Christmas and New Year

Over the Christmas period our opening hours are as follows:
Sunday 22nd December 9-4
Monday 23rd December 9-5
 Christmas Eve 9-2
CLOSED 25th,26th 27th December 2013
Saturday 28th December 9-5
Sunday 29th December 9-1
 Monday 30th December 9-5
 New Years Eve 9-3
CLOSED 1st 2nd 3rd January 2014
Back to normal opening hours from Saturday 4th January 2014
(Monday-Saturday 9-5 and Sundays 9-1pm)

 We would like to wish all our customers a very Merry Christmas  and A Happy New Year

Autumn Raspberries, Sweetcorn and Runner Beans

We have lots of lovely Autumn Raspberries, Sweetcorn, Runner Beans and other vegetables. These crops should continue for a couple of weeks or until the first frosts. We have now started harvesting our Pumpkin and Squash and will soon have a great display on the patio outside our Farm Shop. Our Plums and Damsons have now finished for the year.
 Don't forget that Wednesday is discount day with 10% off all PYO prices! And do come and visit Andy Johnson's Fish Stall in our Farm Shop car park on Wednesdays and Saturdays from 11-2pm.

Happy Picking!
 Alison

Pick Your Marjorie Plums, Autumn Raspberries, Blueberries, Blackberries and more!

We have now started PYO Marjorie Plums at £1.95/kg... our PYO Victoria Plums have now finished but we still have ready-picked Victorias in our Farm Shop. We also have lots of lovely Autumn Raspberries, Blackberries and the last of our Blueberries. In the vegetable line we have masses of Runner Beans,Sweetcorn,as well as French Beans and Lettuce. We have just started harvesting our pumpkin and squash and these are available in our Farm Shop
 We are open 9-5:30 every day so come up and make the most of our lovely autumn crops!
 Happy Picking!
Alison
PS Don't forget that Wednesdays and Saturdays  we have Andy Johnson's Fish Van in our Farm Shop car park from 11am-2pm with a lovely selection of fresh and local fish!

Bumper Crop of Runner Beans... and lots of Victoria Plums, Raspberries and Sweetcorn!

We have absolutely masses of Runner Beans now as well as lots of Victoria Plums, Autumn Raspberries and Sweet Corn. We are now open from 9-5:30 every day.
So come and pick for all those lovely jams and preserves and make the most of the fantastic harvest!
 Happy Picking!
Alison

PYO Victoria Plums

We have now started PYO Victoria Plums at £1.95/kg.... hurrah! We still have  lovely Blueberries and Blackberries and our Raspberries are gradually increasing in number.
In the vegetable line we have Sweet Corn, Carrots, French Beans and our Runner Beans are gradually increasing in number. We also have PYO Flowers including Sunflowers, Zinnias, Statice, Cosmos , Cornflowers and Dahlias all at £6.66/kg... yes... we weigh those as well !
 We are open 9-7pm every day until 31st August and then from 1st September our opening hours are 9-5:30 every day.

 Happy Picking!

Alison

Pick Your Blueberries, Blackberries, Sweetcorn and lots more!

We have lots of lovely Blueberries and Blackberries as well as the last of our Black Currants. We are now waiting for our next variety of Plums to ripen... we hope to have Avalon plums next week and Victoria's by the end of August. In the vegetable line we have Carrots, Marrows, French Beans and some Runner Beans. Don't forget Wednesday is discount day with 10% off all PYO crops!
 We have Andy's Fish Van in our Farm Shop Car Park on Wednesdays and Saturdays from 11-2pm with lovely local fish.
Happy Picking!

Alison

Pick Your Own Blueberries Black Currants Blackberries and Veg!

We now have masses of lovely Blueberries and Blackberries and still have some Black Currants with more Raspberries coming at the end of August. In the vegetable line we have French Beans, Carrots, Courgettes, Marrows and Calabrese. Very soon we will be starting PYO Sweetcorn and Plums... watch this space!
 Wednesday is discount day with 10% off all PYO prices and we have Andy's Fish Stall in our Farm Shop car park from 11-2pm on Wednesdays and Saturdays.
 Happy Picking!
Alison

PIck-Your-Own Blueberries!

