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gil
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Joined: 08 Jun 2005
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Posted: Fri Jul 31, 09 3:09 pm Post subject: any seasonal shopping ?

Do many of us here on Downsizer really notice what's seasonal in the shops / on the market during the summer months of plenty ?
Especially if we grow or forage our own.....

Now the soft fruit has started, and I've begun digging up the spuds, and the mangetouts and peas are ready, I'm not buying fruit or much veg [just onions, carrots]. I'm also frantically trying to eat down the remains of last year's frozen fruit and veg to make room for this year's.

Nicky cigreen

Joined: 25 Jun 2007
Posts: 9891
Location: Devon, uk

Posted: Fri Jul 31, 09 3:11 pm Post subject:
also trying to eat up last years froze blackberries now i am picking this years.

sean
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Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: North Devon

Posted: Fri Jul 31, 09 3:20 pm Post subject:
I notice because we don't have room to grow enough stuff. Fortunately there's a small market gardening operation near us who supply the local greengrocer so I can usually get veg that haven't traveled very far.

Bebo

Joined: 21 May 2007
Posts: 12590
Location: East Sussex

Posted: Fri Jul 31, 09 4:11 pm Post subject:
Get quite a lot of roadside selling round here. First come the strawberries, the cherries are on the go at the moment and I'm anticipating plums shortly.

Helen_A

Joined: 26 Jan 2005
Posts: 1548
Location: MK, Bucks.

Posted: Fri Jul 31, 09 8:46 pm Post subject:

I still miss that aspect of where you are Bebo.... no where around here has anything like it

There is lots of 'seasonal fruit' in the market, but its all come from the continent...

I've currently got 20 boxes of 'Kent grown' cherries that may last long enough to be turned into something... they were sitting in morrisons this evening with 10p a box marked on them so they all came home with me...... (at least there is a smattering of UK grown seasonal stuff in Morrisons, so I should be, um, grateful for that I supose

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yummersetter

Joined: 26 Jan 2008
Posts: 3241
Location: Somerset

Posted: Fri Jul 31, 09 9:27 pm Post subject:
do gift boxes of pakistani mangoes count?

Jonnyboy

Joined: 29 Oct 2004
Posts: 23956
Location: under some rain.

Posted: Fri Jul 31, 09 9:49 pm Post subject:
Lots of broadbeans, peas, courgettes, romanesque, tomatoes, even gooseberries still available.

gil
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Posted: Fri Jul 31, 09 9:56 pm Post subject:

yummersetter wrote:

do gift boxes of pakistani mangoes count?

ooooh, is it still the honey mango season ? Lucky you !

marigold

Joined: 02 Sep 2005
Posts: 12458
Location: West Sussex

Posted: Sat Aug 01, 09 8:49 am Post subject:

Plums (from Kent) have just started appearing in the shops here. There's always Sussex produce available in Waitrose, but it's pre-packed and I sometimes wonder WHERE it is packed - if it's grown 10 miles away and packed in Milton Keynes it rather negates the "locally grown" concept.
It's a good time of year for getting produce from the WI Market (Country Market, I should say) - if only I could remember to go on a Thursday!

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