Lobster and Crab Galore

So summer sun remains somewhat elusive! The nightshades – tomatoes, peppers and aubergines – are all growing healthily and setting lots of fruits but for the most part they remain green and unripe!  Even the potatoes – also members of the nightshade family – are running behind their normal schedule – we hope to pick …

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Fabulous Seafood up from Cornwall this weekend

OK, even the optimist in me would have to admit that the weather this weekend will, at best, be “changeable” but there are still many good reasons to visit the farm… You might wish to stock up on our delicious fruit and vegetables – most things are in full flight now and the shop is …

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This Week’s Menu

Worton Pickles with Rye (PB)Artichoke with Hollandaise (V)Panzanella (PB)Cuore Del Vesuvio Tomatoes, Labneh and Lovage (V)Padron Peppers (PB) Worton Mezze with Flatbread and Cruditees (PB)Melanzane Alle Parmigiane (V)Grilled Sardines with Watercress SaladRoast Plaice with Ratte Potatoes and French BeansCornish Cock CrabThai Mussels with RiceSzechuan Longhorn Ribs Worton’s Pedigree SaddlebackCrackling with Pickled GooseberriesShoulder Vindaloo with Raita and …

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This Week’s Menu

Worton Pickles with Rye (PB)Artichoke with Hollandaise (V)Panzanella (PB)Cuore Del Vesuvio Tomatoes, Labneh and Lovage (V) Worton Mezze with Flatbread and Cruditees (PB)Melanzane Alle Parmigiane (V)Goan Fish CurryRoast Plaice with Ratte Potatoes and French BeansCornish Cock CrabMoules Marinieres Worton’s Pedigree SaddlebackScratchings with Pickled GooseberriesShoulder Vindaloo with Raita and RiceSmoked Bacon with Ratte Potatoes and Broad …

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Figs from the Glasshouse and Mirabelles from the Hedgerow

The weather may be quite changeable this weekend but the fruit is racing towards its mid-summer peak and we have more arrivals – lots more reasons to visit! For the first time in a couple of years, our Marseille Fig is fruiting in the large glasshouse.  Green on the outside, white on the inside, meltingly soft and utterly …

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Sublime Seafood from Cornwall!

Of course, we have lots of our own produce at the moment. Delicious Blackcurrants, Gooseberries and Jostaberries picked fresh each morning, Turnips, Beetroot, French Beans, Lettuce, Spring Cabbage, Fresh Herbs and so much more. For a change though this week, I wanted to highlight the really exceptional produce coming up from Cornwall from our friends …

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This Week’s Menu

Worton Pickles with Rye (PB)Artichoke with Hollandaise (V)Scratchings with Pickled GooseberriesPanzanella (PB)Cuore Del Vesuvio Tomatoes, Labneh and Lovage (V) Worton Mezze with Flatbread and Cruditees (PB)Melanzane Alle Parmigiane (V)Goan Fish CurryRoast Plaice with Ratte Potatoes and French BeansCornish Cock CrabMoules MarinieresSzechuan Longhorn Beef Worton’s Pedigree SaddlebackSpicy Chorizo Sausages with ChickpeasSmoked Bacon Chop with Ratte Potatoes …

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This Week’s Menu

Worton Pickles with Rye (PB)Artichoke with Hollandaise (V)Panzanella (PB)Worton Bean Salad (V)Cuore Del Vesuvio Tomatoes, Labneh and Lovage (V) Worton Mezze with Flatbread and Cruditees (PB)Melanzane Alle Parmigiane (V)Goan Fish CurryRoast Plaice with Jersey Royals and French BeansCornish Cock CrabSzechuan Style Longhorn beef with Rice Worton’s Pedigree SaddlebackSpicy Tuscan Fennel or Chorizo Sausages with ChickpeasSmoked …

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New Piglets, Chickens, Ducks and our first ever Geese!

Exciting times at the farm with lots of new arrivals since my last email. First the Saddleback pigs have been very, very productive, some 30 new piglets out in the fields and looking very healthy. The piglets were, of course, born here and it is a real testament to how Arnald and the team are …

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So much to buy at the Farm this weekend …

So much wonderful produce fresh from the soil this week. Salads and Herbs in abundance, Baby Carrots and Beetroot, the geometric splendour of Romanesco Caulifowers and the otherworldly, space-ship like Kohl Rabi plus many, many other vegetables. On the sweet side, we have sadly finished picking Rhubarb for another year but are delighted to replace …

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