We have now started our PYO Blueberries at £6.95/kg and there is a massive crop out there this year! We also have PYO  Dessert Gooseberries, cooking Gooseberries, Black Currants Raspberries ,Loganberries,Tayberries as well as Broad Beans, French Beans, Courgettes, Marrows,
Spinach, Carrots, Carrots, Calabrese and PYO Flowers!
Our Farm Shop and PYO is open from 9-7pm every day and we also have ready-picked fruit and vegetables plus a wide range of delicious local produce.
 Wednesday is discount day with 10% off all PYO prices.

 And don't forget that on Wednesdays and Saturdays, Andy Johnson's Fish Van is in our Farm Shop Car Park from 11-2pm with a lovely selection of fresh local fish!
 Don't forget that the Tea Barn is open every day from 10-5pm for delicious lunches and cream teas...perfect after an afternoon of PYO!
Happ Picking!
Alison

PYO Dessert Gooseberries, French Beans, Black Currants and lots more...!

We have now started picking our Dessert Gooseberries £5.15/kg and French Beans £2.95/kg and still have masses of Black Currants at £3.85/kg. We still have some Red Currants, the last of our Strawberries, Loganberries and Tayberries, and our Raspberries are gradually increasing in number. We also have Courgettes, Calabrese, Marrows, Spinach, Broad Beans, Cabbage and Lettuce.
Our Blueberries will be starting soon.
So do come up and enjoy Picking Your Own!
 Best wishes
Alison

Loganberries, Tayberries, Sunberries and lots more!

All the fruit and vegetable crops are ripening fast now... so there is masses to pick! We also still have lots of Strawberries, Gooseberries, Currants as well as masses of new crop Broad Beans, Carrots , Courgettes, Calabrese, Marrows and Lettuce.
 Don't forget that Wednesday is discount day with 10% off all PYO prices . And during the Hampshire Food Festival in July, if you pick £10 worth of fruit and vegetables, you get a voucher for £5 worth of PYO Plums in August!
 We are open from 9-7pm every day so come up and enjoy the sunshine and our wonderful views towards the South Downs.
Happy Picking!
Alison x

Pick Your Own Red Currants, Courgettes, Broad Beans, Strawberries Gooseberries and lots more!

We have just started our PYO Red Currants at £3.85/kg as well as Courgettes £1.60/kg, Broad Beans £2.20/kg, Spinach £2.99/kg Beetroot 99p/kg and Cabbages 90p each.
 and we still have ABSOLUTELY MASSES  of Strawberries and lots of Gooseberries. Raspberries have just started and lots more to come. So come out and enjoy the lovely summer weather and get picking!
The Tea Barn is now open every day 10-5pm in July and August for a relaxing cream tea or lunch after all that fruit picking!
 And Wednesdays and Saturdays we have Andy Johnson's Fish Van in our Farm Shop car park from 11-2pm with fantastic fresh fish......

Enjoy the summer and Happy Picking!
Alison

Pick-Your-Own Raspberries now started!

We have now started our lovely Pick-Your-Own Raspberries at £6.25/kg and it looks like a wonderful crop!
 We also have absolotely MASSES of delicious PYO Strawberries at £4.20/kg, lots of PYO Gooseberries at £3.95/kg as well as Rhubarb . Our Broad Beans are in-between crops with our second crop starting in a week or so..
 Red and Black Currants, Blueberries and Courgettes will all be starting soon... watch this space!
 We are open every day from 9-7pm so come up and see us soon!
 Happy Picking!
Alison
P.S. Don't forget that Wednesdays and Saturdays 11-2pm Andy Johnson's Fish Van is in our Farm Shop car park with a fantastic range of local fish

And.... do come and visit the lovely Tea Barn for cream teas, light lunches and home-made cakes... just what you need after a hard morning of fruit picking!

Absolutely Masses of Strawberries,Gooseberries Broad Beans and lots more to come!!

