I will be travelling for a few days to the Orkney Islands on Sunday. For those of you that will remember my good friend Rosemary Moon, chef, food writer and author of over 28 cookery books has come to Tuppenny Barn on many occasions to run food cookery workshops and...
On this once again sweltering day, the hot weather is great for the staycation holiday trade, however, bad news for horticulture. It has been a very challenging couple of weeks trying to keep plants in pots alive and spending many hours watering those on the raised beds. Some are fairly...
On this hot and sultry evening, as much as we like the sunshine, the extreme heat causes us much angst and work at Tuppenny. It also means that we need to start work a lot earlier to avoid having to crop when the temperatures are really high. The soft fruit...
I can’t believe we are now half way through 2018. I certainly think the older one gets, the quicker the days pass by. The small holding is looking good with lots of lovely colourful produce coming online. Some of the berries are ripened with just the boysenberries and Japanese wine...
Looking at our shop last week, Christine and I think that we are now in one of the most colourful produce times of the year with all the soft fruit coming online, the tomatoes getting riper and lots more for sale which is always good. We are very busy this...
It has been a busy week with the lead up to the Stansted Garden Show that I have just returned from. We had a successful show and the sun shone throughout which is always a bonus. It was lovely to see some of our veg bag customers coming to our...
Firstly, may I thank all those that sent me cards or messages of support and kindness last week. I was truly overwhelmed by the lovely memories that many of you recounted of those that knew mum and their recollections of her serving at Tuppenny Barn. We had a lovely service...
I am sad to say it has been quite a difficult week due to the passing away of my mother on Monday aged 91. She had been diagnosed with cancer 20 months ago so we were very fortunate to have this extra time with her until last week. Some of...
This continued warm weather is bringing on the soft fruit at a pace and the gooseberries are almost ready for picking. When in the orchard today, I also see that the pigeons have already had a go at the developing cherries on the trees so will be needing the nets...
We are about 4 weeks behind to where we normally would be at this time of year due to the weather over the past 8 weeks. This means that we are only just planting out the tomatoes and cucumbers in the polytunnel, to be followed by our sweet peppers and...
