This Week's Organic Groceries

(Last Updated: 3 February 2012)

Every week we try to source new local and organic groceries that we can let you try. Provided that you haven't missed your deadline for delivery, you can use the form on this page to update your order.

THIS WEEK'S POTATOES ARE........ Kifli (from East lothian)

MEAT & POULTRY

Following the huge success of the launch of the great range from our new meat & poultry suppliers – Hugh and Sascha Grierson, we would like to remind you of the deadlines for ordering!

Deadlines for ordering are Friday noonfor the following week’s delivery

BREAD

We had lots of very happy customers with Paul’s new bread range – and after only one week, have decided to expand the range already!

NEW!!!                              Fruit scones at 85p each

                         Cheese scones at 85p each

They are really substantial and truly delicious (sampled by the grow wilders last week….)

A reminder of the bakery order deadlines:

Friday noon for deliveries on the following Tuesdays & Wednesdays

Monday noon for deliveries on Thursdays

Tuesday noon for deliveries on Fridays

SNACK APPLES  

We have fantastic tiny and delicious UK Topaz apples. Very cute. They are perfect for kids' snacks - or as a one bite (or maybe two) snack for adults....

£2.60 for a 1kg bag

SEVILLE ORANGES FOR MARMALADE-MAKERS!

£3.25 for 1kg  (1kg along with a lemon will make around 6 jars...)

Just give us a buzz or drop us an email if you would like to add these to your order. You can estimate that 1kg Sevilles together with 2kg orangic sugar will make you approxiamately 6 jars of marmalade.

PERTHSHIRE ORGANIC MEAT & POULTRY SUPPLIER

We are delighted to be working with Sascha & Hugh Grierson at Newmiln Farm in Perthshire. Some of you may have tasted Sascha’s chickens since they have been making their way to Grow Wild over recent months. The whole range is cheaper than our previous supplier, so we would encourage you to try this most delicious meat and poultry. Why not add a whole chicken to your regular order and get a few fantastically tasty dinners out of it?

Deadlines for ordering are Friday noon for the following week’s delivery so that the Griersons can book and schedule preparation and so that our orders are fulfilled. We would like to commence supply on the week of 30^thJanuary, and are taking orders now!

A LOCAL BREAD SUPPLIER  (at long last…and it’s delicious!)

It has been a long time coming, but we are delighted to let you know that we have negotiated a fresh bread supply from Hedgerow Bakery in Stoneyburn. Paul, the baker, has just set up his new premises, and will be supplying us from the week of January 30^th. The loaves will be baked overnight and delivered fresh to us on the morning of your delivery – doesn’t really get any better!

Paul uses organic ingredients, and is underway with the certification process with SOPA to get his organic license, although these things do take time. I couldn’t recommend these products more highly and do hope you would like to have some delivered along with your regular box.

Lead times are reasonably lengthy, especially since the sourdoughs take their time in the preparation, and so we need to have all bread orders by:

Fridays noon for deliveries on the following Tuesdays & Wednesdays

Mondays noon for deliveries on Thursdays

Tuesdays noon for deliveries on Fridays

 Obviously if you add a loaf or two to your regular order, we’ll get it ordered up for you, and you won’t need to get in touch every week! We are happy to start taking bread orders now for the week of 30^thJanuary to get the whole thing moving and give Paul and idea of how many loaves he’s going to have to bake for us each day!

PRESERVES FROM OXENFOORD

Following the fantastic feedback on Peter’s relish and lemon curd, we have decided to continue with the following lines….

Don’t forget to check the new and improved recipes page on the website for things you  may have in your box!

Sadly, Blackmount Foods ceased trading just after the Christmas season 2011. We have been working with Alex at Blackmount for many years now, and are extremely sorry to lose him as a supplier since his meat and poultry has always been absolutely delicious. We wish him all the best - he contimues to farm his land and rear organic stock, so i am sure some of it may land on our plates through the supply chain.

Recipes..

Check our new recipes section for anything you might have in your box this week!

Grow Wild Growing..

We are now busy making plans for the future too. We have several acres of land in organic conversion so that over the next while, we can start harvesting even closer to home.

The produce..

Last year, the produce was wonderful, pouring in from local growers, and supplemented for those who like the stuff that can’t be grown here with imported produce. The Grow Wild stance on local versus organic is this: we would much prefer to supply you with an organic apple brought in from France, than a local one treated with 40 different chemicals before it gets to you!  We are very happy to have UK apples still, so enjoy while they last!

We do seem to be battling the winds and getting produce in and out to you as usual, and we are now to brave the more root and winter veg until we start to see the green shoots in the springtime!

Festivities..

Grow Wild had a great run up to Christmas and everything went smoothly - we always stress at that time of year, worrying that we might get an order wrong when there is so much going on - but thankfully, nothing but compliments this year. Thank you for your lovely feedback, and thanks to all staff who played an important part in getting everything to the right place at the right time!

SPECIAL OFFERS

1kg UK apples for £2.60

1kg UK cooking apples £2.95

POTATOES

We haveKifli from East Lothian. 1kg at £1.50

We also have baking potatoes if you are interested. Same price as the Kifli

SCOTTISH BUTTER

Graham’s Dairy Slightly salted butter. 250g. £1.85

Graham’s Dairy Unsalted butter. 250g. £1.85 The Grahams unsalted butter is out of stock this week due to shortage at the dariy. Apologies. has been replaced temporarily with Rachels Dairy unslated butter.

 £4 Baby Grow Bag – A beautiful bag of fruit and veg for your wee baby! Lots of root veggies for purees ..

£4 Toddler Chew Bag - Get them chewing on some organic fruit and vegetables! Could include sweet peppers, carrots, celery, cucumber, bananas, apples and pears.

£4 Soup Bag - A seasonal selection of soup-making veg with an organic stock cube included.

Chutneys & relish by Huntly Herbs

We have a fantastic selection of organic chutneys made from home-grown veggies and herbs by a small family business just outside Huntly in Aberdeenshire. Only £3.50!

Traditional Marrow - Dark and sweet.

Strathbogie Sizzler - A dark, sweet and slightly spicy chutney, named after the area where the farm is.

We have some fantastic Scottish organic trout products from the Cairngorm Smokehouse. We are really pleased to be able to offer these fantastic products – Lindsay tasted them last summer when the smokehouse was just getting its organic lines off the ground. Delfour Fine Foods is based at a small, family run hatchery at the base of the Monadhliath Mountains, where the fish are grown to the highest welfare standards. Highly prized by anglers, brown trout are only farmed in very small numbers due to their wild and slow growing nature. The fish are hand selected and smoked using traditional skills resulting in these fantastic Highland products.

Organic Smoked Brown Trout Paté £3! This delicious paté is a fantastic blend of native Scottish oak smoked organic brown trout and organic crowdie (a traditional Scottish curd cheese produced by Connage Highland dairy).Delicious on our Hebridean oatcakes.

Hot smoked Organic Brown Trout £5! Trout that has been oak smoked at a high temperature. The hot smoked brown trout is easily broken into succulent flakes and is delicious alone, or flaked into rice or pasta dishes. 150g serves 3 as a starter or 2 as a main course.

Please do keep us informed of your likes and dislikes, so that we can customise your boxes to suit you!

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