The Week At Farm Direct....

It's the final week of our game sale and we've still got plenty of birds for you to fill your freezer. This will be the last of our pheasants, mallards and partridges until October, so grab them while you can!

To see off the season in style we have brought back our pheasant supper of the week (complete with recipe card) and Andy is even portioning pheasants into fillets, legs and supremes.

From Perry Court Farm, we have a brand new vegetable - the flower sprout. This cross between curly kale and Brussels sprouts is so sweet and nutty that even the kids will like it (if you don't tell them what it is!).

A few dates for the diary next week: On the 12th, Shrove Tuesday -
the traditional time to use up your rich foodstuffs (butter, eggs, milk, sugar) before 40 days of fasting. See our Shrove Tuesday section for some pancake-based inspiration. 


Thursday marks Valentines day, the perfect opportunity to lovingly craft a romantic meal for your significant other. Always keen to facilitate romance amongst our customers - let us know if you would like your meat vac-packed to see you through to Thursday.

Finally, Dylan and his fleet have had another difficult week of fishing and with only one net hauled today, our catch is set to be very small. We will, however, have plenty of haddock roe. Bread it, flower it, fry it - simple (and absolutely delicious - something unique for Valentine's!).

This Week At Farm Direct....

Brrrrrrr. It's is still freezing outside and with much of our veg under a blanket of snow, our farmers are working around the clock to ensure we have plenty of produce available this week. We are likely to be without a few of our leafy greens and salad leaves (which are suffering from the bitter cold), but everything else will be available as usual.

Meanwhile, the repercussions of our unseasonally mild January are still being felt - with our cherry tomatoes ready a whole 6 weeks early. We don't usually see these sweet little fruits until at least April, but with the the recent weather and high levels of light on the Isle of Wight, they are now ready for picking.

Next Tuesday marks St Valentine's Day, that time of year where we celebrate the burial of 14 ancient Roman Christian martyrs by presenting heart shaped cards, cooking extravagant meals and whispering sweet nothings into the ear of our significant other. Always keen to facilitate romance amongst our customers, this year we have a St Valentine's section, complete with hand-made chocolate, British wine and romantic meals for 2.

If you want to further grease the wheels of love, rock oysters are on special offer this week (6 for £3.79 or 12 for £6.99). Take a look at Pip's tips for some helpful advice.

With the reared game season now over, this is the final week to make the most of our end-of-season game sale. We have plenty of partridge, pheasant & mallard available at reduced prices. Next week expect the return of rabbit and pigeon, as shooting resumes for the really wild game.

Goufrane has prepared another batch of traditional Lebanese treats for us this week. Choose from venison samosas (made using our own wild venison), pumpkin kibbeh or tomato, onion and cheese bread.

And finally, New to our cupboard section we have two soups from the Yorkshire Provender (Caramelised Onion with Cider Vinegar and Sage & Beetroot, Parsnip, Horseradish and Ginger), as well as peanuts from Shire Foods (salted, chilli and dry roasted).

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Special Offer - Free Bag of Bookhams Dried Pasta

If an extravagant valentines meal isn't for you, we have a simple alternative available this week. For every jar of bookhams pasta sauce that we sell, we will be giving away a free bag of bookhams dried pasta - a quick meal for two, or enough for one with some left over for lunch (sorry, we don't include the tupperware).
Our flavours include: Truly Tomato Sauce, Spicy Tomato Sauce with Black Olives & Tomato Pasta Sauce with Mushrooms.