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Keeping you in the know as to what is coming into season each month is NEIL MORTIMER from Lovejoys Wholesale...
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upplies of fruit and vegetables are hit and miss in the supermarkets but we have been very fortunate in that our supply chain, even from the continent, has been pretty normal. I hope you have carried on supporting local farm and village shops as much as possible over the summer, we have been keeping their shelves full of fresh stock, local wherever possible.
to name a few: beetroot, spinach, potatoes, cabbage, cauliflower, watercress, chard, cavolo Nero and curly kale. And our fruit from Wye Valley has included strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, blueberries, blackcurrants and redcurrant, early apples and juicy plums.
COMPETITION TIME This month we are giving away a fruit and veg box bursting with fresh goodies worth £25! To enter the competition simply send us a photo of something you have grown yourself, in situ if possible! The competition closes at midnight on 20 September and the winner will be contacted by 30 September. Please email your home grown photos to neil@lovejoyswholesale.com. The prize is to be collected from our warehouse in Melksham!
If you have a veg patch and have worked hard over the last few months then I think you would agree with me that you have had one of the best few weeks to admire and Obviously many people are eating harvest your crops, either vegetables out again as our restaurant and hotel or flowers. There is still time to grow trade has been busy and feeling back some salads and veg as you clear Neil to some kind of normal. any crops to make the most of your neil@lovejoyswholesale.com plot. The space you have might only A lot of pubs and restaurants have be as small as a window box or tub, @lovejoysuk added rooms for B and B as demand but you can still achieve something. @lovejoysuk has been high due to the staycation Just stick to something popularity this year. quite simple and easy • lovejoyswholesale.com like lettuce, rocket, One pub we supply turned their log spring onions, house into one of the poshest B&B radish and rooms I have ever seen. All hospitality winter salads. businesses have had to look at any other streams of income that they have, so hopefully fingers crossed the future of our whole trade is bright. With rain and sunshine at fairly good timings all of our local and UK produce has been plentiful and good. We have had the following veg from the local area 24 THEWESTWILTSMAGAZINE
