Good afternoon,
SoPi is bringing their wood fired oven, slowly fermented sourdoughs & San Marzano toms to Trenchmore on Saturday. We’ve also got a growing bar menu - Silly Moo Cider, Hand Brew beers, Firebird beers, Kinsbrook Pinot Gris, Old Tree Kombucha and Wobblegate apple juice. All lovely and all very local.
No need to pre-order the pizza this week, Lucas will be serving from midday until 4pm. Dogs & kids are always welcome, and we have fresh & frozen beef in the shop.
This week…
Some of the cows are out, which is a sweet relief as we’re almost out of food and bedding. The rest are moving out today & tomorrow, and the hens will be in the orchard tomorrow.
It is so deliciously warm & summery that some are taking refuge under my favourite oak this afternoon, whilst another lounges to the left in the long grass.
Another year, another barn...
We’re making way for a new barn that will be used to store more hay & silage in the autumn.
We ran out of space last year, so ended up using some cattle barns for storage, making everything more cosy & less comfortable than it should be.
Happy barns, happy farm.
The orchard is in blossom and looks really well after a stern pruning earlier this year.
Time for the bees to work their magic, allowing the fruit to start growing in the summer.
We have sown spring barley in the new fields, which has taken (for the most part) reasonably well - you can see the rows which have been planted.
The crop will provide food & bedding for our herd & flock when they’re back in the yard this winter.