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As January storms loom large and the purse strings tighten, what better activity can there be for these gloomy days than a spot of marmalade making? Chosen for their high pectin-content and thick rind, the Seville orange is the citrus of choice for most marmalade makers. Customer recommendations this year have suggested whiskey as an… Read More »

Time for our annual update on New Year vegetable logistics!  As is often the case, sourcing & transporting fresh fruit and veg often proves trickier in the post-Christmas period than in Christmas week itself… New Year weekend should be close to a normal range, with plentiful Cornish cauliflowers and an abundance of lovely dark spinach… Read More »

Last weekend was a challenging one, to say the least, for those working out in the fields.  Fortunately, the plummeting temperatures were well forecast.  Consequently many growers worked around the clock last Thursday to build up a stock of crops like carrots and leeks before the ground froze making lifting roots nigh on impossible!  All… Read More »

With less than three weeks to go until Christmas the sight of these majestic sprout stalks from Lyncroft Farm down the road in Ormskirk is filling us with festive cheer. The tops are incredibly versatile and delicious – throw then into stir fries and miso soups, chop finely and serve raw with loads of lemon… Read More »

A terrific range of UK winter-warmers ideal for the falling temperatures this week. Locally, Dunham Massey’s Alan Hewitt still has a good tonne of Uchiki Kuri pumpkins to get through in the run up to Christmas. While to the East, the UK butternut supply remains in full swing from Vinehouse Farm in Lincolnshire.  With other… Read More »

Lots of lines moving south in Europe as the unseasonably warm weather grinds to a halt.  Most noticeable in our range is the end of Dutch glasshouse crops such as aubergines, peppers, cucumbers & tomatoes.  Anticipate us looking to Spain for the winter months.  With many of these still plentiful in warmer southern climes, they… Read More »