I am always on the trail of great local food, and some of the best places to explore are the areas where our families live. N’s family live in a gorgeous North Yorkshire village, and last year I sent off to the local tourist board for their ‘local produce guide’. It was actually a lot better than I was expecting, with more than just the standard tourist trail.
We spent a day travelling about, took a ride on a steam train, and visited a number of local food retailers. There was a large farm shop selling the touristy deli items, a fantastic farm making their own jam and the best strawberry jam that I’ve ever tasted, and then we discovered The Wall at Coulton.
The Wall at Coulton :: North Yorkshire ::
The Wall is…well…a wall. It’s an old wall that runs around a lovely old farmhouse with a stunning cottage garden when in bloom. On the wall are a good variety of the vegetables that they sell. They have a simple, but honest sign that reads ‘We grow ALL we sell.’
In addition to homegrown vegetables, they also sell pork and lamb, and cut flowers in summer. Every time we’ve visited since it’s been raining, so the pictures look a bit dismal. But this place is fantastic, a real gem, with real seriously local food.
It works on a simple honesty tin system where you pop the money you owe in the tin on the wall.
Soggy looking carrots – God bless the British summer.
Bags of calabrese and romanesco cauliflower.
For more information visit their website http://www.thewall-coulton.co.uk.
Eat the Earth 
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March 30, 2009 at 11:13 pm
Melanie
The wonderful world of the intertubes – CPRE Tweeted a link to your blog, and reading through I come across a mention of the village I grew up in – our house was about half a mile up the road, pretty much directly behind the lovely round oak tree in your pictures.
The Wall has been a great veg supplier since I was a little girl, not necessarily organic but certainly very fresh & local! Next time you’re up that way, Fadmoor (on the edge of the moors, near Kirkbymoorside, if you don’t know it) also has a great “proper” farm shop – boxes of veg & eggs stacked in an old stable in the farmyard. I also can’t resist a mention of the Penny Bank Cafe in Kirkbymoorside – I’m a little bit biased as my dad cooks there, but it’s pretty wonderful in it’s own right!
Mel from Coulton (well, a long time ago, anyway!)