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Ordering a Veg Box and Ethical Considerations

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Is it slightly bonkers to be excited about a veg box? I’ve just ordered our first box from Riverford Organic Farmers and am really looking forward to receiving it. We opted for the zero packaging organic veg box (priced at £15.35), as this is something very important to us and we have been trying (and … Read more

High Days, Holidays, Simple and Slow Days

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‘Tottie! You don’t know how beautiful Silverdale is and a tower of our own! Think of that! its a sort of country you never saw before. I’ll answer for it.’ (Elizabeth Gaskell in a letter to Eliza Fox, May 1852) In her letter, Elizabeth Gaskell was writing of Lindeth Tower in Silverdale, and a more … Read more