Growing Raspberries

Growing raspberries is a fine activity. Now, raspberries are the best of fruits – floral and fruity at the same time, vanilla and acid juice. And the texture of pulp and gritstone and the woody crunchiness of the pip between your teeth. Up there with mangosteen, in my view. And that’s only the start.

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More than a way of living

Fed and watered beyond belief

Today I went to the Ludlow Food Festival. This is one the best food festivals in the UK - Ludlow is a lovely town and the festival attracts a great cross-section of producers. Aside from the festival, there are still proper butchers who sell rabbit and venison as a matter of course, one the best cheesemongers I've ever been to and a beer shop that has bottles beyond belief.

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