Before the building work last year, I used to have a fortnightly delivery from Oddbox, I had a fruit box and a large veg box. I cancelled it and intended to pick it up again when I got back into the flat. I never got around to it because I didn’t really need it in the summer. At the top of my street there is a little greengrocers, Parade Fruiterers, where I usually buy my Christmas trees. It’s a great little shop, well used by Northfields locals and they have just fought off a plan to knock down the little parade of shops and build flats. They do a local veg box delivery.

For £20 a box, James delivers (unless he’s in Australia!) on the day you specify via Instagram for me that’s usually a Friday. It’s a lovely box, you always get apples, bananas, oranges or satsumas or clementines, onions, carrots a cucumber, a pepper, lettuce, potatoes and tomatoes and then three other fruits and three other veg. Last Friday it was kiwis, grapefruit and strawberries for the fruit and mushrooms, French beans and broccoli. The quality of the veg is excellent, it is not always locally grown

I’ve spoken a little bit about how the choices you make when you try to live more ethically are not always straightforward. I want to eat locally produced food, I want to be as environmentally friendly as I can and I also want to support local businesses. I don’t want to spend a fortune on doing so. This time I’ve come down on supporting a local business. It’s a balance, but in this case it’s a delicious fruit and vegetable filled balance