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Honey is much more than just a sweetener. It has been used for centuries for healing and rejuvenation. We are lucky enough to have two local beekeepers whose honey we stock Simmondley and Old Glossop Honey.

In the UK, we have thousands of beekeepers producing honey from bees foraging in our countryside and gardens. Most are small-scale and the bees’ welfare is a high consideration. The beekeeping is carried out in traditional and ethical methods and the beehives are regularly inspected for the health and welfare of the Honey Bees. The honey is harvested and extracted using an extractor that spins the cold honey out of the frames leaving all of the natural properties intact that local honey is valued for.

Simmondley Honey £7.00 each (340g) Old Glossop Honey £8.00

Conference Pears, Braeburn Apples and Clementines feature in both boxes this week while the £25 box has some gorgeous Navelino Oranges. These oranges are an early maturing variety that is favoured for its sweet taste and substantial juice. The oranges are grown on dwarf trees, predominately cultivated in Spain, but they are also grown in North Africa and other Mediterranean regions. 

This weeks £25 box includes Cavolo Nero (also known as Tuscan/Italian or black kale) This dark, leafy green vegetable from Italy can be served boiled, steamed or stir-fried.

Besides the ingredients for the soup both boxes will include, washed new potatoes, bunched carrots, fine beans and the £25 will also have some delicious tender stem Broccoli.

Our £15 (ideal for 2/3 people)

Harissa paste (R)

Spices ground coriander & ground cumin (R)

New potatoes

Red Onions (R)

Butternut squash (R)

Garlic (R)

Bunch carrot

Fine green beans

Red peppers (R)

Clementines

English Braeburn apples

Conference pears

(R) items needed for the recipe

Our £25 box (ideal for a family of 4) contains all of the above in larger quantities plus 

Cavolo Nero

Tenderstem 

Comice and sweet sensation pears

Navelina oranges 

Our breakfast box this week includes Kim’s homemade, all natural muesli, bursting with oats, coconut, almonds, cranberries, sultanas, pumpkin, sunflower and sesame seeds, natural puffed corn,

Blueberries

Raspberries

grapefruit or bananas

Large Longley Farm natural whole milk yoghurt £12.70

This week we have more English Cherries from Kent (the garden of England). They have a short season of just a few weeks from June to July, so blink and you’ll miss them. As well as being a good source of fibre, vitamin C, potassium, magnesium, copper and iron, this small fruit contains soluble fibre that can help lower cholesterol and research has shown, people who eat more potassium- containing foods like cherries, tend to be less likely to have high blood pressure. Did you know cherries also contain melatonin, a hormone found naturally in the body, which regulates sleep. But best of all, they taste delicious. I think profits must definitely be down in the shop when English cherries arrive, we can’t walk past them without taking one or two. Red lips and fingers are a definite give away!!! 330g for £3.00