JOURNAL
Seasonal news, updates and goings-on around Daylesford.
Bees at Daylesford
Celebrating our precious pollinators Everyone knows that bees make delicious honey but they are far more important than that – without them, life as we know it simply would not exist. Read on to find out why we should all care deeply about these special insects, and what we are doing at Daylesford to support […]
Three Ways with Asparagus
Our best asparagus recipes A quintessentially English ingredient, the season for asparagus is all too brief. To make the most of it we asked our Cookery School team to share three of their favourite asparagus recipes. While the three asparagus recipes below take this singular crop to the next level, do remember that fresh asparagus […]
Filling the hungry gap
British farmers and vegetable gardeners may be familiar with the phrase “the hungry gap”, but are you? The hungry gap is the period of time when maincrop vegetables have not yet matured, and the garden is mostly yielding young shoots and leaves. In Britain, the peak of the hungry gap is in May, when winter […]
Spring unfolding on the farm
New life is all around us and our organic farm is a hive of activity. Here’s what has been happening at Daylesford Farm in the Cotswolds as spring unfolds.