What’s in Season, what’s out? Frozen ground and heavy snow have made harvesting tricky, with roots locked in place one moment and greens buried in snow the next. Cauliflower season is now over and some crops, like kale and purple sprouting broccoli, have taken a...

What’s in, what’s out? As we move deeper into winter - chard, fennel, and hardy radishes are on their way out. It’s unusual for chard to last this long, which highlights just how mild the year has been, and shows how our seasons are shifting. The UK is now brimming...

The first frost is one of the great seasonal turning points on UK farms. It can appear suddenly overnight and greets farmers in the morning as a beautiful silver shimmer across the fields. With the change, farmers are shifting their focus from watering and weeding to...

Now is usually the time for broccolis, cauliflowers and other greens to be thriving, but because it has been such a dry autumn these crops have been badly impacted. Other less moist cabbages are doing well and hardy winter veg are coming into their own - parsnips,...

Autumn is a fantastic month for produce, as the last of the summer vegetables overlap with the first autumn and early winter crops. Tomatoes, aubergines, peppers, and courgettes are still filling our baskets, while sweetcorn, broccoli, and cauliflower are coming into...

The UK leeks have run out, so we are switching to onions from the Netherlands until the new spring onions arrive later in the year. Our box scheme has a UK-only buying policy, so we're committed to trying to make use of what is seasonally available in this country....

It’s cold at the moment! Winter drags on, and the frosty temperatures are slowing down the veg growth. Like me, you probably feel like we could do with moving into spring soon. Let’s hope we see some warmer temperatures as we head into March! You may or may not know...

The mild and wet autumn weeks mean we still have a nice range of veg in the bags, including leafy greens. I’m really enjoying the potatoes, spinach and butternut squash from Ripple Farm at the moment. Ripple Farm are one of our “core” growers. When we set up Vegbox...

Well, Labour is investing in the economy. It's certainly not the Green New Deal that was promised while they were in opposition, but it is something. A mild boost to renewable energy and household energy efficiency, but no radical action on food or farming, such as...

There’s a head of radicchio in many of the bags this week. A form of chicory, it is bracingly bitter. This goes against the general trend in our veg and fruit, which are gradually being bred into less bitter varieties to suit modern palettes. This is generally a good...