Organic farming seems to have gone from niche to mainstream in the past few years as people have become more concerned with what they eat and how it is produced. One family on Wales has taken their organic farming to the next level by offering their organic meat by post and wrapping it in butchers … [Read more…]
Christmas dinner. The Michelin star equivalent of home cooking for whoever is making it. I have stressed out about it. I have perfection issues when it comes to Christmas. It actually started a few weeks ago when I worked out how many people would be eating here. Then I worry about which vegetables to do, … [Read more…]
There are so many turkey recipes around that it can sometimes be hard deciding which one to follow. Christmas Dinner is such an important meal so you really want to get it right and I admit that some years, I have used a variety of different recipes resulting in some interesting tasting turkey. Thankfully, Bacofoil, … [Read more…]
What started out as a hobby rearing ten turkeys has grown into a successful family business for smallholder Jade Stock, who now raises more than 200 birds for the festive season. Jade is mum to Grace, 5, Tom, 3 and Darcey, 1 so she certainly has her hands full and is a first generation farmer. … [Read more…]
In the Summer, I got to visit a turkey farm in Lymm, Cheshire. You can read about it here. The lovely Paul from Crouchley Hall Farm, invited me back this week to see how the birds were getting on. This is how they looked in July. This is them now. My how they’ve grown. Since … [Read more…]
The schools may have only just broken up for the holidays and you may still be thinking about where to go on your summer break but some people are starting their preparations for Christmas. This week, Baby G and I went to meet Paul McAvoy, a small holder and turkey farmer from Crouchley Hall Farm … [Read more…]
You know it’s Christmas on the farm when: You have the same conversation every year-should we buy a turkey from a shop or buy poults and rear our own? People ask you, in earnest, ‘do you still have to feed the cows/sheep/horses/pigs (delete as applicable) on Christmas Day? The farmer’s wife buys reindeer antlers for … [Read more…]
I will not get drunk. Last year, my brother-in-law brought champagne. We live with mother-in-law on the farm and he was visiting for the season. I decided to calm my ‘cooking-Christmas-dinner-nerves’ with a gin and tonic, then had another. It was Christmas after all. My husband then invited me to join his family in their … [Read more…]
