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bees

  • We were delighted, this weekend, to come home from the National Honey Show with an armful of awards! We’ve had a bumper crop of honey, due to all the lovely…

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    First Class Bees

    Blog 21st September 2015

    ‘A day without a friend is like a pot without a single drop of honey left inside.’* *Winnie The Pooh September is always busy on the smallholding; it’s our main…

  • ‘But if there aren’t lots of bees then there won’t be any honey.’ * *Winnie the Pooh Honey bees have been in the news a lot recently and, unfortunately, not…

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    Talking Tomatoes…

    Blog 22nd June 2015

    ‘The taste of any simple tomato-based salad is dependent on the quality of the tomatoes.’* *Yotam Ottolenghi So true, Yotam, so true, and as our last post was all about strawberries,…

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    Busy as Bees…

    Blog 1st June 2015

    ‘A bee is never as busy as it seems; it’s just that it can’t buzz any slower.’* *Kin Hubbard I normally do tend to pack a lot into my time,…

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    Completely Bowled Over!

    Blog 11th May 2015

    ‘Bread is like humanity itself. We come in many different shapes and sizes, colours and guises, yet underneath the skin/crust, we’re all made of the same stuff.’* *Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall As…

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    May we welcome you

    Blog 3rd May 2015

    ‘He was as fresh as is the month of May.’* *Geoffrey Chaucer We, like many other families across the country, are approaching GCSEs and this quote, above, is from the…

  • ‘Don’t just count your years, make your years count.‘*    *George Meredith ‘I need a logo for the chutneys that I’m making as Christmas presents’ I said back in December 2009……

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    Buzzing Away…

    Blog 10th April 2015

    ‘Life is the flower for which love is the honey’* *Victor Hugo Those who read our last post will know that we’ve recently been to Cornwall, staying in a lovely…

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    Spring Safari….

    Blog 30th March 2015

    ‘In all things of nature there is something of the marvellous.’* *Aristotle As the Easter holidays begin and the clocks have sprung forward to usher in the longer days, we…