OS from Sunny Suffolk and east Anglia

vivw_2

wanting2save wrote:

OOh forgot...not much OS for me today...maybe some baking later with the kids. Have been at playschool (where i am chairperson) helping out and catching up this morning and this afternoon i am off to 'choices' near Claydon to get some skirts (hopefully) for DD1. If you have kids and not heard of it before it is a converted barn which is now a second hand kids clothes shop where you can also take you childrens unwanted stuff to sell. Very cheap!! so i suppose very moneysaving oh i am being OS then thats good!!

Thanks for that tip...I'll pass that information on to my step-daughter who has two young lads.

little_miss_thrifty

wanting2save wrote:

OOh forgot...not much OS for me today...maybe some baking later with the kids. Have been at playschool (where i am chairperson) helping out and catching up this morning and this afternoon i am off to 'choices' near Claydon to get some skirts (hopefully) for DD1. If you have kids and not heard of it before it is a converted barn which is now a second hand kids clothes shop where you can also take you childrens unwanted stuff to sell. Very cheap!! so i suppose very moneysaving oh i am being OS then thats good!!

Hi, we live on the outskirts of Hadleigh - i have heard of choices in Claydon, but never got round to going there. They also do the same thing on a farm in Hintlesham, called BIBS and BOBS. Have you heard of it? They are really nice there (clothes and people!!)

vivw_2

little_miss_thrifty wrote:

Hi, we live on the outskirts of Hadleigh - i have heard of choices in Claydon, but never got round to going there. They also do the same thing on a farm in Hintlesham, called BIBS and BOBS. Have you heard of it? They are really nice there (clothes and people!!)

Thanks another place to tell step-daughter about

On another tread , little miss thrifty, you wrote about getting free range eggs. Where was it? I need to find a reliable source...all the local butchers can not guarentee theirs to be free range

vivw_2

little_miss_thrifty wrote:

Vivw, i have found this website, maybe interesting for you and anyone else in this area of Suffolk - https://www.greenlivingcentre.org.uk

It lists many farmshops etc. I usually go to Hollowtrees in Semer or Hall Farm Shop in Stratford St Mary, near Dedham

Thanks a lot for that. Often go past the one at Stratford St mary as the border morris side I dance in practises at the Parish rooms there. BY the way anyone want to join a border morris side...we need new members. Very OS way to get fit !!!

houseboatdream

Hi all Suffolk OS'ers

Back at work today so only just got home.....then had to search to find the thread, it had disappeared!

Vivw - free range eggs, there is a place at Henley, called something like "Happy hens". They sell eggs from the farmhouse. You can see all the hens out in the fields next to the farm. If you leave ipswich on the Henley Road it is just past the Henley cross roads, oppposite the garage on te left hand side. Or, if you know where the clothes barn is in Claydon, you just keep going past there, take the next right to henley, twisting little road used by many as a short cut, this brings you out at the cross roads. You can see the hens in the field at the side.

HBD

vivw_2

houseboatdream wrote:

Hi all Suffolk OS'ers

Back at work today so only just got home.....then had to search to find the thread, it had disappeared!

Vivw - free range eggs, there is a place at Henley, called something like "Happy hens". They sell eggs from the farmhouse. You can see all the hens out in the fields next to the farm. If you leave ipswich on the Henley Road it is just past the Henley cross roads, oppposite the garage on te left hand side. Or, if you know where the clothes barn is in Claydon, you just keep going past there, take the next right to henley, twisting little road used by many as a short cut, this brings you out at the cross roads. You can see the hens in the field at the side.

HBD

Thanks for that. Could be useful when I go back to work as I work that side of town...thanks. Glad you found the thread

loopylass

Queen.Bess wrote:

Yes they do! And they too are delicious! They have a wide range of PYO and it's always worth checking their website for what they have ready for picking.

On a slightly different matter: What fruit and veg stalls do people recommend at Bury Market? Sometimes I come away disappointed with what I've got, but it can be very hit and miss!

Hi im from Bury St Edmunds and i always go for the fruit and veg stall on the corner near Thorntons they have the best quality but not always the cheapest avoid the one outside the main post office next to the watch stall i got some grapes from them last year and they went horrible after a couple of days but if you go there at the end of the market they do the best deals a crate for £1 or £2 but make sure you use them up that day

As for your earlier post there is a farm shop at westley about 5 mins drive from the town (im not good on directions but my OH is if you need them) but it can be expensive especially the potatoes but they are good quality and they have PYO strawberries etc the people who own the shop are really nice and helpful

Does anybody know where you can get cheap sacks of potatoes near bury st edmunds because im paying £10 for a 25kg sack at the farm shop

catznine

sahmx5 wrote:

Where is this shop? It sounds like a place I need to know about!

Marriages Mill shop is just off parkway near the army and navy roundabout. It is also very good for buying pet food but you have to buy in bulk. I love the organic strong bread flour that they do.

mrsmortenharket

I didn't get out today after all.

I went to bed for some much needed shut eye. Was bliss!

TY for the Leigh bakers tip. Parking round ther is a nightmare but will certainly try when I am over that way!

Lisa

vivw_2

Morning all...or should I say afternoon.

Hope you are alright.
I managed to get loads of seeds planted yesterday and have made room on my kitchen window sill for them. Got tomatoes, cumcumbers, peppers, chillis, basil, corriander, rocket sown so far.
Need to get OH to come with me to get some large bags of compost so that I can fill some tubs to start off lettuces, radishes and spring onions.
Are you growing anything this year? Anyone recommend any good independant nurseries?