Little old Mary got to give the prize out for our sponsor of reserve grand female championship!!!

This is amazing for a small Herefordshire farmer! Well done Tom Oliver. Why Hard Cider Is Making a Comeback Perhaps because of cider’s impossibly unhip connotation, it is seeing a renaissance among a generation of drinkers on a quest for authenticity—the very… more

Yet again Hugh try’s to  help farmers out by showing us all what the supermarkets are really like when dealing with the farmer. This is why shopping local helps the farmer stay a float and get a income.   Viewpoint:… more

Start of the sloe gin and vodka. Following a new method of not adding the sugar until the end so you get the perfect sweetness in every bottle. Syrup recipe: Combine equal measures of sugar and water in a saucepan… more

Today’s project in Marys kitchen, crab apple jelly. End result of the crab apple jelly.

Myself and a little helper picked 1kg of sloes for the sloe gin. At the moment they are in the freezer so I don’t have to prick them all!        

First of the month and it feels like spring. Finished picking the Bramley Apples, and a little heifer born 4 weeks “early” by Mary’s dates! Think the bull was a bit quicker than Mary thought! Love farm life.

Christmas and New year have been booked for the Wainhouse.   The cottage is still available for both dates.

Caroline is away from Sunday 20th September to 30th September 2015.   Any emails will be seen by Mary!

Our yearly TB Test is happening this week (17/8/15) so fingers crossed we pass when there come and read the results on Friday….. The gov.uk website has the below as the detail of why we test the cattle: Anyone who… more