Every box starts as a row in somebody's field.

We keep no warehouse. We keep a list of growers, a few electric vans and a timetable that starts at five in the morning.

Build your boxMeet the growers

In the box this week

Seven things, all from the farms below, most of them cut on Monday or Tuesday morning.

  1. Carrots

    Nantes, tops left onHollow Lane Farm, Cranbrook

    Cut Monday

    Bunched carrots with their green tops

  2. Beetroot

    Boltardy, in a bunchWickham Fields, Rye

    Cut Monday

    Beetroot tied in a bunch by their red stems

  3. Cavolo nero

    The dark Tuscan kaleAshdown Growers, Forest Row

    Cut Tuesday

    A curly kale plant growing in a field

  4. Crown Prince squash

    Cured on the farmLittle Hoath, Ticehurst

    Cut in September

    An orange squash ripening among broad leaves

  5. Pink Fir potatoes

    Knobbly and waxyLittle Hoath, Ticehurst

    Lifted Monday

    Freshly lifted potatoes lying on dark soil

  6. Rainbow chard

    Stems and allWickham Fields, Rye

    Cut Tuesday

    Chard leaves with bright orange and red stems

  7. Red onions

    Dried in the barnHollow Lane Farm, Cranbrook

    Lifted in August

    A pile of red onions with papery skins

The list changes every Friday with whatever is ready. Swap up to three things, or mark what you never want, until Sunday midnight.

Twenty-seven growers. Four of them filled this box.

Each farm is certified organic, within forty miles of the packhouse, and names its own price at the start of the season.

  1. Maya Okafor

    Hollow Lane Farm, Cranbrook

    “We plant in rows because a hoe fits between them. Everything else follows from that.”

    Carrots, onions and salad leaves on twelve acres of heavy clay.

    Maya walking a dirt track between polytunnels and planted beds

  2. Tom Ashby

    Ashdown Growers, Forest Row

    “Kale doesn't mind the cold. I mind it a lot. That's the deal we have.”

    Kale, cabbages and winter greens under four tunnels that are never heated.

    Tom checking plants inside an unheated polytunnel

  3. Ruth Penfold

    Wickham Fields, Rye

    “Beetroot tells you when it's ready. You pull one, you taste it, you send the rest.”

    Beetroot, chard and herbs on river silt at the edge of the marsh.

    Ruth kneeling in a bare field beside a basket of greens

  4. Gerald Hayes

    Little Hoath, Ticehurst

    “Forty-one harvests on this hill, and the squash still surprises me most years.”

    Squash, potatoes and drying beans, organic since before it had a label.

    Gerald walking between raised beds under a slatted roof

One day, from the row to your door

Nothing waits overnight in a cold store. This is a Tuesday, start to finish.

Mist lifting off a field at sunrise

Cut in the rows

Leaves first, while they are still cold, then the roots, lifted and bunched by hand.

, in the field

Carrots and squash rinsed under a cold tap

Washed, only just

A cold rinse takes the soil off. Nothing is waxed, trimmed for looks or bagged.

, at the farm

Hands packing mushrooms, carrots and onions into a crate

Packed to order

Heaviest at the bottom, leaves on top, this week's recipe card in the lid.

, at the packhouse

A white van on a narrow lane under trees

Out on the lanes

Six electric vans leave together and split by postcode. The drivers know which gates stick.

, on the road

Crates of beetroot, sweetcorn and butternut squash

On your step

Before supper, with a text when it lands. Leave last week's crate out for us.

By , at your door

Wooden crates stacked in a yard beside green plants

The box comes back.

Leave last week's crate on the step and the driver takes it home. We wash it, stack it and send it out again; a crate does about forty trips before it is mended or chipped for mulch.

How returns work

The asterisk is the promise, not the small print.

  1. Nothing flown in.

    If it can't come by road from within forty miles, it isn't in the box. That's why there are no bananas.

  2. Nothing heated under glass.

    Tunnels keep the rain off; they never burn gas. Tomatoes arrive in July, not in March.

  3. No plastic, not even the tape.

    Paper bags, a waxed cotton wrap for the leaves, and a crate that comes back.

  4. Growers set the price.

    Each farm names its price before the season starts, and the box price is built up from there.

  5. Picked the day it travels.

    Leaves and roots leave the field the morning they reach you. Only squash and onions are cured, on the farm.

  6. Skip or stop any week.

    No contract and no minimum. Pause for a holiday from your account up to Sunday midnight.

Choose a box. Change it any week.

Prices include delivery and the crate. Your delivery day depends on your postcode.

Size
How often
Add to every box

£23.00a box, every week, about eight kinds of veg

Check my postcode

Cook the box

Four suppers from this week's rows, printed on the card inside the lid.

Questions, answered plainly

Anything else, write to hello@furrow.example

When does my box arrive?

Each area has one delivery day a week, Tuesday to Friday. Check your postcode below; vans usually reach you between three and seven in the evening.

What if I'm out?

Tell us a safe place when you sign up: a porch, a neighbour, behind the bins. Boxes are packed to sit outside for an evening, even in summer.

Can I choose what goes in?

The box follows what is ready, but you can swap up to three things a week and keep a list of what you never want sent.

How do returns work?

Leave last week's crate on the step; the driver folds it and takes it back. If one goes missing nothing happens, we would just like it back.

Is everything certified organic?

Yes. Every farm we buy from is certified, and each grower's licence number is printed on the recipe card with their name.

How do I pause or cancel?

From your account, any time up to Sunday midnight for the next week. No calls and no forms.

A white barn lit by the last sun at dusk

Do our vans come down your lane?

  • SE, south-east London: Tuesdays
  • SW, south-west London: Wednesdays
  • TN, Tunbridge Wells and the Weald: Tuesdays
  • ME, Medway and Maidstone: Thursdays
  • RH, Crawley and Horsham: Thursdays
  • BN, Brighton and Lewes: Fridays
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