Field notes
From the farm, the kitchen and the season.
Notes on what we’re growing, recipes from the kitchen, and news from the shop.
Shop news
2 min read
The shop is open on Mondays in December
Christmas hours, hamper orders and when to book your turkey.
In season
3 min read
What’s in the boxes this October
Squash, leeks, the first kale and the last raspberries: what’s going into the boxes this month and how we cook it.
On the farm
5 min read
Why we still grow damsons on the bank
Forty trees, three hundred years of valley tradition, and a fruit almost nobody eats straight from the tree. Here’s why we keep them.
Recipes
6 min read
Mum’s damson & almond tart
The recipe everyone asks for in the kitchen. Make it with damsons, or plums if you’re not lucky enough to live in the valley.
On the farm
4 min read
The hens are moving into the orchard
Why 300 hens spend their days under the fruit trees, and what that does for the eggs, the grass and the trees.
Come and see what’s ready.
The shop opens at nine, the kettle’s on by ten, and the fields are open for picking most days from June to October.