OS from Sunny Suffolk and east Anglia

Queen.Bess

Hi HBD

Glad you enjoyed Alder Carr Farm! We didn't go in the end, as I was hoping to, but hopefully we'll start going as the PYO crops come up and so I can stock up on their strawberries and tayberries again!

I've been trying not to go to the supermarket during the month of March and have been doing quite well using the market on Wednesdays and one of the butchers in town and it's worked out quite well. So it shows that with markets and farmers markets we don't have to be so reliant on the supermarkets!

smitty2702

Hi, can i join please?? Im Claire, mum of 2, Im in sunny suffolk in a sml village nr Haverhill (but quite close to Newmarket and Bury too) so im a regular in most places!!! I do LOVE Bury Market and I know a couple of websites with PYO and farm shops but im not sure if im allowed to post them or not. I am trying to be more OS partly to save money and partly to ensure I know what goes in my familys food etc..

Claire

vivw_2

Welcome Claire. So glad you have decided to join us. Please pass on any information on good PYO and farm shops, so that others can try them out also.

smitty2702

hi

ill have to look stuff out but one that stands out is held at Wyken Vineyards near bury EVERY saturday which is a rarity!

http://www.wykenvineyards.co.uk

other things are below: have just copied off the website
Country Market

The Oddfellows Hall, Whiting Street, Bury St Edmunds
Telephone: 01246 261508
Email: info@country-markets.co.uk
Web: https://www.country-markets.co.uk.
Wednesdays & Fridays
8.30 am - 12 noon

Country Market
Rushmere Village Hall, Humber Doucy Lane, Ipswich
Telephone: 01246 261508
Email: info@country-markets.co.uk
Web: https://www.country-markets.co.uk.
Thursdays
10.15 am - 11.30 am

Country Market
The Stable, High Street, (opposite Boots), Newmarket
Telephone: 01246 261508
Email: info@country-markets.co.uk
Web: https://www.country-markets.co.uk.
Tuesdays
8.45 am - 1.00 pm


Helions Bumpstead Farmers Market
Helions Bumpstead Village Hall, Nr Haverhill
Telephone: 01440 731681/730897/730265
Every 3rd Saturday of the Month
10am-12noon


cant find my site with the PYO's at minute but ill be back!

Claire

vivw_2

Thanks for that Claire.
the one at Rushmere Village Hall, Humber Doucy Lane is fairly near me ,so I may try and get there this week if I feel well enough. Didn't know it exsisted

little_miss_thrifty

houseboatdream wrote: »

Hi Suffolk Moneysavers,

How is your OS weekend going? We went to the Farmers Market at Alder Carr Farm this morning and I was very impressed. This is the first time that i have been to the farmshop at Alder Carr despite it being only ten minutes drive away, I'm ashamed to say. We really enjoyed the farmers market though I'm not sure tasting beer at 9.30 in the morning was such a good idea!! I found cheese that is made about five miles away, free range eggs from Gate Farm in Flowton which is proably about two miles away....all these producers so near to me yet it has taken me so long to discover them.

The free range eggs are fantastic, we had some scrambled for lunch, they are sold at the Farmshop too. The cheese is from Baylham and they sell from the farm on Fridays and Saturdays. We also got venison sausages from the Wild Meat Co, I have never eaten venison before but have just had these for supper with garlic mash and purple sprouting broc. They were delish!

Went to Alder Carr this morning with the school on a trip. It is the first time i have been there, and will go again as it is not far to travel at all. It was actually shut to the public today; all the children got to see the animals and we picked some leeks and purple broccoli for our tea!
I was also interested in the little shops they have there too, especially meadow green, which sells ethical/environmental toiletries, cleaners etc.

jordylass

I'm looking for somewhere to rent in/around Ipswich and have to view a property near the docks, is this an OK area?

vivw_2

jordylass wrote: »

I'm looking for somewhere to rent in/around Ipswich and have to view a property near the docks, is this an OK area?

Whereabouts near the docks? Areas vary. Also depends on your age group, what you are looking for etc.,

have lived in ipswich for 6 yrs so know most areas

houseboatdream

I see Vivw has beaten me to it - just the question I was going to ask, exactly where near the docks? There are lots of new flats on the riverfront and lots of building in this area. Let us know where and we can give more advice.

On the OS front I went to the farmshop near Grundisburgh today as we were on our way back from Martelsham. It was quite good though I thought the prices were a bit higher than Alder Carr....probably due to all the four wheel drives in the car park. Got some fab bread though and at good price, made by "The Cake SHop" at Woodbridge, anyone know where that is?

Off to Coventry tomorrow for belated Mothers Day meal.

Have a great weekend everyone.

HBD

Biggles

houseboatdream wrote: »

Got some fab bread though and at good price, made by "The Cake SHop" at Woodbridge, anyone know where that is?

It's in The Thoroughfare. Highly regarded independent baker.