It’s UK Sausage Week! As a trio of our Saddlebacks were scheduled to take their daytrip to Stroud this week, we decided to lean in to this Celebration of British Sausages! For the first time, we’ve made some “British Bangers” or at least some delicious Cumberland Sausages … Since the girls’ return we’ve been feverishly …
The dark days really are here – this Sunday the clocks change and sunset will be grimly early… followed all too soon by the budget on Tuesday!! All the more reason then to let us alleviate a little of the gloom with a fantastic menu for this weekend, our first ever Prix Fixe Menu for …
A perfect, clear evening to see the Hunter’s Moon – a time to think about game and nature’s abundant larder of delicious, healthy foods all around us. Not only is wild game tasty, lean and healthy, but it should be a key part of the rural economy – it is essential for farmers that the …
It’s always difficult to know when to start talking about Christmas … it still feels far too early to me! Perhaps this morning’s sharp frost (see our strawberry plants above) is enough excuse … We will have lots of opportunities to welcome you to the farm during December. If you are charged with organising your …
At last it’s returned to the menu – the upside down apple pie which was first, perhaps accidentally, produced by the Tatin sisters at their family Hotel in the Loire. Whatever the truth of this creation myth, the Tarte Tatin is a perfect combination of delicate puff pastry, our fabulously ripe apples and burnished caramel. …
As we’ve passed the Equinox and we’re racing towards the dark days, what better time to remember the summer that never quite happened and the joy brought by this summer’s artist in residence, Stacey Gledhill. Some of her delightful canvasses illustrating the play of light on plants and gardens already decorate the walls of the Old …
How quickly the year turns! We are approaching Michaelmas again and we’re delighted to give you details of our next Supper Club to be held next Friday 27th September. Some of you may remember the same weekend last year when we started our campaign to revive this old English tradition of eating “green” Goose to …
No pretending now! Autumnal winds are blowing in with vigour and a chill. No time to mourn the summer that never quite got going nor the crops that faltered due to lack of sunshine. Instead the seasons keep rolling onwards – September already … the autumn harvest begins. For a few weeks yet, we can …
The Summer progresses in a typically English manner – warm weather interspersed with heavy rain! What we want is hot, dry and settled weather, what we get is changeable and humid! Still, it is warm day after day, the garden and the borders look stunning in their “careless” abandon and the produce is abundant! If …
So it really is high summer – 1st August and, although the weather’s close and, occasionally, stormy, we do seem to have some settled heat at last. For any of you who have been holding off on visiting us, now really is the time! The heat and moisture are bringing the best out in the …
