All organic and locally grown, Cheshire Garden products are made by a small family farm nestled in the rolling hills of southwestern New Hampshire. We've been farming organically for more than 35 years, specializing in heirloom berries, fruits and herbs. We began selling preserves at farmers' markets when we realized it was a way to turn our delicate and perishable berries into something that could be enjoyed year round.

This set includes Dancing Bear Peach Preserves, King of Hearts Strawberry Preserves, The Mad Hatter's Pepper Preserve, Tomatoes Rustica, Farmhouse Garlic Mustard, Chile Pepper Mustard, Tarragon Mustard and Lavendar Mustard with Wildflower Honey.

Because we grow our own fruit for our preserves, we're harvesting something almost every day from June through frost. There's no extra time to make preserves then, so we carefully freeze the fruit. In a good year, we fill seven freezers which we help power using photovoltaics (solar panels). We make our preserves to order as we need them, and in winter heat our house from the steam given off by the simmering fruit. It's a beautiful system!

In 1987 Cheshire Garden was one of the first farms in New Hampshire to be certified organic. We were certified organic from 1987 through 2005, but have decided to no longer participate in the federal program because of voluminous paperwork and escalating fees.

Nothing has changed in the way we farm or choose the ingredients we have to source. (We use organic mustard seed in our mustards and organic sugar in our preserves, for example.)