I was going to shut down this Blog, but then I realised that I have recipes on here, as well as a history. So I decided to delete the pages that relate to the business that we once had. A business that I'm still sad about having to stop. I tell myself  that it wasn't a failure, because we learnt so much and met so many wonderful people. We haven't yet gone on our holiday, but will hopefully head off soon. There's always final jobs to get done on a farm! We will leave the farm in the capable hands of our daughter and head off into the wild blue yonder.......soon. I have some really good recip ..read more

A few weeks ago I sent out an email to all those on my email list to inform customers that we would be ceasing business by the end of June. This was a really tough decision to make as we have loved being free range pig farmers. It has been a huge learning curve for us, and I really think I could write a book about it and about paddock to plate marketing. Through this journey we've not only learnt alot, but we've met some wonderful people. Some of those we've been their first point of contact with eating real food. Food farmed the way it should be. I have been a big advocate of the ethical far ..read more