Sep 19, 2025 | News
Reproduced with thanks to Riverford Farm This fragrant chutney is made with apples, raisins, onion, spices and vinegar. It’s the perfect accompaniment to cheeseboards and a great alternative to apple sauce when serving roast meats. If you haven’t made chutney before,...
Jul 30, 2025 | News
Not many domestic gardeners or small-scale horticulturalists grow sweet peppers. This is surprising as they’re not especially difficult. I’ve grown sweet peppers for years and never failed to get a reasonable harvest. This year the crop looks good, earlier than usual...
Mar 20, 2025 | News
By Matthew Ingram Writing in a postscript to his classic book “The Fat of the Land” in 1974, self-sufficiency guru John Seymour proposed of his smallholding at Fachongle Isaf, “If there were enough people on it — enough hands — I believe that our seventy acres could...
Mar 20, 2025 | News
By Cori Birkin Wild Garlic is a distinctive pathside plant, especially found in woodlands and near areas of flowing water. Keep your nose open for its familiar garlicky scent. Be careful of: Lords and Ladies! Known for leaving a painful blistering feeling in the mouth...
Jan 30, 2025 | News
Babbinswood Farm has been a place that WWOOF volunteers can call home since 2012, and we have hosted well over 200 volunteers from all over the world during that time. We have enjoyed this experience immensely and feedback has been very positive too. In the early days...
