Abbey Leys Farmers Market

We've mentioned Farmstart a couple of times in this blog, but last weekend at the Abbey Leys Farmers Market was the first time I had seen their stall: and what a bountiful supply of locally grown veg it was. They had some beautiful disc shaped courgettes, beans, tomatoes, onions and peppers - along with everything else you can see on the picture. The stall looked so fresh and appealing!

I picked up quite a bit, including some of the long finger shaped peppers - which I took home and stuffed with a variety of things, including cheese, before roasting off in the oven.

All the fruit and veg that they sell is grown on local farms by local people, and I felt the prices were really cheap when compared to the supermarkets. Everything was priced in pence not pounds - so it was pleasing to only have to hand over a couple of quid for a bag full of veg.

You can also pick up amazing pies, cakes, chocolate, natural juices, meat - in fact you could easily do a weekly food shop there....

Abbey Leys Farmers Market is the first sunday of the month, so the next one is 5th October. Why don't you take 20 mins out of your day to pop down and have a look at the stalls? Let us know what your favourite buy was!