As the days are getting longer, we are excited to add some more springlike products to our shelves. This month marks the return of Libby and Paul Flintoff’s products. They are delivering us some spinach beet straight from their polytunnel in Preston to our shelves. These tender leaves differ from the true variety we have… Read More »
Veg news 20th February.
With days lengthening our UK growers are starting to see some bits and bobs being ready for picking. Purple Sprouting Broccoli has made a welcome return for us. This tender stemmed brassica has a long growing period and is overwintered for an early crop. It’s appearance always lets us know that Spring is not too… Read More »
Veg news 13th February
This week we have a full range of brassicas on offer, with cauliflowers from Francis Sampson in Cornwall, some really nice Savoy cabbages from Duncan Gielty in Ormskirk, and January King and Tundra cabbages from Chapel Organics in Berswick. We are also very pleased to see the return of Purple Sprouting Broccoli, courtesy of Shillingford… Read More »
Veg News 31st January.
With the weather becoming milder, but our growers still having ‘wet underfoot’, we slowly see our favourite winter vegetables becoming available again. Cornish cauliflowers are back this week from F.Sampon in Penzance, alongside which we will have some vibrant beetroots: 3 different varieties available from Pam at Strawberry Fields, Graham at Chapel Organics and John… Read More »
Veg News 23rd January
This weekend we will have plenty of citrus for you to recharge the vitamin C. We are very proud of the clemenules variety of clementine which have been extraordinary this year, if you haven’t tasted them yet this is their final week of the season, so grab them while you can! For lovers of Sicilian… Read More »
Veg News 9th January
Veg News 9th January We’re through Christmas and New Year now and getting back into the swing of things. A huge thanks to our growers who were straight back into the fields last week once again to keep us supplied with some fantastic produce. With an unusually slimmed down brassica range due to the appalling weather we’ve… Read More »
