If you need some Christmas gift inspiration, then we have a huge range of delicious foodie choices that are ideal as stocking fillers, or which you can combine to make wonderful hampers. The vast majority of our jams, chutneys and honeys are made within 30 miles of the shop – … Read More
The pigs are out on the acorns and beech mast of the New Forest as I write – fattening up on a totally natural woodland diet that sees them sweeping up the acorns that are poisonous to the ponies, but which create rich and delicious pannage pork. This is as … Read More
We have a selection of new cheeses available this week – including Duddleswell Sheep Cheese, Lyburn with Garlic and Nettle, Barbers Vintage Cheddar and Swiss Gruyere. There is also plenty of Black Bomber as well as the local favourites: Tunworth and Isle of Wight Blue cheese. We will be running … Read More
The 1st of September sees the start of the Native Oyster season. While you can get rock oysters all year round, it is the native oysters that are most highly cherished. As the name suggests, they are the native oyster of the British Isles – slower growing, with a smooth … Read More
We have a new selection of Craft Beers available to add to our local beers – including Brew Dog’s Punk IPA, FourPure’s Oatmeal Stout, Redchurch’s Shoreditch Blonde and Bison’s Beast Street IPA. These are all fantastic beers – great flavours and a good variety that showcases the best of the … Read More
Each week Gavin puts together a selection of cuts for our weekly meat box – which can vary depending on what’s plentiful or seasonal. If you buy a meat box, you can be sure that you will be getting a minimum of 10% off and usually more. To find out … Read More
The Producers Dinner was a huge success – with a lovely crowd who were able to enjoy some outstanding cooking from our very own Gavin. Not only did he produce delicious canapés and 4 courses for 16 people in our very cramped kitchen, but he did so in a … Read More
Pete and Chantelle have started crowdfunding to raise money for an ice machine. The reasons for this are so that Pete can Put his fish directly from the line or nets onto ice, keeping the fish extra fresh Avoid having to visit the fish market to pick up ice, saving … Read More
We are now selling deliciously refreshing Emsworth Tea at the farm shop, in taster bags of 10, or full bags of 50. This tea is blended in Portsmouth by the local tea experts All About Tea. They have used the finest Indian and African teas for a rich, malty, satisfying … Read More
We are now stocking Cyril’s Soap Shed Goats Milk Soap – the Award Winning Handmade, Natural Goats Milk Soap using raw milk from their small herd of goats, reared naturally on a traditional New Forest smallholding in Hampshire. They smell fantastic and I’m looking forward to a decent scrub soon! “For hundreds … Read More
Finally some wonderful British produce is appearing following what is known as the Hungry Gap, when the cabbages and root veg leaves you slightly uninspired in the kitchen. Our asparagus is grown in Midhurst and is superb – cook it simply either boiled, grilled, or sliced thinly and eaten raw. … Read More
With the sun shining and everything growing like mad, we thought it would be a good time to introduce locally produced fruit and veg boxes to accompany our meat boxes. Wayside Organic fruit and veg boxes are fantastic value compared with Riverford or Abel and Cole and they grow most … Read More