Alder Tree

Cool off in the summer sun

Alder Tree Ltd

Alder Carr Farm, Needham Market, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP6 8LX

Tel: 01449 721 220

Web: www.alder-tree.co.uk/index.html

On a recent visit to Ipswich in Suffolk a friend recommended that I visit Alder Carr Farm to try their ice cream produce.  I'm pleased I made the trip!  Their selection of ice cream is hand made from fruits grown on the farm and local in Suffolk.  

With the summer coming, I recommend trying their award winning ice cream.  If you don't live locally you can simply email to request the location of your nearest supplier.  Alternatively, if you're ever in town, don't forget to pay them a visit.   

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Carpenters Farm

 The best pick of the bunch for all seasons

Carpenters Farm Shop

St. Mary's Road, Great Bentley, Colchester, Essex, CO7 8NJ

Tel: 01206 250 221

Web: www.carpentersfarmshop.co.uk

Essex is a great county with a vast amount of local produce of excellent quality.  A family run business for 4 generations, this local farm in Colchester boasts 137 acres of arable land for perfecting their local home-grown produce.  It's no wonder that Carpenters were the 2010 Colchester District Business Award winners. 

Locally grown produce is great at the best of times, but it's even better to be able to enjoy the fun of picking your own.  With their season for pick your own stawberries and raspberries, you can have the best of both worlds.  Not only do Carpenters Farm grow their own strawberries and raspberries!  They also grow asparagus, potatoes and......Christmas trees!  Yes, Christmas Trees.  So how do you fancy a locally grown Essex tree for that festive spirit.  Why not pop along to the farm shop and see what else they have to offer! 

Wyken Vineyards

Wine from the sandy loom

 Wyken Vineyards

Wyken Road, Stanton, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP31 2DW

Tel: 01359 252 372

Web: www.wykenvineyards.co.uk

This beautiful Vineyard is located on a 1200 acre farm in Suffolk on an ancient estate once occupied by Romans and recorded in Doomsday.  Wyken Vineyards are a local producer of some of the finest wines around.  Wyken Bacchus is just one of those fine local produce wines which deserves its title as winning the 'English Wine of the Year' and the 'East Anglia Wine of the Year' awards.

Wyken Vineyards also grow malting barley on their sandy loom in Suffolk and have recently begun producing their own fine ale: 'Good Dog Ale' described as 'Make You Want to Sit and Stay.  A low fizz ale that is delicious with food'.  So whether you have a taste for fine wines or ale, I'd highly recommend giving Wyken's a try.