Meet the Neighbours: Mike Baxter of Game Changer Rugby

Meet Mike Baxter: One Year of Game Changer Rugby at Hartley Farm It’s been just over a year since Mike Baxter opened the doors to Game Changer Rugby here at Hartley Farm. A former professional Bath player and Scotland Sevens representative, Mike spent almost 15 years...

Fifty years of Hartley Farm

This year marks a fairly significant milestone for our family. It has been 50 years since my dad arrived at Hartley Farm. Our family had already been farming in Winsley for generations, at neighbouring Church Farm and also just down the lane at Parsonage Farm. But in...

Four of our favourite local pubs near Hartley Farm

Four of our favourite local pubs near Hartley Farm We’re lucky to live and work in a particularly good part of the world for pubs. From proper village locals to riverside spots worth building a walk around, there are plenty of brilliant places for a pint, something to...

Recipe of The Week: Crispy Buffalo Wings

Ingredients 1.5kg chicken wings or drumsticks 5 teaspoons baking powder 0.75 tsp salt (ideally flakes) Sauce 4 tbsp (60g) unsalted butter, melted 125ml Tubby Toms Hot Sauce 1 tbsp brown sugar 0.25 tsp salt Blue Cheese Dip 60g crumbled blue cheese 120g sour cream 60g...

The Simple Therapy of Cooking

At the beginning of this year, I made a commitment to myself to say yes to a few more opportunities that came my way, and to make a few happen myself. When life and work are busy, it’s very easy to put your head down and crack on. Then you catch up with friends at a...

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May

May

This month has been a busy month for us as the kind spring weather meant silage making began and the beginning of building up our feed stores for our cattle for next winter. The balance of rain and...

April

April

This month we kicked off the year’s event’s calendar with our Spring Farm Open day. Thank you to everyone who came to the farm to see a little bit of what we get up to behind the scenes. We hope you...

Allotments available!

Allotments available!

New years resolution to eat healthier, exercise more, reduce your impact on the environment...? Why not start an allotment? February 1st is the start of our allotment year at Hartley Farm & this...

June Haylage Making at Hartley Farm

June Haylage Making at Hartley Farm

Welcome to our first vlog! A hot dry June made this year's first cut of grass a little easier to manage. In this video we cover the mowing, raking, baling and wrapping of our haylage bales to begin...

NATURE NOTES PART ONE

NATURE NOTES PART ONE

Welcome to Hartley Farm Nature Notes My aim is to give you an idea of some of the things you might see or find around the farm.  I hope you will find it interesting and informative, and hopefully...

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