Christmas is Coming.......!!!

With the change of the clocks and the darker evenings, thought are starting to turn towards Christmas! So..... we are now taking orders for local Organic Free Range Turkeys, Geese and Capons from lovely Hyden Farm! We also have lots of delicious Christmas goodies in our Farm Shop including chocolates, cakes , tins of festive biscuits, liquers, preserves , chutneys and lots more!

Our Farm Shop is now open Monday- Saturday 9-5pm and Sundays 9-1pm. (In December we will open from 9-4pm on Sundays!)

Alison

PS Piccie shows a wonderful wintry scene in our Plum Orchard last January...just to get you in the Christmas mood!

Pumpkin and Squash Season!

We have now harvested our wonderful Pumpkin and Squash and have a fantastic display on the patio of our Farm Shop. With over 30 varieties of Pumpkin and Squash including Acorn, Crown Prince. Butternut, Onion, Carnival and Little Gem as well as a lovely selection of ornamental gourds, we have something for everyone- including carving Pumpkins for Hallowe'en!

We aslo stil have PYO Autumn Raspberries, Blackberries, Runner Beans , Beetroot and Carrots.

Our Farm Shop and PYO are open every day from 9am-5:30pm so come and visit us soon!

Victoria Plums and lots more!

Our delicious Victoria Plums are now ready for PYO at £1.60/kg so come along and pick for jam-making and freezing! We also have lots of Blueberries, Autumn Raspberries, Blackberries, French and Runner Beans,Sweetcorn, Courgettes and Beetroot.
We are open from 9am till 7pm every day so make the most of the bumper harvest and enjoy an afternoon picking in our scenic PYO fields and orchards.
In our Farm Shop we also have a lovely range of local produce including Farmhouse Cakes, desserts, cheeses, organic meat, smoked fish, local ice-cream and Jersey cream. wines and ciders.

Come and see us soon and Happy Picking!
Alison

Plums, Blueberries and Blackberries and lots more!!

Today we have started PYO Plums(£1.60/kg)- Opal and Czar varieties......and they are really delicious!! Lots more varieties including Victorias to come!

We also have masses of Blackberries and Blueberries as well as Raspberries, Black Currants and the last of our Loganberries. It really is a wonderful tim efor fruit picking!

In the vegetable line, we have now started picking Runner Beans, we have masses of French Beans and also lots of Courgettes, Calabrese and Marrows.

We are open from 9am-7pm every day and don't forget that Wednesday is discount day with 10% off all PYO prices!

Happy Picking!

Alison

Blueberries and lots more!

We have now started our PYO Blueberries (£5.25 kg) and have a lovely crop for picking. We also have lots of Raspberries (£5.25 kg) as well as Red Currants, Black Currants, Tayberries, Sunberries and the first of our summer Blackberries. We also still have some Goseberries and Strawberries with lots more to come with our later varieties in a few weeks.

In the vegetable line we have masses of Courgettes, Broad Beans, Calabrese, French Beans, Marrows and Lettuce.

We are open from 9am-7pm every day.......and don't forget that Wednesday is discount day with 10% off all PYO prices!

Happy Picking!

Alison

Dessert Gooseberries, Masses of Strawberries, Raspberries and Currants!!!

Come and visit us now for wonderful Dessert Gooseberries (£4.20/kg) as well as the most amazing crops of Strawberries(£3.75/kg) Raspberries (£5.25/kg) and Currants £3.10/kg) and cooking Gooseberries at £3.20 kg! We also have absolutely masses of Tayberries, Loganberries and Sunberries (£4.95/kg) prices.
In the vegetable line we have Courgettes (£1.50/kg), Broad Beans (£1.98/kg), Calabrese, French Beans, Marrows and Lettuce.
We are open from 9am-7pm every day so come and enjoy the summer sunshine and pick our marvellous crop of soft fruit and vegetables.
We also have a great range of locally produced food in our Farm Shop including cakes, desserts, quiches, cheeses, wines beers and ciders.

All the Summer Fruits and more!

We are now picking the most amazing crop of Strawberries in our new field....picking will never be easier than this! We also have masses of Gooseberries, Red Currants, Black Currants, Tayberries andLoganberries. Our Raspberries have just started. In the vegetable line we now have Courgettes and Broad Beans.

