Thanks to Intuit UK (the company who makes our accounting programme) who are offering small businesses throughout the UK a chance to win up to £10,000, we started to delve into the Fordhall Volunteer Photo Archives.  We came across some…

On Wednesday 12th March, we were honoured to have HRH The Duke of Gloucester visit Fordhall Farm. We felt very much like ducks…under water (or behind the scenes) it was hectic planning and rushing about, but above water (or to…

2013, that was the year that… Arthur’s Farm Kitchen won three stars (the highest award) from the Sustainable Restaurant Association.  Not only can you enjoy a delicious meal here, but you can do so, safe in the knowledge that your…

“You are what you eat” applies just as well to cows as it does to us. Did you know there are significant differences in the quality of meat based on how the animal was fed? Have you made a New…

A traditional family Christmas celebration, with Carol Singing, Mulled Wine, Mince Pies and if you are very good, Father Christmas will make an appearance too… This event is FREE, just wrap up warm and get your singing voices at the…

Our Tuesday gardening group is often blessed with sunshine and yesterday was no different. This was particularly welcome after the wind and rain of the weekend. Time then to getting planting! After a spot of weeding we lightly dug in…

Its Halloween this weekend and I know there will be some fun and frights at Fordhall on Sunday from 5.30 till 8.30 pm for children and families to enjoy.We had harvested a pumpkin in the garden a few weeks a…

What I enjoy about gardening is thinking about the future! We gardeners look forward to buying seeds ready for the spring and we plan what to plant in order to dream about the produce and what can be done with…

On Tuesday 13th August myself and Emma went up to visit the Growing Well project in Cumbria. This is an amazing project that employs 6 staff members. They run a commercially viable business that supplies vegetable as part of a…

  I knew it wasn’t going to rain and I knew it was going to be hot, but I couldn’t have imagined how much of a scorcher it actually was at our Summer Fair on July 7th. Ben’s catering trailers…