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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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irstly I would like to pay tribute to a market gardener in Bromham who has just retired at the grand old age of 82, Bernard Smart. His wonderful produce will be sorely missed and we wish him a happy retirement. If anyone deserves to put his feet up he certainly does. Fortunately we still have the Paget family headed up now by Tim, whose business goes back as far as ours down the generations. If you are one of our customers please don’t worry, Bromham produce will be on your menus for many years to come. At the moment Pagets are supplying baby bunch carrots, hispi cabbage, cauliflower and beetroot to mention a few.
Other farms around Wiltshire and the West Country supply Lovejoys with the best quality, continuity and taste that we are famous for. Five generations of knowledge and relationships that are second to none. Maris piper potatoes come from Corsham, 32
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watercress from the chalk streams at Longbridge Deverill, herbs from Folly Farm in Warminster. All of our lettuce and salad crops come from
something, anything, as just seeing the fruits of your labour lifts the mood! If you want to give it a go you can still sow runner beans,
“Other farms around Wiltshire and the West Country supply Lovejoys with the best quality, continuity and taste that we are famous for.” the New Forest, asparagus from the Wye Valley and the Vale of Evesham, Ice Cream from Lacock, bread from Hobbs House at Yate and milk and cream from Chew Valley. The crops above come from areas that are best suited to their needs. An example is the lush green pastures of Chew Valley provide the milk, the chalk streams for the watercress and the beautiful sandy soil in Bromham for the vegetables. No wonder top chefs come to us for quality produce. As I am writing this it is Mental Health Awareness Week and I can only encourage anyone to grow
peas, squash, sweetcorn, carrots, courgettes and pumpkins. You don’t need a large garden, my 91 year-old mother-in-law grows her carrots in two old milk crates! Just make sure you have enough depth for the crop you are growing. This is also a good time to feed any established plants with a liquid feed and continue every couple of weeks and watch out for slugs and snails. Have a good growing month and as always email me if you need to ask anything. Competition to follow next month! Neil neil@lovejoyswholesale.com @lovejoysuk @lovejoysuk • lovejoyswholesale.com
