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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The March markets

The program for March is getting busy! Sunday 7th – Ipswich on the Cornhill Square Saturday 13th – the first Bures market of the year Saturday 20th – Wyken Vineyard Friday 26th – Sudbury Sunday 28th – Lavenham We have new Lemon and Ginger marmalade worth a try! Come and enjoy shopping in the open

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February markets

Well the first Ipswich farmers market tomorrow 7th February has been called off due to the snowy forecast. Probably just as well! The next markets will be: Saturday 20th – Wyken Vineyard Friday 26th – Sudbury Sunday 28th – Lavenham if we can find an alternative site due to the vaccination clinic! We’re always open

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January markets are on!

We’ll be out at 3 farmers markets this month: Saturday 16th – Wyken Vineyards Sunday 24th – Lavenham Friday 29th – Sudbury Come shopping in the open air, and top up on anything you enjoyed over Christmas!

A busy December!

Our markets this month are: Sunday 6th – Ipswich Cornhill Saturday 12th – Bures Friday 18th – Sudbury Saturday 19th – Wyken Vineyards Sunday 20th – Lavenham Come and try our Christmas Mincemeat for delicious vegetarian mince pies!

Lockdown markets

We’ll be working almost as usual this month, despite lockdown. No markets this weekend 7/8 November, but we’re very excited to be making our first delivery to Colchester Castle! So come and visit the gift shop post lockdown for some treats. On Saturday 14th we’ll be back at the Bures farmers market, a lovely outdoor

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