Farm Gate Flowers

Farm Gate Flowers

Update: Due to the very hot weather we are experiencing we are no longer having ‘ready made’ flower bunches and bouquets at the ‘ farm gate’ here at Fieldcrest. If you would like to order flowers, from £7 upwards to pick up, then please e mail...
Baking with Herbs – August 2019

Baking with Herbs – August 2019

We will spend an enjoyable morning or afternoon selecting suitable herbs to be used in baking, seeing how to grow, prepare and bake with them and then have some lovely herbal bakes to enjoy with a cup of tea. Chris will demonstrate how to make a mixture of sweet and...
Edible Flowers – July 2019

Edible Flowers – July 2019

Edible flowers are now widely used in catering and fine dining, plus drinks, cake decorating and many other ways. We love growing Edible Flowers here at Fieldcrest and would love to share our experience with you.  We will look at which flowers are edible and...
Spring at Fieldcrest

Spring at Fieldcrest

I think I must start this newsletter with a comment about the weather! I’m sure we all enjoyed the lovely sunshine recently, but of course this comes with some concerns about how it will affect our plants and wildlife. Lots of Queen bumblebees came out early and birds...