26th November 2011 | Dee's Diary, Shop, Southlands Farm News | No Comments
My wonderful Mum is very talented when it comes to sewing and she has made these gorgeous tartan hearts with buttons and mistletoe for our festive open day….they are Fab! Read the full post
21st November 2011 | Dee's Diary, Local News, Shop, Southlands Farm News | No Comments
Robson’s arrival! Lavender one of our lovely lady Dexters has just had the sweetest bull calf with a curly black coat. We have called him “Robson” after the great chap who is making Charles’s new shed with him as it was all action on the shed when this little Dexter made his Read the full post
21st November 2011 | Dee's Diary, Food, Local News, Shop, Southlands Farm News | No Comments
Today we have been busy baking. Claire and I have made hundreds of mince pies in preparation for our very first Open Day on Sunday 11th of December. It definitely made us feel festive with wonderful smells of cooking and coffee filling the kitchen. More baking is in hand although next time I think w Read the full post
16th November 2011 | Dee's Diary, Local News, Shop, Southlands Farm News | No Comments
Here at Southlands Farm I have been getting creative preparing for our Open Day event on Sunday 11th of December. The farmhouse kitchen is a flurry with glitter, fairy’s, gingham, felt and fabric…creating delicious decorations that you won’t find on the high street.?….You see Read the full post
11th November 2011 | Dee's Diary, Food, Local News, Shop, Southlands Farm News | 2 Comments
It is So exciting! We have been busy cooking, labelling, packaging and at last it has all come together in the opening of our tiny Farm Shop. It is possibly the smallest shop in England! but what it lacks in size it hopefully makes up for in content! Charles and I are passionate about low ... Read the full post
8th November 2011 | Dee's Diary, Food, Shop, Southlands Farm News | No Comments
With the wind bashing our trees recently I have had rather a lot of fallen apples to deal with. Now the weather is getting colder we have an excuse to make all those delicious cozy puddings.One of our family favourites is Tarte Tatin. It is the perfect way to use your apples and tastes delicious ... Read the full post
14th July 2011 | Southlands Farm News | No Comments
The spinach in the veg garden is perfect for picking.I thought I would share a really good quick supper recipe. All you need is a good quantity of fresh spinach, a jar of passata (chopped tinned tomatoes would do),a packet of gnocchi, and cheese.I often use up bits of Brie and other cheeses I have . Read the full post
12th July 2011 | Southlands Farm News | No Comments
Harvesting the most yummy strawbugs as we call them! Now making jam. Just strawberries, lemon juice and sugar so satisfying to think this will see us through those dark winter mornings with lashings of butter on hot toast! Mummy’s Strawberry Jam! (Forgotten skills of cooking by Darina Allen) 1 Read the full post
7th June 2011 | Southlands Farm News | 1 Comment
Scotch thistles have been having a hard time at our Northumberland Cottages over the last three years, and this year they are on our endangered species list. And it’s all thanks to my trusty Martindale 781 which I picked up in a David Dixon’s in Hexham, I then gave myself blisters as I t Read the full post
23rd May 2011 | Events, places to go & things to do., Local News, Southlands Farm News | No Comments
The first Fete in Gunnerton certainly in living memory, The Methodist Chapel used to use a tent on it’s anniversary before the First World War, and St. Christopher’s Church used the Reading Room. Enjoy the pictures……………. Read the full post
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