Chamomile harvest is over for another year, and what a year it has been! The very dry spring meant the chamomile did not start growing until late in the season, followed by the heatwaves of June (remember those!) the flowers
Early Spring?
Mild February Weather We’re experiencing a mild spell of weather this week. With bees buzzing round the hellebores in the garden and Blue Tits inspecting the refurbished bird house it’s not surprising my thoughts turn to Spring as well! It’s
February Fill Dyke
February has only just begun but the ditches around our chamomile fields are beginning to fill up. After a very dry winter so far it’s good to see some rainfall. This month is known as “February Fill Dyke” and
A timelapse video
I put the trailcam back on its post to try and capture some footage of the deer and the large flock of lapwing that have arrived with the cold weather. Not much luck on either front, but because the setting
A cold and frosty morning
It’s a cold and frosty start to December. The chamomile fields are covered in frost as the temperature dropped to below zero for the third night in a row. That’s not a problem for the chamomile, it’s a hardy little
Sunny Day
After some very blustery and often wet days the sun came out this morning so I had a walk up to my beehives on the headland of one of our chamomile fields. Although it was still quite cold I thought
A Breezy Day
It’s a breezy day down here on the farm but as you can see from th video below the flowers are out and ready to greet you at our Open Days next week!
Spring on hold
Apologies for not posting recently, the drop in temperature has not only checked any Spring growth but also my inspiration! 3 weeks ago I thought Spring was on the way and the birds and bees would be starting on what
First Farmers Market
Today we started our market trading adventure on a fairly damp and cold Friday in Chichester – but what can you expect for the first week in February? Despite the weather we sold a bit of everything, met some nice
A Winter’s Day – at last!
Blue sky, no wind and best of all – no rain! After a month of gloomy, very wet and windy weather today is a proper mid-winter day – cold, bright and crisp. Apologies for a lack of communication over the