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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Wyken Vineyard Saturday 21st January

We will be at the lovely Wyken Vineyard farmers market tomorrow 21st. Come and enjoy the winter sunshine and find some exceptional stalls. Our range is diminishing as we wind The Jam Shed down this quarter, but still plenty to choose from. We’ve got some Mulberry and Apple Jam for the first time since 2015!

The run up to Christmas

We’ll be out and about every weekend until Christmas. Lots of delicious goodies for your Christmas dinner, mince pies and any other treats you are planning. Come and see us at: Saturday 26th November – Halstead Christmas Fayre on the High Street, always a happy event Sunday 27th November – Lavenham Farmers Market outside the

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A busy weekend!

We’re at the lovely Lavenham farmers market today 28th August, then at the Bury St Edmunds Food and Drink Festival on bank holiday Monday. We’ve some scrummy new season plum jams, including a couple from a newly cleared garden in Stoke by Clare. Come and see us on Angel Hill.

February markets

Happy New Year to everyone! Let’s hope it’s a good one. This month we will be at: 5th February – Bishops Stortford farmers market 19th February – Wyken Vineyard farmers market 25th February – Sudbury farmers market 27th February – Lavenham farmers market Hope to see you there!

The run up to Christmas

We’re in for a busy time in the next few weeks! Saturday 13th November – Bures Farmers market Thursday 18th November – Bury St Edmunds Christmas lights switch on Friday 19th November – Sudbury Farmers market Saturday 20th November – Wyken Vineyard farmers market Saturday 27th November – Halstead Christmas Fayre Sunday 28th November –

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Sudbury on Friday 27th August

We will be at the Sudbury farmers market as usual this Friday. However we won’t be at the Bury Food and Drink festival over the bank holiday – I didn’t know it was going ahead! Dates for September are: Saturday 4th – The Braughing Wheelbarrow Race. Not to be missed! Sunday 5th – Ipswich farmers

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We’ve a new market in June!

We will be at the Bishops Stortford Farmers and Craft market this Saturday 5th June. We will only be offering jams and jellies as there’s already a stall doing chutneys and pickles. So the dates for June are: 5th – Bishops Stortford 6th – Ipswich farmers market 12th – Bures farmers market 25th – Sudbury

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Markets for May

A busy month of May! Saturday 8th – Bures Farmers market Saturday 15th – Wyken Vineyard farmers market Sunday 16th – Ipswich Vegan market Sunday 23rd – Lavenham farmers market Friday 28th – Sudbury farmers market Sunday 30th – Bury Whitsun Fayre day1 Monday 31st / Bury Whitsun Fayre day 2 Come and try the

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April markets

A busy month in April, with the first Vegan market on the Cornhill Square this year. Dates are: Sunday 4th – Ipswich farmers market Saturday 10th – Bures Farmers market Saturday 17th – Wyken Vineyard farmers market Sunday 18th – Ipswich Vegan market Sunday 25th – Lavenham farmers market Friday 30th – Sudbury farmers market.

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