We are a small family run preserves company...

We are a small family run preserves company based in the wonderful rolling countryside on the Essex/Suffolk border. Libby and her husband, Ted, started growing, picking and preserving when Libby could no longer work as a management consultant due to illness. It reawakened a passion kindled in her as a child, brought up on a smallholding in Wales, being taught to cook by her mother whilst standing on a chair at the Aga. Time spent with Ted’s family on the remote, mountainous sheep farm in South Africa taught her different preserving techniques and how to make the best of what is seasonal and around us. Many of us have lost this skill since the advent of air freight and supermarkets ensured that fruit and vegetables are no longer seasonal and as a result food has often lost its flavour. We seek to reawaken the love of local preserves by using our wonderful seasonal local produce.

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Our preseeves, marmalades, jellys and cordials...

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Customer Testimonial…

We just received this lovely email, regarding our Beetroot and Horseradish Relish: Hi Libby Bought one jar of the above from you at Sudbury Farmers’ Market a few weeks ago and now I WISH I had bought more jars! Many congratulations – gorgeous tasting and totally addictive – should go well at Christmas time with

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Grange Barn Beer Festival

The National Trust is holding a beer festival this weekend at the Grange Barn, Coggeshall (10th – 13th September). We shall be there on Sunday 13th September. Come and see us with the other stall and taste the local beers in an amazing setting. 

The Damsons Have Arrived!

  Collected today – 150kg of beautiful damsons from a famous local fruit farm.  For those wonderful products like Damson Jam, Damson Cheese and of course, the much sort after Spiced Damson Chutney with Port I now have the fruit. Thank you Wilkin & Sons Ltd. The fruit is in beautiful condition so I bought a

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Last Few Places Remaining

The Jam Shed is doing a demonstration at Lavenham Farmers Market on Sunday 27th September at 11am.  Places are limited and have been very popular but a few still remain. We will be covering all aspects of preserving, but concentrating on fruit jellies and cheeses. You will get a chance to make your own and

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Bury St Edmunds Food and Drink Festival

This wonderful event is on Sunday and Bank Holiday Monday this weekend throughout the town. We will be part of the Suffolk Market Events farmers market on Angel Hill.  Plenty to see, taste and experience with good from all over the world, chef demonstrations and stalls. The farmers market will have not only the regular

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