As autumn is
deepening rapidly, I received a call informing me that soon it’ll be time for a
break between cultivation of vegetables due to frosting on a field over the
winter. Therefore I decided to go visit Robin and Ikuko’s Namayasai LLP, a
fully organic farm in Lewis, with some of Umu’s kitchen staff between the
hectic schedules. 
Even though
distance wise its location is not far from London, considering the lack of
motorway, the trip summed up to 2 and a half hour drive. Every one, while
letting me - the executive chef - drive all the way, had a peaceful nap in the
car…
This was my
second visit to the farm, but comparing to 2 years ago, the variety of
vegetables has become richer, and moreover the consistency in keeping the
completely organic environment in which the vegetables are cultivated was truly
admirable.
It’ll be
shame not to be able to receive their vegetables as we enter the winter,
however that’s the real accordance to nature, and that’s why we are given the
opportunity to enthusiastically long for the harvest time that will be brought
together with blooming in spring.
秋も深まる中、そろそろ畑にも霜が下りて野菜がなくなるという知らせを受けてぜひその前にと、いつもきれいな野菜を配達してくださるLewisにある完全無農薬栽培の農家、RobinさんとIkukoさんのNamaYasai
LLPに忙しい合間を縫って調理場のスタッフ達と行って来ました。
ロンドンから距離的にはそう遠くないものの、高速道路が無いので2時間半ほどのドライブとなりました。料理長に運転させておいて、皆車の中で熟睡していい気なもんです
畑に行くのは私は2度目となりましたが、2年前に行ったときよりもさらに多種の野菜を、無農薬の素晴らしい環境の中で育てられている様子には脱帽ものでした。
冬に入り、彼らの野菜が入らなくなるのは残念でなりませんが、それが本当の自然であり、だからこそ、春の芽吹きと共に始まる収穫を待ち望む楽しみが増えるというものです。
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