Good morning,

We have moved some more animals back to the yard and it is lovely hearing them as we get on with the daily yard jobs. The chewing, the in-pen negotiations and the massage brush rotating against someone’s backside are once again the reassuringly consistent noises of the yard.

Jack has been pressing the apples every day for the last week. For those who aren’t familiar with our process, apples are cleaned and scratted into pulp. The pulp is left to sit for 24 hours for better juice extraction. The apple is shovelled onto cloths, which are folded into parcels and stacked between slatted wooden boards. The hydraulic ram presses the stack to squeeze out the liquid, whilst we try not to get stung by juice drunk wasps.

The juice is filtered and pumped into a tank, and what’s left in the cloth is fed to the cattle - hence the name Silly Moo Cider.

We had 60 tonnes from our orchard and the apple swap this year, which makes for a fair amount of racks and a fair amount of pressing.

Upcoming events

3Bros Burgers in the yard - 4th November, 12-4pm. Order burgers here.

Trenchmore Dinner at Carne Hove - 9th November, 7pm. Book a table here and use code FRIENDS10 for 10% discount.

Wreath making workshop at Trenchmore - 2nd December, 11am - 2pm. Book a spot here.

Christmas Supper Club - 22nd December, 6pm - 10pm. More info, full menu and booking here.