Fruit + Veg
Donald MacDonald
Variety of green vegetables and potatoes
We are a family business and grow cabbage, kale, cauliflower, sprouts, broccoli, plus early and main crop potatoes on a field scale on our croft at Eynort.
Availability
July to September
Contact
Donald MacDonald,
3 Eynort, Carbost, Isle of Skye IV47 8SG
t 01478 640276 | f 01478 640405 | e calina@cgmeynort.fsbusiness.co.uk
Gillian Barrett
Organic salad leaves, fruit & vegetables. Seasonal cut flowers. Soil association certified
I grow fruit, salad leaves & flowers, and vegetables on a garden scale near the shore of Tianavaig Bay at Camustianavaig. I sell to restaurants through Food Link, & through the Horticultural Association stall in Portree over the summer.
Availability
summer, autumn
Contact
Gillian Barrett
Struan Lea, Camustianavaig, Braes, by Portree, Isle of Skye IV51 9LQ
t 01478 650 311 | e gillcamus7@aol.com
Glendale Salads
Everything that goes into salads, also vegetables and soft fruit (all organic)
We grow many varieties of fancy leaves, herbs, edible flowers, vegetables and soft fruit; all certified organically grown, by the Soil Association. Varieties are selected for flavour, texture, shape and attractiveness. This family business now provides employment for a number of local people.
We supply the finest hotels and restaurants and supply a weekly box of salads to private customers.
Chilled deliveries several times per week. UK mail order available.
Availability
Spring, Summer, Autumn, Christmas and New Year
Contact
Bridget Hagmann
Glendale Salads, 19 Upper Fasach, Glendale, Isle of Skye IV55 8WP
t 01470 511349 | f 01470 511349 | e glensalesalads@tiscali.co.uk
Glendrynoch Garden
Watercress
Watercress grown under cover in a hydroponic sustem is sold in bunches from May to October (weather dependent early and late.) Hugely beneficial to your health, all parts can be used with no washing neededd as it grows at waist height and no sprays are used.
Availability
May to October
Contact
Deirdre Peppe
Glendrynoch Garden, Glendrynoch Lodge, Carbost, Isle of Skye IV47 8SX
t 01478 640218 | e peppe@glendrynoch.co.uk
Lusta Fungi
Gourmet Mushrooms (Shiitake, King Oyster, Lion's Mane and Mitake)
We are a small family business growing tasty mushrooms to Soil Association organic Standard, inside and outside, year round, on the family croft at Camuslusta, Waternish.
We supply:
Shiitake
King Oyster (a tasty oyster mushroom with a meaty texture)
Lion's mane (an unusual but beautiful mushroom with a mild sweet flavour)
Maitake ( occasionally)
Contact
Neal Christie or Brigid MacLachlan
2 Camuslusta, Waternish, Isle of Skye IV55 8GE
t 01470 592201 | e thematcamuslusta@btinternet.com
Skye Fruit & Fungi
Mushrooms (Shiitake and Oyster) & Strawberries
We're crofting neighbours who started our business in 2003 having grown mushrooms as a hobby. Locally harvested hardwood logs are impregnated with spore on the croft and no herbicides or pesticides are used. We grow strawberries outdoors and also in polytunnels; we will expand into cranberries, blueberries, cloudberries and lingonberries when weather and rabbits permit.
Availability
Shiitake Mushroom: May to September
Other Mushrooms: Autumn
Strawberries: July to August
Contact
Valerie Piddock or Lisa Mehan
Skye Fruit & Fungi, 15 Tarskavaig, Sleat, Isle of Skye IV46 8SA
t 01471 855245 or 01471 855310 | e misty.croft@btinternet.com or lisa@smo.uhi.ac.uk
www.spanglefish.com/SkyeFruitandFungi/
Skye Berries
Blueberries, currants, raspberries, brambles
I grow a wide range of soft fruits and some tree fruits. Although I'm not registered Organic I keep to the organic standards as far as I am aware. I have selected varieties for taste and fruits are field ripened for maximum flavour. I do most of the work myself, spending much of the winter getting the plants ready for next season but I get paid help with the picking.
Availability
August to September
Contact
Ian Brown
Skyeberries, Raon nan eun, Edinbane, Isle of Skye IV51 9PW
t 01470 582462 | f 01470 582462 (call first) | e ib@skyeberries.com
Skye Vegetables
Interesting and unusual vegetables, and baby vegetables
I grow crops outdoors and in a polytunnel; raised beds allow me to grow many varieties selected for interest and taste, over a long season. Vegetables include French beans and carrots in different colours and shapes, baby vegetables (turnip, cauliflower etc) spinach, pak choi, fennel, salad potatoes, rhubarb, and more all grown as naturally as possible, without the application of pesticides to crops. I supply hotels, restaurants and individuals.
Availability
April to December
Contact
Anthony Hovey
Skye Vegetables, 6 Totaig, by Dunvegan, Isle of Skye, IV55 8ZU
t 01470 511285 | e skyeveg@aol.com
The Isle of Skye Fresh Produce Company
Culinary herbs, oriental salads & other leaf crops, many grown to order
Having "downsized" from one of Europe's largest horticultural businesses to one of the smallest, we are now growing produce with an emphasis on freshness and quality for the majority of the top hotels and restaurants in Skye and Lochalsh. We have rapidly built up a large and loyal customer base, and have also had significant success selling to retail outlets throughout the area.
Contact
Roger or Fiona Whiddon
Isle of Skye Fresh Produce Company, Idrigill, Orbost, Dunvegan, Isle of Skye, IV55 8ZB
t 01470 521812 | f 01470 521812 | e rogerwhiddon@hotmail.co.uk