Rachel Nex wrote in message ...
Judith Atkinson wrote:
On Tue, 07 Sep 2004 18:57:19 +0100, Rachel Nex wrote:




If it's any help I have tried various combinations for myself, I live
on my own. I started with the mini box + a bag of fruit. I found
this was fine except for the potatoes which were more than I eat, but
then I don't eat many potatoes. I then tried a fruit and veg box
which was better as there were no potatoes. I only have a box every
other week. I found this worked well in the winter but stopped having
Riverford boxes in the summer as I found the stuff went off before I
could eat it all. Winter veg last longer. The quality was very good
and I will start again in the winter. In this area, East Devon, you
can either have the box delivered which costs more or collect it from
a pickup point which in our case is a local greengrocer which is what
I do, this is more convenient if you are out a lot.


Thanks for that - I was wondering about eating all of it in time but bf
is a gannet and I have two gannet-y dogs too so I doubt it will be much
of an issue ;-). I notice that the website says they will start
delivering in October to where I live. It sounds like a go-er for me.

Thanks to all who replied.

One latecomer: I asked my sister as promised, and she replied:

We used to collect our box from the farm - they delivered but charged
extra and we enjoyed the trip out! A medium one suited us fine when G
was a baby and ate what was put in front of her, but when she got
selective we were buying lots of things like broccoli which there was
never enough of. We also always had to buy extra potatoes because
there were never enough baking sized ones for us. We liked the salad
but lots of people didn't because it was a wierd mixture - sometimes
we suspected them of grabbing some handfuls of weeds from the verge to
top up the bags! I think they're fine so long as you're prepared to
eat what you're given. If you don't there's a lot of wastage. And in
my - and others-experience you have to like chard!! We also got a
few boxes from Simply Organics - they were wonderful quality and
included fruit but were very expensive and I was bothered by the
number of food miles involved. Why doesn't your friend give it a try.
Most of the schemes let you have a trial box, even the direct debit
sign up for a year ones like Perry Court. I can dig out the number of
the place near Canterbury if it would help. Or there's one we're just
about to try near us at Luddenham.

Mike.