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With the accompaniment of so many delicious tomatoes this time of year basil is the obvious herb choice. Pam Bowers at Strawberry Fields is cutting a big harvest for us on Thursday so it will be in plentiful supply for the weekend.  It’s such a beautiful fragrant herb and it’s been filling our cold store… Read More »

We’ve an abundance of fantastic UK produce this week after a long awaited blast of sunshine, and crops that had been taking an age to come along are finally starting to appear in better quantities.  Broad beans from Kindling market garden in stockport and are tasting absolutely delicious straight out of the pods, and the… Read More »

Here at Unicorn we’ve always been privileged to have such a fantastic array of produce to write and shout about, and it’s a real pleasure to sing the praises of our growers and see their efforts fly off the shelves to satisfied customers. It’s also our responsibility to keep our customers informed, and for UK growers the current situation remains… Read More »

The unsung hero of many a dish, we think our fantastic fresh herb range is well overdue a bit of love, and we are lucky enough to now have a good mix from Strawberry Fields and Kindling Market Garden in our range this week. Pam grows these perennial herbs on her Lincolnshire Farm cutting them back… Read More »

Despite the blanket of rain that is covering the UK at the moment, the warmer than normal temperatures for this month have helped with the start of the growing season. We’re seeing more lines of local produce coming through in small quantities. Cavolo Nero from Libby Flintoff has helped fill that leafy brassica gap that… Read More »

As the temperatures are starting to warm, we’re beginning to see a few more veg lines coming through from the tunnels and fields of our growers. We’re firmly on UK lettuces now and are impressed by the leafy green and red lettuces from down the road in Stockport this week. Kindling Market Garden have grown… Read More »