Fruit/veg delivery

V.Lucky

I have used flightsorchardorganics for just over a year now. Richard delivers to me once a fortnight and I have a mixed fruit and veg box. He is very accomodating if I need to cancel or amend my box if we are away or have visitors coming.

Only had a couple of issues with the quality of the goods over this period of time, and they have always apologised and refunded or replaced on the next delivery. I find the pineapples from them don't keep too well, but you have some items you can put on your "no" list so you don't get them.

Carrots are lovely and purple sprouting is just divine. The salad pack of lettuces was in a few weeks ago and was gorgeous, the best I have ever had.

As others have said, summer is the best.

ANNEGEDDES

hi all

im so jealous of these packs i have looked into it and cant really find something similar in south wales gwent anyone know anything??

Seakay

Daisies wrote: »

Does anyone know if I'm likely to do something awful to my drains if I just empty the muddy water from veg washing down the sink?!

I worry about this so have started scrubbing veg in an old washing up bowl and then putting the muddy water on the garden. This has the extra advantages of
a) being able to leave the muddy veg to soak so that they are easier to deal with without clogging up the sink
b)using less water for the scrubbing
c)providing some extra guilt-free watering water in the summer months

competitionscafe

ANNEGEDDES wrote: »

hi all

im so jealous of these packs i have looked into it and cant really find something similar in south wales gwent anyone know anything??

Have you tried typing your postcode into https://www.bigbarn.co.uk to see what comes up or try the list on the soil association website?

Theres also a couple listed here under Wales but maybe too far from you? Although first one seems to deliver all over the place (London!?)
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/food_and_drink/real_food/article1380105.ece

WALES

Organics To Go

Fresh, seasonal, organic fruit and vegetables are on offer together with eggs, cheese and marmalade through weekly deliveries to Wales and the West, Wiltshire and London.

Werndolau Farm, Golden Grove, Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire (0800 458 2524, https://www.organicstogo.info)

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O So Organics

Two sisters, one of whom is married to an organic dairy farmer, set up this box-scheme business in May 2005 run from their delicatessen, which specialises in Welsh produce. It delivers fruit, vegetables, groceries, dairy produce, free-range eggs and bread, and also provides fresh flowers.

12 Main Street, Salva, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire (01437 729024)
http://vegbox-recipes.co.uk/veg-boxes/find-a-box-scheme-results.php?county=Pembrokeshire

tickb26

I really like the sound of having a veg box but all the ones i have found so far you have to have a set box with set veg in it and i dint eat all veg and would like to choose what veg i get does anyone know if there is a box scheam were i can do this?

tick xoxo

competitionscafe

Most of them allow you to have a list of things you don't like which they then won't include, some are more flexible than others but if it was a very long list it might be impractical. I just have Kurly Kale (beurk!) on my do not include list, anything else I will eat!

madmum33

We've been working our way through the veg we got on Friday (Flights Orchard), extremely impressed with the quality (especially the purple sprouting, never had any fresher!), and it tastes so much better! Most was used for Sunday dinner - spring cabbage, purple sprouting both steamed, carrots boiled, parsnips roasted. Also made a lovely veg. soup with the leeks and potatoes. Salad with the cucumber and lettuce (cucumber is delicious!) Runner beans with a meal on Saturday, OH said they were great (I don't like beans).

Still not decided what to do with the celeriac - maybe mashed with potato, how would it go with pork stroganoff?

tickb26

claireanded wrote: »

I've been using Riverford (https://www.riverford.com) for a year now and they're brilliant! Great quality and good price.

For about £18 I get potatoes, leeks, spring green, swiss chard, carrots, 2 lettuces, 2 peppers, cuecumber, tomatoes, celery, mushrooms, lemons, apples, oranges and pears. That was this weeks offering.

Don't know about availabilty 'up north' but would highly reccommend them.

Claire

just tried this link and came up with hotles, flights and things nothing to to with vex box's.

likabu_2

Try www.riverford.co.uk

Lisa

MadCowMan

madmum33 wrote: »

Still not decided what to do with the celeriac - maybe mashed with potato, how would it go with pork stroganoff?

Pretty well I reckon it makes a lovley mash !