It’s a great time of year to make the most of our crops with tops – bunches of local radish will be available all week from Glebelands City Growers, our closest supplier of organic veg and dear friends of the business. The neon pink radishes have a powerful, peppery flavour that tastes great both raw… Read More »
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Veg News 13th June
Despite heavy clouds and chilly downpours here in Manchester, produce arriving from the fields is singing of British summertime. We’ve started receiving fresh weekly deliveries from Farmstart in Stockport, a local initiative set up by the Kindling Trust to encourage people into commercial organic growing. The first of it’s kind in the UK, Farmstart provides… Read More »
veg news 7th may
We have the first arrival of new potatoes this week – first earlies ‘Colleen’ from Jersey Quality Produce at the start of the week, and ‘Ulster Prince’ for the weekend – a regional favourite grown by Duncan Gielty at Lyncroft Farm in Ormskirk. These young potatoes are creamy when cooked and sweeter because their sugar… Read More »
Veg News 26th February
Agrico-op (Sicily) just dropped a bombshell: They are finished with blood oranges. We have supplies in transit to keep us in stock until the end of the week, but then it’s done L We may be able to source some from different growers after that, but we all secretly know Agrico-op’s are unrivalled. Red peppers from Spain… Read More »
Veg news 19th February
At this point in the year we see the bulk of our offer originating from Europe, France and Spain in particular. New crops are bringing an air of freshness to the display that’s hard to resist. Celery (Demeter certified), spring onions and fennel deserve a special mention. Aubergines and courgettes are abundant and excellent value. … Read More »
Veg news 15th January
The UK brassica range is abundant this week. There is a wealth of cabbages to choose from: savoy, tundra and january king. Kale in red, green, Russian and winter wonderland varieties, as well as cavolo cero or ‘black kale’ (look out for Strawberry Fields’ – it’s lovely). Cauliflowers from Cornwall are plentiful and sprouts once… Read More »