Our Farm
Welcome to Reality Bites Organic Market Gardens.
We are Soil Association certified growers of Organic Vegetables, supplying fresh and delicious organic vegetable boxes in the Warwick, Leamington and Stratford areas.
We first bought our land in 1999 and registered with the Soil Association in July 1999. From July 2001 our first fully certified organic crops were produced on the farm.
We own and farm 6.5 acres of land, near Southam Warwickshire. Our land includes polytunnels erected in 2000 and greenhouses erected in 2004. This was no mean feat; dismantled by us in Tamworth near Birmingham and then erected by ourselves on-site. These protected areas enable us to extend the growing season for many crops. Also it enables us to grow more heat loving plants that do not always succeed in our own temperate climate e.g. aubergines, peppers, chillis, tomatoes and cucumbers.
In total including field crops we grow over 45 different types of vegetables. In all well over 100 different varieties.
Most of the irrigation is done using drip line systems, reducing water waste and therefore is not only environmentally responsible but also helps to keep our water bills down.
All of our sowing, plant raising and weeding is done by hand. This ensures a constant attention to detail; hard work but ensures great results. Machinery is only used for some of the field cultivation, we have a 1959 Fordson Major Tractor and a 1970’s Howard rotavator. How about that for re-using and recycling.
It is worth mentioning again that we are certified by the Soil Association as both growers and processors. Legally we must be certified as processors if we are running a box scheme which sells crops that have been bought in, but unlike other box schemes we are certified growers as well, growing a vast majority of veg ourselves.