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Post by Cherry on Oct 18, 2013 6:32:18 GMT
www.itv.com/news/anglia/story/2013-10-17/fenland-celery-gets-protected-name-status/I do hope this works. This farm is in Feltwell Road, Southery, and Gee Fresh have just bought the huge vegetable store (frig) next door to us. We are a little disappointed that it was not named Southery Celery as this is exactly the area that made it famous. I keep boring you with the fact that there are no stones in our beautiful soil.
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Post by Rosie on Oct 18, 2013 11:08:13 GMT
It's good news it had been protected Cherry, Southery Celery sounds good but Fenland Celery sounds nice too  |
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Post by peony on Oct 18, 2013 13:03:39 GMT
I read about this in the newspaper Cherry but hadn't realised it is grown near to where you live. My father used to grow celery on his allotment when I was young and I can remember sitting on the crossbar of his bike as he pedalled us home from the lottie, with me munching on a stick of celery!  |
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Post by Cherry on Oct 18, 2013 20:14:04 GMT
When we have the WI harvest meeting, 100 + people come from surrounding clubs and the celery extends from one side of the large hall to the other side. It is packed in boxes ready for the supermarkets, and we have to run to buy it. It just disappears in minutes. Only Southery have this super harvest meeting, and the clubs invited are all from the Fens. This means some Cambridgeshire clubs come, such as Littleport, which is the next village to here, and we are not really supposed to step outside the county. The table with the home made goodies has celery in celery holders at intervals and it is treated like a fine wine. I am still not used to the reverence afforded the humble celery. One of the ladies used to help her husband pick and pack the celery for the London market and when he died, she carried on until the funeral.
We are having a fund raiser, called Race Night, for the church tomorrow night and celery will be placed on the tables like a bunch of flowers.
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