Good morning,
A glorious Wednesday to you all. At last, some good news in a rather dreary month - Nuthurst Lamb boxes are now available to order through our website. I'll be filling your inbox with some Trenchmore Farm news soon, but for now I'll hand over to our very good friends Rosie & Jack for information on their lovely Sussex lambs...
Hello!
Rosie and Jack from Nuthurst Farm here. The wonderful team at Trenchmore have invited us to take over the newsletter today to introduce you to our flock, ourselves, and our delicious lamb boxes.
We started farming a few years ago, looking after other people’s sheep and other animals, before deciding last year to bite the bullet and get some of our own. Now this autumn, we are at long last excited to be able to share our produce with you.
Taff, Head of Business and Comms
Rosie’s family have farmed in the area for 12 years and she’s spent the past five years working on several different sorts of farms in West Sussex - looking after sheep, cattle, poultry, pigs and even the Silly Moo Cider customers. She currently spends her mornings milking the Jersey cows at Tablehurst Farm in Forest Row.
Jack has spent the past few years chasing after (quite literally) thousands of sheep on the South Downs with Taff. He’s come down off the hill to pursue his interests in agricultural fencing and woodland management - and to keep a closer eye on our flock.
Our sheep graze at our home farm in Nuthurst and other farms, meadows and herbal lays in the surrounding area. They’ve even been treated to a visit to Trenchmore’s cider orchard - a traditional orchardist’s trick, saving the need for chemical or excessive mechanical intervention... keeping things natural and delicious, the Silly Moo way!
One of Nuthurst’s Mule ewes
Hampshire Down X lambs
Jack and Taff, driving the lambs
Our ewes are Suffolk Mules, a hardy cross of native breeds that do well on our local climate and soils. We cross them to a Hampshire Down ram, which is like a South Down but bigger and arguably more handsome.
This cross of native breeds produces a good size animal that can be successfully fed only on grass, eliminating the need for bought-in feeds containing soya and maize. As such, the lambs are more sustainably reared, and full of flavour.
A limited number of Nuthurst Lamb boxes will be available to order via the Trenchmore website for collection on the 11th or 12th December, with more available early next year. Each box is made up of half a lamb and will weigh between 7kg and 11kg - which will fit in a standard freezer drawer.
For any questions or specific requests, please say hello at rosieamartin@gmail.com.
Look forward to meeting you at the collection in December!
Rosie & Jack
