GO BEYOND FOUR SEASONS
Each fruit and vegetable has its own season, with subtle shifts that happen every day. Follow their microseasons to unlock flavour at every stage.
In season today
The first harvests. Not yet available in abundance or fully developed, this is the time to get inspired by new flavour combinations.
Baby Leeks
Grower
Anthony
Location
Great Fen Farm, UK
Seasonality
September
Baby Sweetcorn
Beetroot (Badger Flamed)
Bramley Apples
British Cime Di Rapa
Carrots (Sandy, Purple Haze, White Satin, Yellowstone & Ruby)
Cavolo Nero
Ceps
Crown Prince Squash
Cylindra Beetroot
Delica Pumpkin
Green Kale
Kalibos Cabbage
Mixed Radicchio
Onion Squash
Organic Savoy Cabbage
Purple Kale
Red Williams Pear
Roscoff Onions
Shoots & Cresses – Tagete, Basil, Komatsuna (see app for all)
Sweetcorn
Thai Basil Cress
White Onions
Wild Scottish Girolles
Williams Pear, Green
PEAK SEASON BOX
Our Sourcing Team have selected the 9-10 varieties tasting their best right now. From familiar favourites to lesser known ones, these are our picks this week.
Courgette Round - Yellow - Calabria, Italy
Bean - Coco de Bretagne - Brittany, France
Chard - Rainbow - Hampshire, UK
UK Heirloom Tomatoes - UK
Lettuce - Devil's Ear - Wales, UK
Onions - Dry Tropea - Calabria, Italy
Potato - Early - Charlotte - Wales, UK
Peach - Amarillo - Lleida, Spain
Passion Fruit - Seville, Spain
Apple - Seasonal British - Sussex, UK
Featured This Week 12/09 - 19/09
EARLY
FIGS - BOURJASOTTE NOIRE
Provence, France
August - September
In the heart of Provence, in Eyragues, Marianne runs an 18-hectare farm her grandfather founded after arriving from Algeria. Marianne took over in 2010 and, following the passing of her father three years ago, now manages the farm on her own.
At 41, she’s a passionate grower dedicated to organic farming and sustainable agroecology. Her approach is simple: work with nature, not against it. Fruit is harvested only at peak ripeness, when flavour and quality are at their best.
This year we’re proud to begin working with Marianne, bringing in her Bourjasotte Noire Figs, known for their deep violet-red flesh, tender texture, and wonderfully sweet flavour.
PEAK
HOPI CORN
Oxfordshire, England
August - October
Greg was given these heritage Hopi Corn seeds straight from their original source; the First Nation Hopi tribe in northeastern Arizona.
For over 30 years, he’s saved and sown them, preserving the flavour, story, and heritage of this unique variety. A natural cross between flint and sweet corn, Hopi is lower in sugar and higher in starch than modern varieties, with a smoother texture and more complex flavour.
Each cob is strikingly multicoloured, the result of every kernel being individually pollinated.
After struggling with kernels that failed to fully mature, Greg worked closely with heritage wheat grower John Letts last year to refine his seed-saving techniques. Guided by these conversations, Greg allowed his corn to ripen longer before saving seed, protecting select husks with socks to shield them from birds. He then dried the cobs more slowly, moving them to a north-facing store.
The result was softer seeds with stronger germination, and a far healthier crop this year.
LATE
GHERKINS
Norfolk, England
June - September
Every year, we wait for the best Gherkins we’ve ever found from Norfolk, where Mantas is still growing the seeds he brought from his native Lithuania. Here with us the same day they’re picked, freshness reflected in the flower you’ll find at the stem end. Nearing the end of their four-month season, now’s the time to enjoy and preserve the final harvests of the year.
A totally different fruit to the standard British cucumber, Mantas’ Gherkins serve as an example of how we should value our food. Ridged and thick-skinned, these are grown without the excessive irrigation that swells intensively-produced, flavourless cucumbers. The result is dense, textured flesh that packs flavour throughout.
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Go beyond four seasons
Each fruit and vegetable has its own season, with subtle shifts which happen every day. Follow their microseasons to unlock flavour at every stage.
WHAT’S IN SEASON?
Know where your food comes from
We know the name of the people behind everything we source. Recognise their growing artistry to find out exactly where your food comes from (and why that matters).
MEET THE GROWERS
Make your diet diverse
Our growers work with varieties chosen for quality and nutrition, not yield. By selecting their crops you keep heritage seeds in play, add to ecosystem biodiversity and preserve unique flavours.
PEAK SEASON BOX
United Kingdom
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