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With the weather becoming milder, but our growers still having ‘wet underfoot’, we slowly see our favourite winter vegetables becoming available again. Cornish cauliflowers are back this week from F.Sampon in Penzance, alongside which we will have some vibrant beetroots: 3 different varieties available from Pam at Strawberry Fields, Graham at Chapel Organics and John… Read More »

Veg News 9th January We’re through Christmas and New Year now and getting back into the swing of things.  A huge thanks to our growers who were straight back into the fields last week once again to keep us supplied with some fantastic produce. With an unusually slimmed down brassica range due to the appalling weather we’ve… Read More »

The first frosts are in and we are strongly suggesting the consumption of roast root vegetables. We’ve got some fine specimens this week with beautiful purple fleshed carrots from Lyncroft farm and Royal Oak in Ormskirk. We think these are sweeter than your everyday orange carrot and look beautiful roasted and topped with a bit… Read More »

The brassica range on offer in the shop is outstanding this week, the display is bursting with options to choose from. There’s loose green and winter wonderland kale available from Strawberry Fields in Lincolnshire and @LyncroftFarm1 in Ormskirk. Remember you can mix and match kale varieties as you choose, bringing greater diversity and colour to… Read More »

We are happy to report a seasonal shift of a veg news this week with orchard, vine and top fruits celebrating the glorious bridge between late summer and autumn. UK plums are plentiful and tasting divine. There’s Marjorie’s Seedling, Monarch and Victoria varieties to choose between, from Carey Organics in Herefordshire at the start of… Read More »

There’s no easier time of year to enjoy a diet full of produce grown close to home, with the offer available from the UK in general, and the North West especially, hitting the peak of its season as we enter mid July. There is a brilliant range of new potatoes on offer in the shop… Read More »