With so much going on we didn’t really have time to sow seeds for our kitchen garden this season, so we turned to our friends at Rocket Gardens based near Helston for some of their brilliant organic veg plug plants. The team at Rocket Gardens sow and grow thousands and thousands of seedlings in their polytunnels, and […]

With the final days of the wild garlic season approaching, we are in the process of stocking the larder with our own wild garlic capers. Now that the flowers have died back and the seed head is left we gather the seeds, picking them individually which is a nightmare job! We generously salt them using […]

A dry spring and many hands on deck has meant that things are looking pretty decent on the farm as the summer arrives on a cool breeze. Our ewes and their lambs are settling in well at the top of the hill. Meanwhile, the cattle remain in the valley where they love to shelter under […]

This Smoked Pork Tenderloin recipe is one that we covered on our Smoking & Curing Workshop with Steve Lamb earlier in the month, and we can testify that it’s seriously tasty! It’s also a very easy introduction to the art of smoking meat and you don’t need any fancy kit. Ingredients (serves 3) 1x Pork […]

Our Spring Gathering is just one week away, and it looks set to be glorious weather so we are all in for a treat! There’s loads going on, and you can find all the info on food, drink and activities on our website. Below is some of the key information that you might need to […]

We’ve been foraging wild garlic for a couple of weeks now, and it’s coming through thick and fast now. It’s so abundant in woodlands, easy to identify and great tasting that we really like to make the most of it whilst it’s in season. Here are a few recipes for using it in the kitchen. […]

After months of hard work (as well as the consumption of many pasties and countless games of football over lunch breaks) the new butchery and larder space is nearly complete. It’ll be ready just in the nick of time too, as we’re hosting our Smoking & Curing Workshop in it next week! We can already […]

We’re taking a new ‘no-dig’ approach to growing our own vegetables this season. With less soil disturbance, the soil structure should significantly improve within a year or so, and in the meantime we’ll benefit from fewer weeds, fewer pests and, hopefully, a better crop. ‘No-Dig’ gardening is exactly what it implies: gardening without digging. The […]

This wild leafy plant is succulent, crisp & refreshing.  It’s very easy to identify and most likely that you’ve already seen it! Pennywort loves to grow on stony walls, and in marshy, damp areas, anchoring itself between the stones and growing in a crown like shape.  I’d describe them as lily pad shaped, round with a long, […]

Our chef, Jack, is an endless bank of knowledge when it comes to the different cuts of meat. Here he shares 3 of his favourite steaks…  Denver SteakThe Denver Steak is taken from the chuck (shoulder of the animal) behind the shoulder blade. It’s a relatively underused, little known cut that is usually put into […]