Arrived new this week, a wonderful selection of Herbs to grow in your garden at home.
Less Plastic Bags
Growing public and political concerns about plastic pollution, spurred by environmental documentaries such as the BBC’s Blue Planet II, have resulted in us all wanting to take a stand against plastic. We have only very few items in plastic and a growing amount loose with brown paper bags for you to use to select your produce.
Fresh Local Asparagus From Wykham Farm Park Now In
British Asparagus "British Asparagus heralds the start of spring; there is no other vegetable like it." Wykham Farm have been growing asparagus since 1991, initially starting with 1 acre and building up to over 55 acres today. By cutting, washing and packing the asparagus on a daily basis they can guarantee that it is absolutely fresh for all our customers. Asparagus is a truly [...]
Homemade Lemon Drizzle Cakes
We have been busy in the kitchen baking this week, Lemon Drizzle Cakes, Chocolate Sponges, Treacle Tarts, Tifin, Flapjacks and Chocolate Cup Cakes.
Easter Competition
Win a C.Q.F. Handmade Simnel Cake. Simply pop into the shop and fill in a card to be entered for the prize draw on 18th April.
Easter
A fantastic selection of Easter Eggs and Chocolates are now in, plus homemade Simnel Cakes, Easter Biscuits and Hot Cross Buns.
Shrove Tuesday
Shrove Tuesday. Pancake Day, or Shrove Tuesday, is the traditional feast day before the start of Lent on Ash Wednesday. Lent – the 40 days leading up to Easter – was traditionally a time of fasting and on Shrove Tuesday, Anglo-Saxon Christians went to confession and were “shriven” (absolved from their sins). A bell would be rung to call people to confession. This came to be [...]
Seville Orange Marmalade
Seville Oranges are here and Emma and Vicky are busy in the kitchen producing our wonderful homemade marmalade.
Valentine’s Day
Happy Valentines lovely customers