Contrary to popular rumour, I haven’t been out of contact for a fortnight celebrating the return of this man to his rightful place, I have, as Robert Wyatt almost sang, been shopbuilding.
Two weeks of working into the small hours and almost through the night more than once, the Otter Farm Shop is now open.
Turning the sign over to OPEN is a little scary: I’m sure I’ve left something obvious like ‘Apples’ out.
It’s not finished, nor will it be – we are adding new plants and seeds all the time, recipes will come, more collections, tools and some more unexpected and delicious foods as the year passes.
We’ve tried to keep everything simple: prices are round numbers, none will end annoyingly in .99; delivery is £2 for seed-only orders however many you buy, and for any orders that include anything other than seeds it’s £5.
Much is certified organic, the rest is grown without chemicals and the seeds that aren’t organic are untreated.
Most importantly almost all of the varieties available are or have been grown here at Otter Farm, so I know they are the most delicious. New varieties come up all the time and I want to be sure we add the best of them to what we make available – so there are some I’m growing this year for the first time. Any that I think are less than excellent will not make it to the list next year.
I need to thank an old friend for working every hour that I did over those two weeks and to a few fools (Karen, Lia and James) who were kind enough to road test it and give their thoughts. So it’s their fault too if it’s crap.
So, go on: shop. Make me rich with your plant and seed lust. And if you buy before next Wednesday you can get 10% off by entering the discount code: IntroOffer when you get to the checkout.
Happy shopping
As the one who was queuing outside the shopdoor early this morning, waiting to be the first in, my hearty congratulations & good-wishes.
w.v. is surpassing itself today – "subologi"
Fab and your prices are great too. I'm glad I have been holding fire on my seed order. You can expect it to arrive sometime over the weekend
Congrats! I love that you've taken the great step to make prices easy and obvious. Will make sure I have a little peruse 😀
Fabulous – will come back and have a much longer perusal later.
Are your potato grow sacks really free?
(there always has to be someone really pernickity doesn't there? That's why I used to do testing at work!) 😉
Congratulations, hope you have much success!
I have already been tempted into purchases, been looking got mara des bois for a while now!
Zoë
PS word verification is scalions!
Well done sir will have a proper butchers soon.
I bet you've been dancing the occasional jig in honour of King Kenny's return in between panics about apples etc. There may be some hope for our season after all.
Shall pop over to your shop immediately and drool. Congratulations!
SS, Zoe – thank you…and that is an outstanding wv from both of you
Anna, PG, GW, SE, P – thank you…interestingly the first feedback i had came via email – someone saying they hated the images and could I please change it to just an A-Z list of what we sell…so thank you
VP – no they arent *slaps hand*…we dont have them yet, but when we do we'll know how much they'll be
I went to your shop and there was no little tinkly bell when I opened the door.
Nor was there sawdust on the floor or anywhere outside for me to tie up my horse.
It these little bits of customer service that make all the difference, you know.
It looks wonderful. Our autumn-ordered bumper collection of seeds has just arrived, but I shall allow a seemly period of time to pass (a week, perhaps?) and then dive into your shop with abandon to fill any 'gaps' 🙂
Sara
Wow! I loved the ease of navigation on the site – very important to technophobes like me. Visual stimulus was great….
Look forward to a real good old check through later.
Will spread the word….
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