We already grow a number of herbs, flowers and soft fruits for our bar. This spring, however, we embarked on a new and exciting planting project, with the aim of growing on a greater scale. In doing so, we hope to have access to a number of rare and more interesting flavoured varieties which are simply not commercially available. Not to mention herbicide free! Here are some recent photos of what we’ve been up to lately…
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Once more into the breach! Harvest definitely looking lighter than last year, some trees clearly over-did it in 2022. But plenty enough for our small operation and luckily where one…
We really relished the challenge of the previous vintage; things were less straightforward, fruit was cobbled together 'seat of the pants' style from all over and the fermentation was a…
INTRODUCING THE 2021 HARVEST Our first look at the orchard at Cadbury revealed that many of the trees we rely upon to bear fruit were having an 'off-year' . This…
INTRODUCING THE 2020 HARVEST In 2020 we made three ciders and apparently these are above average – "Bloody good!" exclaimed a professional farm-gate propper-upper and cider enthusiast at the annual Apple Day festivities at Castle Cary. Experiments with fruit-storing and ripening,…
