Prepare couscous, according to the packet's instructions. Meanwhile, boil broad beans until tender. Cool in a colander under the cold tap, then drain. Put baby spinach leaves into a [...]
Mad Dogs and English Women!!
Long gone has the winter although April did bring us a few flurries of snow, usual unpredictable West Coast weather, Hello Spring! May Day arrived and to our surprise so did the sun. Long balmy days, bubbling rivers, still lochs and the cooling effects of gentle streams. Or as mummy would say “Itchy ears, stinging insects, toxic plants and [...]
Kitchen Garden Spring Update 28th April 2017
It has been sometime since my last blog on the developments in the Kitchen Garden. It has been a really busy but rewarding winter and even with the brief snow showers at the back end of April it does feel as though spring is here again. My priority for this last winter was to continue to progress the infrastructure of [...]
