Good afternoon,
Our girls are doing amazingly well and we are over halfway through the calving season, with all newborns looking happy out on the grass. We welcomed our 500th calf this morning! Please email over your name suggestions for her as the assigned ‘100500’ simply won’t do.
Apple harvest is nearly here and we are looking forward to our 5th year of apple swapping. We know some of your trees will already be bearing ripe fruit but I am afraid we can’t accept them yet. There are a few reasons for this - primarily the varieties of apple that ripen later in the season tend to be better for making cider. Also, we need to make sure all the apples we take are definitely ripe so we like to hold off for a few more weeks - any fruit that hasn’t converted its starch into sugar cannot ferment, and thus, cider, cannot make. And lastly, our orchard doesn’t tend to be ready until October and it makes sense for us to do all the sticky wasp-attracting mess-making pressing in one fell swoop.
We are planning to swap every Saturday in October but this might change slightly depending on the weather - I will keep you posted.
Events…
The 3Bros Burger Boys are back in the yard next Saturday from 12-3pm. If you’d like to join us for lunch please book here.
If you fancy a Trenchmore burger but eating in a farmyard isn’t your preferred dining experience (hard to believe it isn’t everyone’s favourite dining experience…), Trenchmore and the 3Bros will be heading down the lane to Kinsbrook Vineyard for their Black Tie By The Brook event in the evening for opera, oysters and sparkling Sussex wine. Tickets are available through their website and I hope to see you at the Silly Moo Bar, or on the dance floor.
And lastly, we have Sussex Wagyu steak, pastured chicken & organic veg boxes available to pick up tomorrow. Swing by 11am - 5pm, stay for a drink, say hello to the hens and take some well grown grub home with you.
