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January on the farm
Nature
January – hunkering down or springing shyly back into life? It is colder, as our enveloping ocean cools. It is...
Celebrating 45 years of cheese
We can’t quite believe it. Where has the time gone? We’re proud to say we’ve been crafting award-winning cheese from...
The soils of our land
The bedrock of our land is the shale, mud laid down in the Permian, and compressed into soft thin slabs. On top of th...
December on the farm
NATURE
The early frost gave a golden autumn, bright coloured leaves on the trees, which stayed late, a welcome lift ...
Win tickets for 'The Ultimate Farm Tour'
We’ve teamed up with Pipers Farm to run a competition, giving you the chance to win tickets to attend 'The Ultimate ...
Our Guide to Winter Foraging
When you look at the winter hedgerows, drooping, grey and glistening with frost, it's hard to imagine there is much l...
Christmas Gifts For Cheese Lovers
Christmas. The season for sharing valuable time with friends and loved ones. Time with those who don't live so close ...
Find, foster and fine pairings
The fertile lands of the Exe Valley have been home to apple orchards for centuries, but over the years, many have bee...
Festive cheese tasting evening
As the nights are drawing in and the year's end is nearly upon us, it's time to cosy up with candles and mulled cide...
Smoked: The ultimate provenance tale
History of smoking food
It wouldn't have been long after our ancestors first experimented with fire that they discov...
Seasons of change
Summer seems to last forever until all at once it collapses into autumn. The landscape shifts, green to brown, russet...
November on the Farm
NATURE
The riot of summer hedgerows turns to barren ruin. We cut some of the hedgerows each year in the autumn to...
