Nothing says summer like a bowl of strawberries so it makes sense to wait until summer to get the best tasting locally grown berries. We use two local farms for our summer fruit and they deliver to us every day. Here's an alternative to strawberries and cream from our photographer friend Ben Robinson, a chilled soup with fresh basil straight from the courtyard garden at 2 North Parade. Click the link to see the full recipe on Bens website http://benrobinsonphoto.com/blog/item/strawberrysoup

The start of the years growing season is always signaled by the arrival of asparagus and we are very lucky to have a farm on our doorstep. Charlie Gee cycles fresh asparagus over to us every day from his Medley Manor farm on Binsey Lane in Oxford. We sent our photographer friend Ben Robinson over to meet Charlie on the farm, here's some of his photos.

Collecting the milk from North Aston dairy every week is an absolute joy, meeting Josh and his milking herd of 16 happy cows, makes that bottle of creamy milk so special.