Veg news

Pomegranates take to centre stage this week as the season across Europe hits its stride. We’ve already seen the early pink Mollar D’Elche variety from Spain, as well as some Hicaz from Turkey. This week we play host to the burgundy-coloured Wonderful variety from Agricoop in Sicily. The juice of these fruits is a deep,… Read More »

We dedicate veg news this week to the rare UK-grown butternut squash. Unlike lots of other squash varieties, butternuts are tricky to grow in the UK climate and are hardly ever seen in supermarkets, particularly when inexpensive Spanish are so widely available. For flavour though we urge you to try the ones from Lucy Watts… Read More »

As the nights begin to draw in we’re getting excited this week as the European citrus season starts to take off. We welcome our first Spanish oranges – the juicy and sweet Navelina variety – which join a European line up of scurvy-defeating citrus. We’ve got some lovely Spanish limes and sharp yet flavoursome clementines… Read More »

As October speeds ahead under glorious sunny skies we look forward this Saturday to Apple Day, our annual celebration of the variety, range and breadth of flavour that the UK apple season has to offer. From Herefordshire to Kent, Sussex to Ormskirk, we’ll be representing over 20 varieties of fruit from 7 different orchards. Expect… Read More »

For those with a keen sense of smell, there are some beautifully perfumed autumnal fruits at the moment…Foremost amongst these is the range of pear varieties.  We tend to think November is when the Conference really come into their own, and have been mixing and matching with lesser known varieties and the different characteristics they… Read More »

Leaves falling off the trees… this means we finally get to talk about squashes and pumpkins. They are our veg of the month. It’s a really good year for squashes, which you will already know if you have an allotment! Good yields are reported by our growers and the taste is very well developed across… Read More »