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Friday sees the first pallet of the season from Cornish grower Francis Sampson down in Penzance. Francis grows on two adjacent pieces of land right at the tip of Cornwall near Lands End. One of the areas is very exposed, open to the regular south-westerly winds but – crucially – this area remains almost entirely… Read More »

It’s Apple Day this Sunday, our annual celebration of the unique, unusual and varied apple harvest available from orchards across the UK. We’ll have tasting and juicing happening all day as well as games for the kids. Apple Day was established by Common Ground in 1990 as a way to both celebrate the apple harvest… Read More »

Our veg of the month for October is the knobbly celeriac. Often overlooked, perhaps owing to its peculiar shape and irregular protuberances, celeriac has a gorgeous apple-sweet fragrance and a mild, clean, yet hearty flavour. The bulb is the root of the celery plant and has a gentle celery taste to accompany its potato-like texture.… Read More »

UK apples, now a few weeks into their season, are arriving off the orchards full of flavour and sweetness and we’ve already many varieties to choose from. Perfectly red, shiny and crunchy Scrumptious and Rubinolas make for ideal back-to-school lunchbox additions while the greener, more rustic-looking Ribston Pippin have a sophisticated flavour, much like a… Read More »

The display is an explosion of late summer colour this week with beautiful, fresh arrivals from across the UK. Defying the Mancunian grey skies are these sunshine yellow sweetcorn on the cob, one of the few crops to have thrived in the scorching temperatures of the last few months and in abundant supply all week.… Read More »