Good afternoon folks,

The grass has made a fantastic and unexpected comeback since the drought. When the days start to shorten, the grass picks up the signal that winter is coming and so its quality drastically diminishes. It contains less sugars and provides less nutrients to the grazers. We were fearful that the drought would mean we wouldn't get much growth until spring but thanks to some very heavy rainfall and a little sunshine, we are all (cattle and farmers) very pleased with how well it has been growing over the last few weeks.

We've just come to the end of our autumnal calving block with the last 3 calves being born this week. Biltong & Potroast were two calves born a few weeks ago, whose mothers both sadly died in labour. They were named by Farmer Nev after the South African comedy duo, and he is giving them a little extra special treatment with daily bottle feeds and ear scratches. They're doing really well, plus clearly know how to work the camera...

In Cider News

We have a 750ml keeved cider landing on the farm next week! It is a traditionally French method of halting the fermentation half way through in order to keep some residual sugars from the juice in the cider.
REPO is a very small 2,000L batch of lightly sparkling cider and we cannot wait for you to try it. We will be launching it at our Burger pop-up next Friday, which neatly leads me on to...

We are hosting our first Trenchmore Burger pop-up on the farm next week.

We are working with local chef Jordon Powell, local baker Ben Lines, local brewery Burning Sky and local cheesemakers High Weald.
Oh yes, we've gone there.

Join us for a burger and a pint, or order one to take away.

We also have plenty of steaks available to order online for collection or delivery on Friday 11th, too.

I'm afraid Deliveroo do not operate in Cowfold yet so the burgers are for collection only.