Good afternoon,

We have taken 6 tonnes of fruit from 2 Saturdays of apple swapping, and picked about 4 tonnes from our own orchard. We’ve dusted off the washer & scratter and persuaded our trusty old press back out of retirement this week, and squeezed just about 3,000L of golden juice. The wasps are noticeably fewer this year thanks to the late wet spring, which isn’t good for the existential threat of insect decline - but definitely makes apple pressing more fun.

Most of our orchard isn’t quite ripe so we aren’t in the full swing of picking. We purposefully planted our 19 varieties in the order of when they’d ripen, so we’re a couple of rows in and will hold off a little longer before starting on the rest.

We’re open for apple swapping tomorrow and the following two Saturdays, including next Saturday which is also our Autumn Market.

There are burgers on the menu tomorrow and tomahawks in the fridge, so pop in - with or without apples - and join us for somethin’ juicy.

The Autumn Market is a week tomorrow.

We’ve got 16 different food & drink stalls selling beer, hot sauce, Scandi bread, pork, wine, chocolate, sausage rolls, charcuterie, kefir, spirits & chilli plants.

Plus, Trenchmore Beef, Nuthurst Lamb & Silly Moo Cider from the yard shop, local drinks from the Moo Tap, AND the best purveyors of coffee, burgers & sourdough pizza we could find.

There will be a live band & DJ, and a farm walk at 2pm for those who fancy it.

We’d love to see you all there.