AnnieP Posted June 1, 2007 Share Posted June 1, 2007 Thought I'd just pop in and post this after OH went and brough Asparagus from Holland! KEY: *Vegetable *Available locally *Available from abroad Asparagus Late Spring, early Summer Spring summer from Holland Aubergine Summer All year from Italy Beans (Runners, Round, Flat, Broad) Summer Beetroot All year except early Summer Broccoli Summer, Autumn All year from Spain, Italy Brussels Sprouts (and tops) Winter Cabbage (red, white, green, black, savoy, spring) All year Carrots All year All year from Holland, Italy Cauliflower All year except early Summer Celeriac Winter, Spring Celery Summer All year from Italy, Spain Courgettes Summer, Autumn Spring, Summer Cucumber (long and mini) Summer, Autumn Spring, Summer Fennel Summer All year from Italy Garlic Autumn All year from Italy Ginger All year from Uganda and Brazil Kohlrabi Summer, Autumn Leeks Winter, Spring Lettuce (cos, batavia, gem, lollo rosso, mixed leaf) Summer, Autumn All year from France Mangetout Summer Mushrooms (white, brown, flat) All year Onion (red, white, salad) All year Parsley Summer, Autumn Peppers Summer All year from Holland, Italy, Spain Potato (bakers, nicolo, cara, sante, ratte, desiree, pink fir apple, robinta, romano and others) All year Radicchio Summer, Autumn All year from Italy Rainbow Chard Summer, Autumn Rocket Summer, Autumn, Winter Spinach Summer, Autumn All year from Italy Sprouts (Alfalfa, Mung, Mixed) All year from UK Squash (Butternut, Crown Prince, Green Hokaido, Red Kuri, Gem) Autumn, Winter, Spring Swede Winter, Spring Sweet Potato All year from Spain, USA Sweetcorn Summer, early Autumn Swiss Chard Summer, Autumn All year except Spring from Italy Tomatoes (Salad, Vine, Cherry, Plum) Summer, Autumn All year from Italy Turnip Summer, Autumn Watercress Spring, Summer from UK Something else to look at the labels for when buying in the supermarket! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted June 1, 2007 Share Posted June 1, 2007 That's very useful AnnieP.....thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 1, 2007 Share Posted June 1, 2007 Thanks An nie - i found myself more than a bit confused when I went to the farm shop last week, and couldn't find any local vegetables in the shop at all.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnnieP Posted June 1, 2007 Author Share Posted June 1, 2007 It does make you wonder where they all are doesn't it? Or even if we farm veggies in this country any more! Round here all the fields seem to be oil seed rape wheat or barley. We DO have watercress fields (Vitacress is based at Andover), but if you saw the amount of spraying they do on it (daily), you'd never buy the stuff. I know when I lived in Cambs it was all sugarbeet and wheat... with the odd potato field.... so, what's grown locally near you? I can get really local organic asparagus ( ) and watercress, plus mushrooms. I am so glad I have started my own veggie plot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louise Posted June 1, 2007 Share Posted June 1, 2007 I amn seriously considering getting into grow your own next year the garden is huge and mostly grass which i hate and it would be a way of getting rid of a fair bit of mowing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 1, 2007 Share Posted June 1, 2007 We're going to put aside the whole of our back garden to raised beds - it's too steep for the children to play on it, and I want them to understand where their food comes from. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 1, 2007 Share Posted June 1, 2007 We have a veg box delivered. You can see what you are going to get every week and where it comes from. I became a bit concerned when I started having stuff from around the world and so I contacted them, I think other people did too as he released this statement Air freighted policy 30 Jan, 2007 There's been a bit of press coverage over the last few days about air freighted organic produce. The Soil Association are (quite rightly) thinking about not certifying any produce as organic that has been air freighted into the UK. Our policy has always been clear on this matter. We have never accepted air freighted produce in the past and we never will in the future. Our core values will continue to be to provide quality organic, local produce. We only take imported items when the seasons dictate and then we make sure that it is shipped (in the case of bananas for example) or road freighted. We have our raised beds now, but won't be totally self-sufficient so will still need to supplement our fruit and veg We don't live in an area where we can just pop to the farm shop and our city centre does not even have a green grocers I can't wait to start getting stuff from our raised beds, we have had the odd bit of lettuce and some lovely radishes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louise Posted June 1, 2007 Share Posted June 1, 2007 I am too late for this year really but have some potateos in but I am really going to try hard next year I have a book which tells me what goes in when and when I need to start getting seeds planted so watch this space Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted June 1, 2007 Share Posted June 1, 2007 We're aiming to be mostly self-sufficient but even when we just had the garden, we grew most of our fruit and veg for almost 8/9 months of the year. We've planted new fruit trees but they will take a while to produce much. We're lucky that we live on the edge of the Vale of Evesham, so whatever we don't grow we can find not far away - especially Asparagus and fruit. Citrus fruit, avocados and bananas are difficult to find if you are avoiding air freight miles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
