For All You Lavender Lovers
Five trays of lavender harvested from our garden. Now drying ready for all that lavender marmalade, gooseberry and lavender jelly and other preserves. Don’t worry, we left plenty more than this for the bees.
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Little Maplestead Fete
The Little Maplestead Fete is on Sunday (12.30-5pm) at School Farm, Little Maplestead. A fun afternoon with games and competitions for the kids, a fun dog show, wonderful music, fantastic food and plenty of stalls. The Jam Shed will be there to support the village and be part of the fun. It’s also a great
New Season Strawberry Conserve in the Making
After a bit of a hic-up, the hot weather has brought on the best of the strawberries. It’s now a race to make as much as possible before they are over. This is the first batch of many.
Ipswich High School for Girls
The wonderful Summer Fair for Ipswich High School for Girls is on this Saturday (24th June). We are usually at this excellent event, but it is with great sadness that we have had to pull out due to ill health. I am sure we will be at the Christmas Fair and, of course, the Summer
Tastes of Sudbury
We are all set and REALLY looking forward to Tastes of Sudbury tomorrow (Sunday 11th June). A brilliant event with stalls covering the centre of Sudbury and in St Peter’s Church on market hill. This is your opportunity to taste and buy the best cuisine and drinks the area can offer from street food to
A Busy Bank Holiday Weekend
The sun is out and The Jam Shed is making the most of it. We shall be at two major East Anglian events this holiday weekend. On Saturday and Sunday we shall be at the Mearsea Food and Drink Festival. This is a brilliant family weekend held at the Essex Outdoors Centre, East Mersea. A
South Suffolk Show Today
It’s the South Suffolk Show today at Ampton, Bury St Edmunds. A wonderful country show with everything from dogs, horses and livestock to plants, food and a fun fare. We shall be in the Food Hall next to the main ring. This is a brilliant day out with something for all the family.
Great Garnetts Farmers Market on Saturday
We will be at the wonderful Great Garnetts Farmers Market, Great Dunmow on Saturday 9.30 – 1pm. A great market with the farm’s home reared pork products, smoked fish, fresh fish, bread, cakes, preserves, veg and lots more. Plenty for the family too with craft stalls, hot BBQ and animals to greet. We are looking
Haverhill World Food Market
This weekend – Friday and Saturday 7/8 April we will be in Queen St, Haverhill near St Mary the Virgin church. This is a brilliant event organised by the council offering food and craft stalls from all over the world from French cheeses, German sausages, Caribbean crafts and lots more. On the Saturday there will