Good morning,
Nev has a weather gauge in his garden so we get a regular rainfall update - we’ve had over 35 inches in the last 6 months, and our average is 27 inches for the whole year. So it’s been wet. Wetter than wet. And the sodden ground makes doing things in the field harder, slower and muddier. Rosie’s Suffolk mules in the orchard seem happy enough, noses down bottoms up, in their thick woollen coats.
Talking of which, Rosie’s lamb will be on the Trenchmore Table next Friday, prepared 4 ways and served with tacos. We’d love you to join us.
Tacos, for anyone unfamiliar, are small round soft corn discs, not to be confused with crunchy tortilla chips. They serve as the perfect tasty little vessel for all manner of meat, fish & veggie toppings.
Chef Sam was crowned Taco King at last year’s Tacover, the UK’s biggest taco festival. Between him and Nuthurst Lamb, we’re in for the biggest taco treat this side of Mexico.
The full menu is available online, and we’re able to organise veggie and vegan options if you let us know when you book. It’s £45 per person or £160 for a group of 4, as this style of food is certainly best shared between friends.
The yard shop & Moo tap is open this Saturday 11-4pm, and the boys are cooking burgers 12-3pm.
Restaurant Interlude have been awarded the first Michelin Green Star for West Sussex, which recognises their ethics as well as their cooking.
They’re 2 miles from our farm and support us in a really real way - regularly buying our beef, eggs, grain & cider and kindly naming us on their 20-odd course tasting menu - which is tight for word space as you might imagine.
We’re proud as punch to work with them, and chuffed for their well deserved successes.
And lastly, I enjoyed a video of Highland cattle spending their winter at the beach this week. Not planning on taking ours on a day trip to East Wittering anytime soon.
