http://blog.chegworthvalley.com Just another WordPress weblog Sun, 26 Oct 2008 19:08:48 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The first of the plums are now available at our shop and the farmers' markets. We've got Victoria plums today and marjorie seedlings very soon. http://blog.chegworthvalley.com/2008/08/16/plums/ We've now had our shop in Notting Hill open for 10 very busy weeks. We've just started stocking our new season apples - our first three being Discovery, Bramley and Worcester Pearmain. We'll soon have our full range of apple & pear varieties in the shop - 28 types ... http://blog.chegworthvalley.com/2008/08/13/10-weeks-on/ We've been amazingly busy with the shop over the last few weeks. So busy, we've not had time to post a blog update! We've still got a lot of work to do on the shop to get it how we want it, but our customers have been amazingly positive and ... http://blog.chegworthvalley.com/2008/06/24/time-has-flown-by/ Today has been a busy day at our shop. With the opening on Monday, we've had a lot to do. We've had our sign painted on the shop's front - we think it looks great! We've also had much of our stock delivered today as a lot of it is coming ... http://blog.chegworthvalley.com/2008/05/31/almost-there/ With only three days to go until we open the shop, there's a lot of work to do. We've had our cracked front window replaced today which took a lot of work. First we had to have the internal security shutter removed as it blocked the glass, then the old ... http://blog.chegworthvalley.com/2008/05/30/getting-ready/ Good progress has been made with the shop - we've got most of it painted and fitted out. We're now focusing on sourcing stock and arranging all that area. We've now got a date we're pretty sure we can meet - 2nd of June - only a bit over a ... http://blog.chegworthvalley.com/2008/05/24/shop-opening/ Just a quick note to say we're opening our very first shop in a few weeks time, on Notting Hill Gate. We'll be stocking all our apple juices, mixed fruit juices and fruit (apples, pears, strawberries, raspberries, blackcurrants etc!) as well as a wide range of produce from other farms ... http://blog.chegworthvalley.com/2008/05/07/chegworth-farm-shop/ We start with the picking of apples and importantly this is a very crucial part of making a good juice. If the apples are not ripe the the juice has less flavour and less particles and thats where the healthy bit is. So we begin with ripe apples and ... http://blog.chegworthvalley.com/2007/12/11/the-juice-process/ Pruning on the farm is well under way and with over 40,000 trees to do, we find that it needs a good fast pruning team to make any headway. If you put 6 pruners into different fields, it appears that none of them are getting anywhere, but if they are ... http://blog.chegworthvalley.com/2007/12/07/pruning-well-under-way-and-a-new-juice/ Well here we are once again back to adding our regular blog about what is going on at the farm. This winter we have a large project to get through. There has been a constant lack of cold storage space so now is the time to put up a new 5000sq ... http://blog.chegworthvalley.com/2007/10/29/our-new-cold-stores/