OUR JOURNAL.
Gill Meller’s Thoughts on Cooking Over Fire.
Ten Things You Need To Make Winter Good.
Our thoughts this winter, across our businesses, are focused on getting our guests and customers outdoors. I believe that winter is every bit as good as summer and that our relationship with the colder and darker months has become weirdly soured.
Autumn and winter last for about half the year, so we might as well try to make the best of them.
So here’s a short piece on my favourite kit -indoor and outdoor- for winter.
The Folklore and Mythology of the Rowan Tree
Fungi And Foraging By Roger Phillips.
Roger Phillips is a mushroom maestro and one of the most respected foragers in Great Britain.
In 1975 he began his life’s major work, photographing an encyclopaedic collection of world plants and he has since written 20 additional volumes with combined sales of 4.5 million copies worldwide.
FAQs On Crossing The Atlantic.
In Praise of: Trees
Tree-watching is a very under-rated hobby.
We tend to pass trees by, acknowledging them as part of the landscape, and paying more attention to wildflowers or wildlife. But once you start to recognise trees and to really observe them, they are every bit as fascinating and rewarding.
In Praise of: Chickens.
Chickens. They’re everywhere. No, seriously!
As least twice a day I get up from my desk and head outside to wave my arms around in a fashion similar to tai-chi in attempt to usher chickens safely back into The Walled Garden.
In Praise of: The Leatherman Pocket Multi-Tool.
Rachel, the estate manager at Glen Dye, says that we should all hail the small but mighty Leatherman, so we asked her to tell us why…
Six Things To Do In Flintshire
When people ask me where I’m from, I tell them I’m from Flintshire. And yet, to my dismay, the response that I’m most often met with is, “where on earth is that?!”.
Our Top 5 Tents
To mark to launch of our brand new, and brilliant, Farm Shop Campsite in Hawarden, here are our favourite tents, as tried and endlessly tested by us.
The Farm Shop Campsite Map.
5 Spring Plants to Forage Now.
Natasha Lloyd, a Medical Herbalist, details 5 spring plants to forage with de-toxifying and replenishing properties.
The History, Mythology and Folklore of Some of Our Favourite Native Trees
Sheena Corry, the co-founder of The Forge and The Wild Bushcraft Company, introduces us to the history, mythology and folklore of some of our favourite native trees.
Regenerative Farming and Giving Back to Nature.
10 reasons why Camp Glen Dye was absolutely what it should have been.
