Christmas is coming and the goose is getting fat

Well, we may not have geese for sale but we do have a selection of Christmas hampers which make unique Christmas presents – you won’t find them for sale anywhere else!

You can pick and mix from the following items and then just add £2 for packaging and there you are – present sorted!! We’re taking orders now and as we have a limited amount of some of the items, order now to ensure you get exactly the hamper you want.

Set honey from our own orchard – £4.99                                             Walsgrove apple juice – choice of Red Devil (sweet), Heritage (fairly sweet), Bramley / Jupiter (sharper) – £2.50                                           Walsgrove fruit vinegars – great as a salad dressing or in stir fries   -Plum, Damson or Mulberry – £2.99                                                       Walsgrove plum jam – £2.75                                                               Relishes – Apple and caramelised red onion, Spicy apple and tomato, Worcester pear – £2.50                                                           Chutney – Pershore plum – £2.50

Apples – Bramleys or seasonal eaters eg Cox 60p lb (£1.32 kg)

Email me on margaret.haywood@gmail.com or ring 01905 345371

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Fruit update Oct. 28th 2016

Although the trees are beginning to loose their leaves, we still have plenty of apples yet to pick and over 35 varieties available in our farm shop. We will be open this weekend until 3pm on Sunday. I will post each week when we will be open but if you want to come at another time, just email us. Apples are now 50p lb ready picked and 30p lb PYO.
Saturday 29th October 9 – 5pm
Sunday 9 – 3pm
Monday 12 – 5pm
Tuesday 9 – 5pm
Wednesday 9 – 5pm
Thursday Closed
Friday 9 – 5pm
Saturday 5th November 1-5pm

Apple Weekend

Our Apple Weekend is fast approaching – 8th and 9th October. Today we have 26 varieties of apple in our shop and by next weekend this should be nearly doubled. Paul is leading walks round the orchard at 11.30am and 2.30pm on the Saturday and 3pm on the Sunday. Bring stout shoes or wellies.
Woodpecker Cafe will be open from 9am – 4pm on the Saturday – closed on the Sunday.
Please note that the farm shop we will be closed from Monday 10th October to 2pm on Saturday 15th October.

Fruit update 27th August 2016

We are well under way with plums. We are currently picking Victorias and Marjorie Seedlings. There are still some Yellow Pershores on the trees but they will end soon. We are just starting to pick damsons.
The two PYO apples are Katy and Bramley with Worcesters likely to be ready in the next day or two..
We are open all Bank Holiday until 6pm in the evening. The cafe is open today but closed Sunday and Monday.
We aren’t going to the Pershore Plum Festival this year but hope to see you here instead!

Cooking apples 2016

We have started to pick both Grenadier and Bramley apples today. At this stage, neither are suitable for storing in their raw state but are ideal for immediate use or freezing.
We are getting ready for our plum w/e and today have taken delivery of cheddar with plum truckles – our Purple Pershore plums of course! Plum jam is being made as I write.

Fruit update 14th August 2016

The plum harvest is now well underway. Yesterday we started picking Swans, Belles and Excaliburs and we still have Purple and Yellow Pershores and Czars. We are planning to start picking Victorias on Friday.
Apple varieties are gradually increasing and we currently have – Beauty of Bath, George Cave, Irish Peach and Ribston Pippin.
We have a busy week ahead with the BBC coming on Wednesday to pick Paul’s brain about plums in readiness for an article on Farming Today (Radio 4)
On Saturday and Sunday 20th and 21st August, is our Plum Weekend. Come and sample our plums! If you wish, join in a plum walk and tasting round the orchard on Saturday at 11am or 2.30pm or Sunday at 1pm. The Woodpecker Cafe will be open on the Saturday with plum based cakes and pies.