Good afternoon,
We’ve had 7 inches of rain this month and the ground is holding up relatively well thanks to the dry summer. Even still, all the cattle are back at basecamp for the winter so we can save the soils and grow enough grass again next year.
Those who have been with Trenchmore for a while might recall the days of our heritage wheat, which we grew & sold for a few years pre-covid. Mum & I would spend our weekends sampling homemade sourdough bread and cooked wheat berries at various markets and events, so you may even have tried it or baked with it yourself.
After a couple of years of poor yields and, despite rave reviews on the flavour, not much traction on sales, we took our foot off the grain gas to focus on our silly moos.
And now, a few years on and with a better understanding of growing, something has led us back to bread. We have been developing a diverse population to better suit our soils, which means it can be grown with less intervention and is more resilient to disease. We harvested our first crop of the new Trenchmore Wheat this year and are going to start selling the cleaned wheat berries through the farm shop. We’ve borrowed a table-top mill so will be able mill a bag of wheat, if you’d like us to.
The shop is open tomorrow from 11am - 4pm, and well stocked with fresh beef, eggs, cider & a very limited amount of wheat.
Festive Market
Our festive market on 3rd December is shaping up to be something pretty special. We will have two bands playing, a couple of hot food options, 5 or 6 market stalls and plenty of festive cheer to kick the month off with.
Plus, a very special wreath workshop and lunch with My Posy Neighbour on the day as well. More details and booking can be found here.
All proceeds for pre-sold hot drinks will be doubled and donated to JustLife, a Brighton based charity supporting homeless people, so please do order yourself a cup of something delicious to enjoy at the market here.