 We  now at our peak for Strawberries .....as the warmer weather is ripening them quickly. We opened our 2nd field mid-week and today have opened more fields. It will never be easier to pick Strawberries  so come up soon!
  We also have a magnificent crop of Gooseberries  right next to the Farm Shop as well as deliciously tender Broad Beans from the 1st of our 4 sowings. We still have Asparagus in the Farm Shop but the season will end soon.

 Roger, Jeannie and the boys finished strawing our latest variety Judibelle which will be ready later in the Summer. We also have cottage garden plants, herbs and vegetable plants on the patio as well as a delicious range of local produce in the Farm Shop.
 We are open from 9-7pm every day so come up and see us soon!
 Happy Picking!
Alison

Broad Beans!

We have now started PYO Broad Beans at £2.20/kg and we have lots of lovely Strawberries and Gooseberries as well as Rhubarb. Our Asparagus is still available- but do come and make the most of it before the end of the season!
  Don't forget the visit the lovely Tea Barn in the Farm Shop Car park for delicious home-made food made with the finest local ingredients... their wonderful cream tea is the perfect end to a PYO day!
 And many thanks to everyone who voted us Best Independent Local Food Retailer in the Petersfield Food Festival last weekend.... we are very grateful for all your support and good wishes.
 Alison

Pick-Your-Own Strawberries and Gooseberries!

Hurrah... despite the weather we are now open for PYO Strawberries and Gooseberries as well as Rhubarb. PYO Strawberries are £4.20/kg, Goosberries £3.95/kg and Rhubarb £2.50/kg. We also have ready-picked fruit in the Farm Shop. Our Broad Beans  and Currants will be starting in the next week or so..... just need a little more sunshine!
 We still have lots of lovely Asparagus - the season is at its peak now and we have 454g  bundles of Asparagus at £2.90 or 2 for £5.50 as well as our bargain kitchen-grade baskets for £4.99 (1.36kg net weight).
 Andy the Fish man is in our Farm Shop car park Wednesdays and Saturdays 11-2pm with a wonderful selection of local fish . And don't forget the wonderful Tea Barn ( open 10-5 Tuesday to Saturday) at the bottom of the Far

m Shop car park serving lovely lunches and teas and using our fruit and vegetables as well as other local produce.
 Happy Picking!
Alison x

Our Lovely Asparagus is here... despite the cold Spring weather!

We now have our lovely Asparagus in the Farm Shop and with have our wonderful asparagus bundles available from now until the end of June £2.90 for a 454g bundle. There is an internittent supply of our kitchen- grade off cut basketsuntil the weather warms up!
 The Pick-Your-Own will start with Gooseberries in mid-June and our Strawberries will be ready after that... it is the coldest Spring since we first planted Strawberries here in 1979!!
But when the Strawberries start it will be a MASSIVE crop!
We are open 9-5:30 every day including Bank Holiday Monday and from the 1st June we are open 9-7pm every day!
 Wednesdays and Saturdays we have Andy Johnson's Fish Stall in our Farm Shop car park from 11-2pm for lovely Fresh Fish.
 And the Tea Barn is open 10-5pm Tuesday-Sunday and on Bank Holiday Monday... so lots of reasons to come and see us soon!
Alison xx

  

Asparagus Ready Soon!

We are all waiting for our lovely Asparagus... but it's not quite ready yet due to the cold days and night frosts...watch this space!!

Easter Opening Hours

Our Farm Shop is open over Easter as follows:
 Good Friday 9-5pm
Easter Saturday 9-5pm
Easter Sunday 10-2pm
 Easter Monday CLOSED
 And from Tuesday 2nd April we will be open from 9-5:30 every day including Sundays.... as it is officially summertime......ha ha!
We have just started picking our Rhubarb and Leeks and PYO will start when it warms up and we have enough for you to pick... the cold weather is slowing everything down at the moment as you can imagine! But we sell Logs and Kindling to keep you warm as well as lovely pies from the Real Pie Company, delicious cakes from Farmhouse Cookery and Country Cakes as well as gorgeous bread and hot cross buns from The Granary!
 So come up and see us soon and call in at the new Tea Barn for delicious cakes and lunches.
Alison

PS Have a look at this video about Farmers Markets and Durleighmarsh Farm Shop!

http://youtu.be/xQKsbzn53VI