Morning Folks, We making the most of purple sprouting brocolli while it’s in season, so you’ll be receiving some in your veg box again this week. Sprout tops are featured in all the boxes too, this is the top of the sprout stalk which tastes quite nutty. If you’re lucky, you might find some tiny…

Morning Folks, Our growers have been sowing seeds for leeks and onions this week at Rouken Glen, where we have heated benches for propagation in the greenhouses. To help them through the grey days, they’ll be put under special low energy lights, providing them with part of the light spectrum that they require. We plan…

Hello Folks, We hope that you all had a great time over the festive period, and are eagerly awaiting your first delivery of the new year! Yesterday’s day-long frost meant that our harvests were a bit trickier than usual, with lambs lettuce from The Croft being harvested in the dark! Lambs lettuce is a great…

Good Morning Folks, As previously noted, this is the last delivery of 2016, so for the majority of you, you’ll receive a double delivery this week. If you’re a fortnightly customer, or have arranged for your usual delivery, the veg box is listed as ‘single’ below. £5 veg (single small) potatoes, carrots, onions, parsnips, Winter…

Morning Folks, As mentioned in the newsletter last week, credit notes have been issued to those of you who were missing fruit or a small foreign veg additons bag. In the standard veg boxes, we’ve added a bag each of watercress and sprout tops, to make up the value of the missing items. We’ve noticed…

Hi Folks, I hope you have all had a fantastic week and have been enjoying your veg box. Hot pots have been the theme for me with a few stews, a soup and a curry over the last week. It must be something about the dark nights which makes these particularly satisfying. Remember you can…