It is a comment we use often here in Redwood! We need to sell the sizzle! You know what we mean – we know that the pork and bacon we produce is good, but how do we convince the customer? Well, by letting them experience the sizzle!
In order to do that we are always trying to dream up new approaches…. so at this point I ought to say a huge THANK YOU to Jo at Caragh Nurseries for agreeing so readily when I approached her with one of my wine induced brain waves!
Jo and her husband, Ian, run Caragh Nurseries just outside Naas. And my idea was simple really – they have the space, we have the pork, we have friends Caroline and Liam from A Room Outside who have the Big Green Eggs. The three of us get together and ‘share the sizzle’!
Consultations started – we had to make sure not to clash with any rugby dates – and a date was set – 25th March “with a bit of luck the weather might have settled by then’.
Who would have believed how glorious a day it would be?
The sun beamed down on us! The glasshouses were just too hot to be in! I got sunburnt!
Unpacking the cars, getting the Eggs set up and lit…. a bit of chaos before the calm.
Chatting and sharing the sizzle and fun of the Big Green Egg.
Jo’s dog, Max, became our new best friend! He waited patiently for that bone which he duly took away to hide somewhere!
A different take on a sausage roll! Everyone loved the sausages tho!
Jo – hiding behind the counter of their amazing ‘train carriage’ coffee shop!
The people came and enjoyed the sunshine and the stalls.
I admired the colour of Jo’s pots…. they are to match their logo! Don’t you love the colours?
I was completely jealous of Jo’s watering can…. I definitely need one of these! My green ones are very very boring!
As the embers were dying down on the Big Green Egg – Liam was doing a roaring trade in toasting marshmallow dolphins! 🙂
Thanks again to Jo and Ian at Caragh Nurseries. To Caroline and Liam from A Room Outside who travelled with their Big Green Eggs from Limerick.
Thank yous to all who came along.
And thank you to all the other lovely stall holders we met yesterday.
Together it all worked to make it a lovely day!
A Year In Redwood 