THE VEGETABLE BOX SCHEME

Each week we pack a selection of fresh, seasonal produce into three sizes of box. Potatoes and carrots appear virtually every week and onions most weeks. The remainder of the box is made up of various items depending on the time of year: for example, salad crops such as tomatoes, cucumbers, lettuce and peppers in summer, and greens and root crops in winter, such as cabbages, leeks, Brussels sprouts and swedes.

LARGE BOX

Typical Box Contents In Winter

MEDIUM BOX

Potatoes

Carrots

Onion

Swede

Curlygreen

Leeks

Cabbage

Squash

Cauliflower

Parsnips

White Sprouting

Pak Choi

Beetroot

(Contents vary each week)

	Potatoes Carrots Onion Swede Curlygreen Leeks Cabbage Squash Pak Choi Parsnips Beetroot

Generally speaking, the larger the box size, the more items you get and the larger the portion. Crops grown for other times of the year include broad beans, Brussels sprouts, runner beans, celeriac, celery, chard, Chinese cabbage, courgettes, cucumbers, fennel, kohl rabi, lettuce, marrows, mizuna, salad onions, parsley, peppers, radish, rhubarb, rocket, spinach, sweet corn, turnips and tomatoes.

The majority of the box contents are grown ourselves, although we currently buy in (from other organic growers) some of our carrots and onions (when our own crops run out). It is our aim eventually to grow everything but the box ourselves!

How The Box Scheme Works

Packing takes place on two days each week - Tuesdays are "local" days and Thursdays are "Bristol Route" days:

The local boxes are either (1) delivered to collection points (see below), (2) delivered “door to door” if you live in Bishops Lydeard, Cotford St. Luke, Norton Fitzwarren and some areas of Taunton, or (3) collected from the farm (by order only, we do not have a farm shop!).

The "Bristol" boxes are delivered to various collection points in Bristol and en route. Individuals then collect their boxes later that day according to the arrangements they have made with their collection point. Our route to Bristol is along the M5 motorway, and detours are made to Weston-Super-Mare and Clevedon. We welcome enquiries from anyone on or near this route.

Boxes are paid for in advance to safeguard against last minute cancellations, after the produce has been harvested, or failure to collect a box. This means the money for your next box should be paid to the collection point when this week's box is collected.

Unlike some box schemes, you are not committed to having a certain number of boxes in a given time period. As long as the collection point is informed, you can have whatever size of box you like, however often you like!

The boxes themselves are collapsible and should be returned to the collection point each week for re-use. They are expensive, costing us up to 60 pence each, but quite apart from cost it makes sound ecological sense to use them as many times as possible.

Prices: LOCAL ROUTE BRISTOL ROUTE

£6 SMALL BOX £7

£8 MEDIUM BOX £9

£10 LARGE BOX £11

How To Order a Box:

There are two ways of ordering a box:

(1)Door to door deliveries and farm collections should be ordered by phone (01823 432488) or by email: Keith@stoneage-organics.co.uk

(2)Collection points: All ordering and payment is done via the collection points, so if you are interested in ordering a box please telephone your nearest collection point from the list below.

List of Collection Points

LOCAL ROUTE

Oake Organics	Oake	01823 461217
Roger	Taunton	01823 277596
Prockters Farm Shop	West Monkton	01823 413427
Post Office/Shop	Bishop’s Hull	01823 272520
	BRISTOL ROUTE
Cathy	Weston-Super-Mare	01934 413584
Angela	Clevedon	01275 877755
Dave	Southville	0117 9636767
	Totterdown	0117 9094925
Sue and Ralph	Bishopston (Tyne Rd)	0117 9243187
Bernadette	Bishopston (Windsor Rd)	0117 9247380
Jerzy and Kate	Bishopston (Theresa Ave)	0117 9424310
Faith	St. Werburgh’s	0117 9542205

How To Set Up A Collection Point

If you do not live within striking distance of one of our collection points you may like to set up a collection point of your own. All you need, apart from a group of people who would also like a box, is someone who would be prepared to collect payment and orders from the group and pass them on to the farm each week.

In return for this, providing the order is five boxes or more, a 10% discount is given to the organizer to reward their efforts. If you are interested in doing this, please either phone me on 01823 432488 or email me on keith@stoneage-organics.co.uk