Canalside Kitchen

Bank Holiday Closure.

We will be closed this coming bank Holiday Monday, 25th August.

Enjoy the long weekend and we'll see you again from Tuesday 26th.

Be a good human.
Stay curious! 🫶🏼

A lesson on working with nature. 🌱

We have a resident family of moles in the garden at Mind Body Lab. People say, "They ruin the lawn", as if pristine lawns are something to be treasured outside of bowling clubs and football matches. 🤷🏽‍♀️

I have always found a way to work with nature rather than against it. Over winter, our mole family got busy digging out their tunnels and leaving us with mounds of soil. Me and my step-son, Brodie, collected every single mole hill and popped the dirt in a pile at the rear or the garden.

After planting our fruit trees earlier this spring, it was time to get cracking on our vegetable garden. I've always grown a bit of fruit and veg and have been itching to get something in at Mind Body Lab. Now, 3 years into this project, I finally have the spare time to invest in the MBL garden. The idea is that our community can help themselves to some fresh fruit after class and we can grow and use the food in our cafe,

So here we have it... I introduce to you our first vegetable patch created not only through our hard work, but the hard work of our resident moles who have delivered to me the most beautiful soil for our vegetable garden and saved me fortunes on sought-after top soil!

A bonus is that moles are carnivores, so as they dig for worms, aerate and loosen the soil, they will not only help the veg grow, they will keep any pests like slugs under control.

If you take care of the land you keep and look out for nature rather than destroy it, nature will give you back to you more than you could imagine. 💚🌱