Veg Box News - 30th January - 2nd February, 2018

Slightly late with Veg Box News this week – apologies for that.

Reports from the veg ordering team are that stocks of interesting, good value UK-grown vegetables are running a little short now and we will be using more imports over the next few weeks. The largest impact is of course on the G 'UK only' boxes as options become very limited for a few weeks. If you are a G box customer you may need a good supply of recipes for root-based dishes... mashes, roasts soups and stews of course... Alternatively, you might like to consider switching to an A or a B for a few

weeks.

A

Potatoes – Kestrel 1.2kg

Carrots 600g

Onions 500g

Red Pepper

Kale

Celery

Beetroot

B's will get Leeks 600g in place of the Potatoes

D's will receive a further 800g Potatoes and a head of Broccoli

E's will receive the Leeks 600g and a Green Pepper

L's and M's will receive the above additions and a Squash

K

Apples – Gala 600g

Pears 400g

Orange 600g

Clementine 500g

Lemon

Grapefruit

Q's will also get some Bananas and Avocados 200g

At this time of the year Bananas are often very green when they arrive in the shop – we have set up a small, warm banana ripening area but are wary of sending hard green bananas out. If, as a K box customer, you really miss Bananas when they are not in the boxes then you might like to consider having an 'If Not In Box' type Standing Order as part of your delivery. Then we will bring you your specified amount of Bananas separately if they are absent from the box recipe.

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 16th - 19th January, 2018

Here we are settling back into something like a routine after the Christmas hiatus - (which reminds me I must get my tree down! - I know, right, the mischievous sprites will start throwing the decorations off.)

A

Potatoes - 1.2kg

Carrots 600g

Onions 500g

Sprout tops

Sprout tops are delicious shredded and stir-fried, or lightly steamed

Tuesday/Wednesday - Swede

Thursday/Friday - Parsnips

Courgettes 400g

Leeks 600g

Garlic

B's will get Fennel instead of the potatoes

D's will get a further 800g Potatoes and some Sweet Potatoes

E's will get a Lettuce

L's and M's will get the above additions and a Squash

K

Apples - Russets 600g

Bananas 600g

Kiwis 500g

Oranges 600g

Clementines 500g

A Lemon

Q's will also get a Grapefruit and some Pears.

Interesting news from the shop floor...

We are always trying to consider the environmental impact of our business and with a view to cutting down on plastic packaging we switched to paper pulp punnets, last year, to use in the fruit and veg boxes.  Some things arrive in the shop already in plastic bags and it is unlikely that we would be able to stop plastic use altogether, but we are happy to have these bags back if you can't reuse or recycle them yourself.  We use the services of www.recyclingrevolution.com.  We are also in the process of sourcing larger, sturdier paper bags for use with the delivery side orders.

We are now offering the Ecoleaf Refill service in the shop.  We are of course very short of space in the shop so we have installed our large bulk containers down in the cellar but just bring your empty bottles in and the elves down there will magically refill them for you.  

We'll be offering refills for Ecoleaf Washing up Liquid, Ecoleaf Laundry Liquid and Ecoleaf Fabric conditioner.  And of course the refills offer great reductions on buying the products off the shelf.

Veg Box News - 9th - 12th January, 2018

Happy New Year to all our customers!

Apologies for no Veg Box News last week – I was Hogmanaying in Edinburgh!!

Thanks to you all for your continued support throughout 2017.

A

Potatoes - Bluebell 1kg

Carrots 600g

Onions 500g

Purple Sprouting Broccoli

Leeks

Swede

Celery

B’s will get a Red Cabbage portion in place of the potatoes

D’s will get a further 800g Potatoes and a Savoy Cabbage

E’s will get a pack of Russian Kale

L’s and M’s will get the above additions and a Red and a Green pepper

K

Apples – Coxes 600g

Blood Oranges

Clementines

A Pineapple portion

A Lemon

Q’s will also get some Bananas and a portion of Avocados

Bananas are very green at the moment and may take a few days to ripen -  keep them warm to speed things up.  K box customers – we can of course bring you bananas as an extra side order if you would like.  Just give us a ring or drop us an email.