Above: English asparagus is supposed to be the finest in the world. It is to do with the fluctuations in temperature and rainfall at the time it is growing. Imported asparagus tends to be hard and stalky.
Above: these are going to be last season's potatoes, but still good value if you load up with a sack or two.
Above: local honey varies in taste according to where the bees have gathered their pollen (orchards on the great plain, heather on the heaths, clover in the riverside pastures). Supermarket honey has been heat-treated and transported half-way round the world, so should be avoided. The Anglo-Saxon poem Beowulf describes warriors drinking mead - honey wine.
Above: many farmhouse kitchens contain recipes collected over the generations. Often (if you ask) you find they have a ledger-book containing hand-written recipes dating back to the late Victorian period. Pies, jams, long-forgotten puddings etc.
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