Well its been a bumper year. We have bottled more apple juice this year than the last 3 combined !!!! Which is great, however, it is proving to be a bit of a headache to store and sell. Thankfully Tracey and Graham at The Bell Pub (in the village for those who don’t know) have […]

It been a while since my last post due to life being so busy here on the smallholding. We have had new arrivals in the shape of Indian runner Ducks. We’ve planted new apple trees and been joined by new guests. But as the year draws to a close we have turned our attentions to […]

Time seems to have flown since my last post. We are finally coming out of the second lock down and the sun is once again shining. We have done a number of jobs around the smallholding, we have planted new trees and cleared brambles covering an area the size of a tennis court. We have […]

It is with great delight that we can announce that thanks to the peoples trust for endangered species we will be planting more apple trees this winter ensuring the orchard will be around for many years to come. We will give more details on varieties when they arrive.

Hi all Apple juice now available. Slightly smaller bottles this year @ 500ml but at £2.50 per bottle. Please message for more details

With snow, and a chill, in the air we have stayed indoors by the fire and, thanks to the magic of the internet, we have designed some labels for our eggs. Introducing…. These are Free range eggs from our Girls. As some of you who walk along the footpath will have noticed, they are currently […]

Well we still find ourselves in lockdown once more. Not going out has meant that some of those jobs we have been putting off are getting done. We have put in a new stock fence between ourselves and the pub, done battle with brambles 8 ft tall but mainly got very wet. We are on […]

We are now nearing the end of our second lockdown and although we have had some changeable weather we have been able to get on with some work. With the the benefit of not being able to go anywhere we have made a start trimming the remaining hedges and clearing the headlands on the hay […]

Lockdown take 2 We are now in lockdown again, this time its a little different, I can still go to work, but I can’t go to the pub, I can buy compost but I cant see my mum, very odd. We have had a month of rainy days with the wettest day ever on the […]

Well 2020 has certainly been a year with a difference and will remain in our memories for a long time. We have been locked down, encouraged to go out, then told to stay home. But unlike some people we have had the advantage of space and the benefits, both physically and mentally, that this brings […]