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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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...

Christmas & New Year Opening Times

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...

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