Christmas is coming!
All the hype for Christmas with the shops and TV, its all an expense we can do without at the moment – most is just more rubbish for the landfill in 6 months time. But we all want to be able to give...
View ArticlePlant a pollinating paradise!
Did you know that our native British bees are dying out? Without doubt bees are the most precious and amazing little creatures of our ecological system. Bees are vital elements of our ecosystem as...
View ArticleSausage-making…
What a great day yesterday: An Introduction to Sausage-making with Martin Felstead £45 including lunch Martin keeps rare breed pigs at Greenways Farm in Wembdon …and he also runs our bar for us at...
View ArticleSay CHEESE!
We love cheese! It’s true – if there is one thing you can guarantee its that our cheese board is one of the best, crammed full of top-notch award winning delicious local cheeses! We are blessed to live...
View ArticlePea, Mint & Cheese Fritters
Sam & I tried these earlier in the week at the Sharpham Vineyard Café and they were delicious! Served with a simple salad and tomato salsa (…chive crème fraiche for Jacqui!) – makes a simple and...
View ArticleBread!
The staff of life. Recently I have come into contact with the wonderful Tracebridge Sourdough run by Gordon Woodcock and Katie Venner. Gordon built a fabulous wood-burning masonry bread oven in his...
View ArticleNathaniel’s delicious autumn sausage stew
Nathaniel (one of our talented sons) made this delicious stew last night for supper. We were 5 ravenous farmers after a day’s harvesting – and this stew ticked every box: meaty, spicy, incredibly...
View ArticlePea & Mint Soup
Peas: amazing little green balls packed full of goodness and flavour – no wonder Nigella is always banging on about them. I realise the season for fresh peas has passed… however, this soup is brilliant...
View ArticleBeginners Sausage-making Course
Beginners Sausage-making NEXT DATE – Saturday 3rd November 10am – 4pm £45 pp including light lunch Whether you are just curious as to what goes in, or maybe you are thinking of keeping pigs to be a...
View ArticleSugarplums for Christmas
When I was a little girl I always had my head stuck in a book – very often it would be a huge book of Fairytales. With my fervent imagination I would love to read about beautiful princesses, elves and...
View ArticleChristmas ♥
Well, its not long now! The farmhouse is looking very pretty with twinkly lights, hops, red hearts, a huge tree with shiny baubles and, thanks to our newest employee Tom, all the fires are stocked up...
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