We have an abundance of beautiful whole cobs of sweetcorn available this week, courtesy of Pam and the team at Strawberry Fields and Lucy and the team at Vine House Farm, both in Lincolnshire. It is definitely one of our favourite late-summer seasonal highlights, and it is looking and tasting fantastic after a particularly warm… Read More »
Veg News 18th Aug
This week’s Veg News spotlights some of the fantastic UK orchard fruits we have on the fruit stand at the moment. Martin and Rachel Soble and the team at Carey in Herefordshire have a spectacular assortment of plums for us this week, including Excalibur, Mallard, Seneca and their first Greengages. Often nicknamed the ‘queen of… Read More »
Veg News 11th August
Squash season is here! We have had great squash growing weather this year with warm night temperatures bringing these on at a rapid rate. This week from our squash grower extraordinaries Strawberry Fields we’ve got Custard, Crookneck, Turban, Harlequin, Spaghetti and Tromboncino squash in stock, and look out for their red kuri pumpkins next week. The… Read More »
Veg News 4th August
There’s something particularly special about Lancashire aubergines at this time of year, and this week we have an abundance from Libby Flintoff in Preston and Duncan Gielty in Ormskirk. The quality of the crops is outstanding this year, with beautiful, glossy, deep purple fruits and wonderfully silky flesh.They reward a little patience when cooking. Give… Read More »
Veg News 28th July
Like most brassicas, broccoli is a cool weather vegetable and grows best between 15 to 24 degrees, a far cry from the weather we’ve been seeing lately where farmers have been battling consecutive heatwaves and drought. Our growers have done exceptionally well to get the crop through these conditions and into our cold stores at such great… Read More »
Veg News 21st July
The courgette glut is here! We have a very abundant supply of courgettes this week thanks to all the long days of sunshine and warm nights we have been having recently, which the plants absolutely love. Courgettes are a notoriously tricky crop to manage volumes and crop plan for over summer with growers, as once… Read More »
