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At a time of the year when many veg crops are finishing and becoming scarce in the UK, the new season Dutch glasshouse produce offers some much needed colour and promise of the growing season ahead.  The first Dutch bell and Ramiro peppers are trickling through and looking pristine, so too are aubergines. These shiny,… Read More »

April is always the leanest month for UK grown produce, all of the stored winter crops have finished and we are still awaiting the new plants in the field. It has however been a mild and early start to spring, and luckily for us Pam Bowers down in Lincolnshire has harvested the first lettuces of… Read More »

Alan Hewitt from Dunham Massey just dropped off the first rhubarb of the season, aptly named “Timperley Early”. Rhubarb is of course best known for its suitability in desserts, but its tartness can also be utilized to good effect in salads and savoury dishes. It’s likely to be the only batch for a couple of… Read More »

Despite grey skies and freezing winds here in Manchester, our fruit and veg display is betraying a colourful shift towards spring. Blueberries, yellow courgettes, rainbow chard and purple sprouting broccoli are all sitting pretty next to these loose strawberries from Spain. We aim to sell produce with as little extra packaging as possible, and offer… Read More »

We are lucky to be able to offer Lancashire grown little gems from Duncan Gielty through these wintry weeks as lettuces are extremely hard to source out of France. A selection of bitter leafy options is brightening up the salad display this week though: Italian radicchio and French chicory. Both can be eaten raw and… Read More »

A fruity veg news! As the stone fruit season is slowly ending in Spain and France, UK fruits are beginning to steal the spotlight; berries and plums in particular this week and the UK apple season starting next week! Plums are really coming into their own with dark purple variety Sanctus Hubertus from Carey (Herefordshire)… Read More »