FARM JOURNAL
Read Tom’s Journal for updates and thoughts from life on the farm, alongside seasonal recipes inspired by the fresh produce available in our Farm Shop.
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PIZZA FRIDAYS ARE HERE!
Great new pizza fans! Starting this Friday, we’ll be serving our wood-fired pizzas in The Barn from 4 - 7.30 pm. You can either pick up a takeaway or book a table in The Barn and enjoy a cold glass...
FREE LOCAL DELIVERY
Good news! We’ve expanded our local delivery route up to a 5-mile radius of the Farm Shop, which now takes us all the way into the centre of Bath. We’re hoping this will be especially useful for...
Road Closures Can’t Stop Us!
For those who live locally to the farm, you will be only too aware of the extremely inconvenient road closure that will be in operation from the 25th of July for six weeks. The B3108 from Bradford...
Easter Opening Hours
Opening Hours for Easter 2022 We are open throughout Easter this year, however, our opening hours will be slightly different to normal as follows. Good Friday - 9 am until 4 pm Easter Saturday -...
March
Well, it has been a wet and windy end to the winter. They do say that March comes in like a lion and out like a lamb, let's hope this month brings some spring sunshine to lift us again! Despite...
The Barn News – January 2022
The Barn is now closed until spring 2022. Building work has begun on creating a new home for our farm kitchen! Thank you again to everyone who supported us last year and at Christmas. It was a sad...
Christmas Orders & Opening Hours 2021
Welcome! We thought we'd put together a little post with all the good-to-know tips and advice for ordering with us this Christmas. As we did last year, all our Christmas orders are placed online. We...
June.
As summer gets into the swing of things, we are following suit and gearing up for another alfresco season! We learned a lot last year and spending as much time out in the fresh air as we possibly...
May
The biggest news for this month is that we have welcomed guests back into The Barn again for breakfast and lunch! We managed to open just for a couple of weeks in October before the second lockdown...
Easter Opening Hours
Our Opening Hours for Easter 2021 are as follows: Good Friday 9 am - 5:30 pm (The Barn is open for takeaway until 8 pm, order here) Easter Saturday 9am - 4pm Easter Sunday 9 am - 4 pm Easter Monday...
February
It was hard to see past the doom and gloom of January. Another national lockdown, grey skies, storms, a flurry of snow and more than enough rain thank you very much. There is, however, a definite...
Christmas & New Year Opening Times
We're heading towards the end of quite a year here at Hartley and indeed for everyone. Thank you to everyone for your support through the year and for your Christmas orders. Our order book is now...
The Perks of a Local Christmas
As a farmer and a food lover, I'm a firm believer that when it comes to meat, in particular, eat local where you can, but always eat British. We are a nation built on the solid and rich heritage of...
Christmas Orders Now Open!
'Tis the Season Christmas will be a little different this year but rest assured our intentions remain the same, to bring people together over the best local and seasonal food. We are so proud and...
October
The Barn is now open! The Barn is now home for our farm kitchen. If we’ve learned one thing this year it is to stay nimble and not plan too far ahead! However, we knew that returning to the previous...
