What a great summer – yes, some extremes, but one to remember, mostly for the sunshine! The heat and sun have meant early crops for many, including some fabulous blackberries coming in our hedgerows and windfall apples arriving by the bucketload from friends and neighbours. The pigs LOVE them! The grass is finally growing again thanks […]
Another hot and sunny month – some good things about that, some not so good – this one is going to go into the record books. The haymaking went without a hitch – no rain showers threatening – definitely living up to the proverb of make hay while the sun shines. However, with no rain, […]
Phew – what a scorcher. Sorry to sound like a tabloid headline but REALLY hot this month with no end in sight. Much as everything was growing fantastically in May, it has now all pretty much ground to a halt – great sunshine, but everything needs a little rain to grow. Sorry to be unpopular, […]
An amazing turnaround on the weather front – May was one of the hottest on record and everything is growing so fast, you can almost see it! The spring mornings here on the farm are stunning – they have still been quite chilly with very heavy dew but once the sun starts to climb up […]
They work well together or apart! Robert’s BBQ Sauce (followed by Cool Coriander Sauce) Ingredients: (all measures dessert spoons) 15 dsp cider vinegar 10 dsp brown sugar 3 dsp Lea & Perrins Worcestershire sauce 2 dsp tomato ketchup 3 dsp tomato puree Whole head garlic, peeled and finely chopped Chilli sauce or finely chopped chilli, to taste Salt to […]
Phew – at last, winter seems to have left us! The Beast from the East was followed by a mini-heatwave – one week I was breaking ice on water troughs, the following week I was tipping bucket after bucket of water into wallows for the pigs to cool down. Fun Fact: pigs can’t sweat so […]
Come and join us – learn more about rare breed pigs, enjoy a wonderful pork supper in glorious Wiltshire countryside, an opportunity not to be missed. More information and tickets available HERE
The month of the Beast from the East – parts 1 and 2! I have been accused of obsessing about the weather, but I think this month, I am fully justified in my focus. It has been … interesting. Challenging, yes. Life-threatening, no. Hard work, definitely. First thing I realised – I have such respect […]
We are in the grip of the Beast from the East as I type this – howling gales and light fluffy snow! The good news is that this means there is no mud to contend with, the bad news is that all our outside water taps are frozen up! The month started much warmer – […]
There was rain, snow, frost, sun, wind … we had it all in January. So … at least we weren’t bored! The run-up to Christmas was a bit frenetic – but that’s not a complaint, just a comment! So, January is a delightful calm after the storm and we try to make the most of […]