Our Resident Nutritional Therapist Kate Bevan Wood Dip CMN mBANT CNHC (pictured) shares her top Good Mood Foods – these are the foods that we can eat to help nourish our brains and support a happy and healthy mood, and I’m…

It’s fair to say most of us don’t know a great deal about soil. It’s that brown muddy stuff that makes things grow and gets lodged under your fingernails after a day in the garden – right? Soil is made…

Most of us will have heard of ‘meat-free Mondays’ – a campaign to encourage people to abstain from eating meat for one day a week. The idea behind the movement is to raise awareness of the impact of intensive meat…

The nature trail through the deciduous wood on the way to the motte and bailey site, provided an example of red campion to the left of the trail. The red campion does not have a scent unlike the white campion,…

Over the next few weeks at Arthur’s Farm Kitchen and in the Farm Shop we will be celebrating the humble leek. Alongside garlic, onions, shallots and chives, Leeks come from the edible vegetable species Allium, which form part of the…

The next vegetable that we are showcasing in Arthur’s Farm Kitchen and the Farm Shop is the Beetroot. Beetroot are like marmite, people either love them or hate them!  Hopefully by the end if this blog I will have persuaded…

This week at Fordhall Farm we are showcasing Sprouting Red Clover and Sprouting Radish.  I know that we have previously showcased Rainbow Radish but Sprouting Radish really does deserve it’s own showcase, read on and you will find out why.…

A new feature here at Fordhall Farm is our “Spotlight on Seasonal Vegetables”.  Every 2 weeks we will be picking a seasonal locally produced vegetable and showcasing it on our menu at Arthur’s Farm Kitchen in a variety of recipes…