you get the best of each season

here is a quick guide to what you’re likely to find in your box through the year:

May and June	July and August	September to November
This is the start of the cropping year. The boxes tend to heavy on lettuce and salads, followed by spinach and cabbage. Later in the season we start with broad beans and move onto garlic, artichoke and basil.	Lots of French beans, courgettes, new potatoes, broccoli, celery, spinach and huge selection of lettuce. Bunched carrots are joined by the first beetroots and purple-topped summer turnips. Tayberries, rasberries, currants and blackberries are in season too.	September means lots of sweetcorn and the start of the winter squash. Weird and wonderful romanesco and cape broccoli make regular appearances alongside ordinary broccoli and cauliflower. Lots of autumn salads from radicchio, escarole, endive, rocket and lettuce.
December to March	April to May
Winter belongs to parsnips, onions, leeks, carrots, potatoes, and the occasional swede. Greens include red, green and cavolo nero kale, january king, savoy, red, whtie and, later on, tundra cabbage. You’ll also find cauliflower, broccoli, artichokes, winter squash and celeriac in the boxes	We call this time of the year the “hungry gap”. Experience has taught us not to push it too far and that its better to import than carry on with dodgy stored crops. This is when we have to turn to Southern Europe for as much as half of the box contents.