We have some of our speciality herbs and salads growing really well in our winter crops. Amongst these is Winter Purslane, which makes a fantastic ingredient for fresh UK grown winter salad. Winter Purslane is also known as 'Miner's Lettuce because it was eaten in vast quantities during the … [Read more...]

Herbs Unlimited managing director, Alison, is no stranger to making use of even the off cuts of herbs to avoid waste. For years Alison has fed her chickens at home with fresh herbs that would normally have gone to waste. Her neighbours and friends have often commented on how wonderful the eggs … [Read more...]

Herbs Unlimited won Producer of the Year in the Flavours of Herriot Country Awards 2011. This year we entered our summer speciality herbs along with recipe ideas for how to use them. Throughout the year we've been working very closely with Stephanie Moon to come up with both conventional and … [Read more...]

Last week we had our Open Day to show everyone our new pack house and cold store extension. We invited chefs and customers from throughout the country . We also invited Stephanie Moon , consultant chef and Great British Menu contestant, to do a cookery demonstration using our more unusual, … [Read more...]

At last! The new extension is finished and we have space and chilling rooms to have a party!. We have extended our premises to include a new incoming delivery store room, packaging store, office, and high care and low care delivery fridges. This has enabled us to create more space in our pack … [Read more...]

We hope to have our new cold store and packhouse extension finished by the end of next week. This will give us another 230 square metres of cold store and packing facility which will be greatly welcomed. … [Read more...]

We have recently employed a graduate from Harper Adams who  qualified this year with a BSc in Fresh Produce Management and we are delighted to have her working with us. Susie Wilkinson is a very welcome addition to our team to ensure that the quality and service of our business is maintained and … [Read more...]

This year we have decided to discontinue our potted herb growing and dedicate the time to other things. Our original plan for developing this side of the business was to fill in the long winter months for the outdoor growing team, but after careful reflection we feel that we need to concentrate … [Read more...]

The Arctic winter left its legacy with the annihilation of our outdoor rosemary crops and even some under cover. We are slightly comforted to learn that this has been the case for most gardeners and growers and that the usually resilient rosemary has suffered widespread devastation in the … [Read more...]