Wednesday is discount day with 10% off all PYO prices so come along and pick for freezing or jam making! We also give 10% off if you pick 5kg or more of any one crop!

During the Hampshire Food Festival 1st-31st July if you spend £10 or more on PYO crops you will get a free individual Meadow Cottage ice cream if you bring in a copy of the Hampshire Food Festival programme!

We are open 9am-7pm every day so come and visit us and enjoy the wonderful summer weather !

Pick-Your-Own Strawberries and Gooseberries!

Our Strawberries and Gooseberries are now coming along well and we have opened up our main field for strawberry picking (Symphony and Florence varieties). Our new Gooseberry bushes in Tipper field are now cropping well and all looks set for a great PYO season!

This year our Broad Beans are late due to the cold winter but we are hoping to start picking mid-July. We hope to start Raspberry and Blueberry picking in July

Don't forget the Hampshire Food Festival 1st-31st July with lots of wonderful events, tours and tastings! At Durleighmarsh Farm Shop we are offering a free Meadow Cottage ice-cream tub to everyone spending £10 or more on PYO fruit and vegetables- bring your HFF programme to claim your ice-cream!

For more information on the great Hampshire Food Festival look at

www.hampshirefare.co.uk/food-festival.asp

PYO Strawberries and Gooseberries ready soon!

We will be starting PYO Strawberries (Eros variety) on Thursday 3rd June at £3.75/kg. Our PYO Gooseberries (£3.20/kg) will start on Saturday 5th June..........summer has arrived!

We still have our delicious Asparagus is the Farm Shop and the season lasts until late June so come along and treat yourself!

We have now started our longer summer opening hours (june till end of September) and are now open from 9am to 7pm every day.

Come and see us at the Petersfield Food Festival next weekend- we have a stall at the Farmers Market on Sunday 6th June.........in the High St near the Square!

Here's to a Sunny Summer and Happy Picking!

Alison

Asparagus ! Hurrah!

At last! Today we picked the first of our delicious Asparagus! As it is the "first pick" it is available loose and ungraded in our Farm Shop. at £4.50/kg. Our wonderful bundles and boxes will be available next week once we start asparagus grading.

We also now have our own Rhubarb, Purple Sprouting Broccoli and Cabbages (not quite so exciting!!) but also fresh and delicious! We also have a wide range of herbs as well as cottage garden plants

We are open from 9-5:30 every day including Sundays.So do come and visit us and enjoy the start of a wonderful season.

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Spring is in the Air at Durleighmarsh Farm!

With the warmer weather and longer day length it won't be long now until our delicious Asparagus starts! The fields are being re-furrowed and the picking boxes dusted off....the next update will be when we start Asparagus!

In the Farm shop we have a wide range of local fare including cakes, desserts, Rother Valley Organic meat, Weald Smokery smoked fish, Montezuma's Chocolates seasonal vegetables and lots more!

We are now open Monday- Saturday 9-5 and Sundays from 9-1pm. From Monday 29th March we will be open Monday- Sunday 9-5:30.

Easter Opening hours: Good Friday 9-5:30

Easter Saturday 9-5:30

Easter Sunday 9-1pm

Easter Monday-CLOSED

Business as Usual Despite the Snow!

We are open as usual-Monday- Saturday 9-5 and Sundays 9-1pm and have most of our normal supplies including logs, sacks of potatoes, soup , fruit and vegetables and lots of other winter warming food! So come and visit us for your winter supplies!
Alison

Winter on the Farm!

With all this cold wintery weather, our PYO looks very scenic and even in the cold a lot of work is going on behind the scenes ahead of the PYO season which will start at the end of May.
In the Farm Shop we have our own Savoy Cabbage, Curly Kale and Brussel Sprouts......... with Purple Sprouting Broccoli coming soon!
We sell bags of logs and kindling for those cold winter evenings and also take orders for log deliveries. Our delicious Soup Dragon soups will keep you warm and we also have wonderful pies from the Real Pie Company as well as Rother Valley Organic meat.
We are now open Monday- Saturday 9-5pm and Sundays from 9-1pm so come and visit us soon!