From the Farm.
Life with sheep, geese, bees, an orchard and more good ideas than we have hours in the day. With recipes, the odd useful fact and absolutely no pretence that everything goes to plan.
Come and have a look ↓The things happening between hog roasts.
We're not a commercial farming operation and we won't pretend every crop is a triumph. Some years the blackcurrants take over; other years the polytunnel looks like a desert. We try to make good use of what the farm gives us, eat with the seasons and enjoy the results. Even the cider that became vinegar turned out to have a story worth telling.
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Read them in any order. We'll add more as the seasons — and the farm — give us something to talk about.
Bangers, bonfires & a bowl of soup.
A few quid's worth of fireworks, proper sausages, seasonal soup and the business of keeping the wood burners fed.
Read November's story →The grass went quiet. The sheep didn't.
The long dry summer, early shearing, fleece with a second life — and a flock that has no intention of going anywhere.
Meet the flock →
A pumpkin, a pie & a bit of a mess.
Halloween on the farm, something good from the pumpkin flesh and a question about what to do with the leftovers.
Read October's story →
Apples, honey & accidental vinegar.
The orchard, a proper cider press and the discovery that sometimes the thing you weren't trying to make is rather good.
Read September's story →
Bees, swarms & honey.
From a swarm in the tree to bees walking into their new hive. One of those things that never stops being fascinating.
Meet the bees →Good food is rather our thing.
Hog and lamb roasts, cooked food delivered to your gathering and roasting equipment hire — that's what keeps us busy when we're not chasing geese or splitting logs.