Have you ever wondered why you don't get asparagus in your Goosemoor Christmas box, even though you might see it in the supermarkets?

Well, we've produced a colour-coded chart to help you see what produce is likely to be available in any particular month.  Bear in mind though that the chart is based on what we actually supplied in 2007, and so it doesn't necessarily indicate what will be available during 2008.  Hopefully UK supplies of certain summer and autumn crops such as courgettes and leeks will be more widely available this coming year, but much depends on the weather

It is often difficult to balance the desire to eat locally, with the pressure to have more variety over winter, but we do actively seek local produce in preference to imported, and European in preference to further afield to minimise the food-miles travelled by your dinner

Those of you who ask for a fruit box containing only European fruit will see how difficult that is for us to supply early on in the year, and a UK fruit box is only possible if you're happy to eat nothing but apples, and for just 4 months of the year!  And don't even ask us for a local fruit box!

Green = UK grown

Orange = European

Red = from the Rest of the World

[See bottom of page for fruit]