This weekend we have ready to pick; Katie, a crisp and juicy blushed apple originating from Skandinavia and Greensleeve, a very juicy, crisp green apple from a cross between Golden Delicious and James Grieve. It is a little early for the Bramley cookers but you could pick a few of the larger ones and with the orchard being surrounded by our large cultivated blackberries laden with fruit their couldn't be a better time for that pie!

Also just starting are our long awaited Runner Beans, which are very late this year due to the bad summer. Strawberries and Raspberries are still picking in reasonable quantities and it is your last chance to get the last few Red or Whitecurrants hanging from the bushes before they drop of to feed the birds!

We will keep you updated by newsletter and in the offers section of our website on new apple varieties coming into season as we wait for the Cox, Russet and much more...

It will be on sale this weekend having been hung for the perfect amount of time that should make for a very tender and flavoursome animal. Pete our butcher will be available to assist with your desired cut along with myself, or one of our chefs always on hand to give some interesting tips on cooking and presentation. It will also be featuring on our restaurant specials menu over the next two weeks as we have another animal arriving next week. My favoured recipe at the moment would be Medallions of Venison set against our own mint and parsley butter crushed new potatoes with our fine green beans served under a rich whiskey cream sauce with portobello mushrooms, this dish has had great reviews in the restaurant over the last 2 days !!

Saturday the 8th September sees us holding our sausage tasting weekend. More details will follow shortly as Huw Jones, our talented charcuterie expert will be unveiling a whole range of sausages and chorizo's to tempt the pallet. We will keep you posted.