Veg Box News 23rd - 26th January, 2018

As I have mentioned previously in Veg Box News, cold frosty weather is not conducive to the picking of vegetables in British fields so once again we are a little at the mercy of our suppliers as to whether the ordered veg actually arrives.  Likely lines to be affected are the Artichokes and Cabbage particularly. 

A

Potatoes – Desirée (we hope) 1.2kg

Carrots 600g

Onions 500g

Jerusalem Artichokes 600g

Cabbage – Savoy or a Tundra

Fennel 400g

Butternut Squash

B’s will get Leeks 600g instead of Potatoes. They won’t get the fennel but will get a Red Pepper

D’s will get a further 800g Potatoes and a portion of Purple Sprouting Broccoli

E’s will get the Fennel Leeks and Red Pepper

L’s and M’s will get the above additions and also a Lettuce

K

Apples – Crimson Crisp 600g

Bananas 600g

Blood Oranges 600g

Pears – Conference 400g

A Grapefruit

A Lime

Q’s will also get a Mango.

Blood oranges are particularly tasty at the moment – it’s a good time of year for citrus generally – but they are not to everyone’s taste. The Navels are good too though so let us know if you want to have those instead.

For those with a sweet tooth, we still have (non-organic) Seville oranges… We’ll take great care to make sure we don’t put the Seville oranges in the fruit boxes by mistake, as happened once a few years ago!!  Lot of complaints that week - Oops!

Veg Box News 17th - 20th, October, 2017

A mixture of roots and leaves grace the boxes next week – although broccoli of course is actually a flower head, so…

Next week we will be taking part in the Bradfield Farmers Market again so if you’re out that way come and pay us a visit.

Here are the lists for next week…

A

Potatoes 1kg
Carrots 600g
Onions 500g
Broccoli 400g
Pointy Cabbage

Leeks 600g
Beetroot 600g

B's will get a Lettuce in place of the potatoes

G's will be as A or B

D's will get a further 800g Potatoes and a Lettuce

E's will get 400g Peppers and a Lettuce

L's and M's will get the Peppers, Lettuce and a Squash.

K

• Apples 600g
• Banana 600g
• A Grapefruit
• Avocados 300g
• A Mango
• Mandarins 500g

Q's will also get a portion of Kiwis


With the wetter weather coming we would appreciate it if you could keep empty boxes dry when leaving them our for us to collect - just fold them flat and pop them into a binbag if you haven't got anywhere undercover to store them.  No expense has been spared to bring you this stunning tutorial video...