A Season of Small Joys

January has a habit of arriving with a lot of noise. New rules. New targets. New versions of ourselves we’re apparently supposed to become overnight. If your inbox looks anything like mine, it’s full of big promises and bigger pressure — all delivered at a time of...

The Christmas Traditions We’re Honoured to Be Part Of

I think the C word was first uttered around May this year. Christmas is a huge part of our calendar, and as the saying goes, you’ve got to make hay while the sun shines — though I do often wish our business wasn’t quite so dependent on it. Over the years, we’ve had...

Pumpkins, Progress & a Taste of Autumn

Autumn has well and truly arrived. Despite the inevitable rain and blustery days, I’ve always loved the distinct seasons we get here in England. By the time one is drawing to a close, I’m ready to move on to the next — ready for a change in pace, whatever that might...

Celebrating British Carrot Day with this delightful dish from our kitchen team

Last week we celebrated the autumn equinox with the most wonderful harvest supper, in one of Kate's polytunnels. Using all of the produce from Kate's organic market garden, our kitchen team created an incredible home-grown feast. We loved the braised carrots so much,...

Autumn & Anniversaries at Hartley

August always feels like a milestone month for us here at Hartley. On 20th August 2008, we opened the doors to our Farm Shop for the very first time. This summer marked 17 years since that day – a moment that always makes me pause and reflect on how far we’ve come. It...

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Easter Opening Hours

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

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 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

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.

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

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...

Wild Garlic Pesto

Wild Garlic Pesto

Head Chef Chris’ wild garlic pesto has been something of a hit on the deli this week. So much so that we thought we’d share his recipe with you here, in case you want to try making it at home....

Easter Opening Hours

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

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...

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