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,…

Social Prescribing Day is an annual celebration of social prescribing, recognising the UK wide community groups and projects which have kept us healthy throughout the pandemic and beyond. What is social prescribing? Social prescribing, also sometimes known as community referral,…

I am one of many community leaders supporting and leading a campaign for new legislation that will give real legal powers to communities at a ground roots level through a new Community Power Act. Covid has shown what amazing things…

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…

Nothing shouts AUTUMN quite like a squash and we seem to be heading into the season of plenty.  I love this time of year and in the UK we generally have an abundance of locally produced fruit and vegetables to…

Over the next few weeks in Arthurs Farm Kitchen and the Farm Shop we are celebrating the fabulous Fennel. Chef will be including this multi-functional herb in many of his recipes, so I thought I’d share with you some of…

With weather that can only be described as ‘summer’ comes flowers in their full glory, and with the flowers come our little fluttery pollinator friends – butterflies. But they are not only good at pollinating, and of course being lovely…

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…