Moving toward Halloween, we have started selling our own grown Halloween pumpkins. Picked and sold from the gate. Prices are £2, £1 and 50p, depending on size.
Category: Fruit
First North Devon Grapes of the 2021
Seems early for grapes. But these seedless eaters are really sweet and juicy. Admittedly, they were grown in the greenhouse, but the first bunch of many to come. Delicious!
Pumpkins Sold Out
Sorry all this year’s Pumpkins have now sold out! Thank you to everyone who bought some. Have a spooky 2020 Halloween, and hopefully see you next year!
Pumpkins for Sale!
We have now sold out of Pumpkins for 2020
Moving toward Halloween, we have started selling our own grown Halloween pumpkins. These have been picked and are £1 each.
Buy from the honesty stall. Find us at Chilcotts Farm in Bickington, Barnstaple.
Sorry, we do not offer pumpkin picking or pick your own.
A Bite Out of Every Apple!
It would appear we have a mouse problem in our store! After carefully picking and storing our apple crop, It would appear a little mouse family has come along and taken a bite out of nearly every apple!
Even worse, it would appear that we have had rat visitors too with big toothy bites out of some of the store squashes.
Autumn Fire!
Wow! The colours of the medlar in autumn is incredible!
I have never eaten the fruit. Each year I store it, ready to eat, and never get around to it.
I am not sure if it is the fact that you have to let it get to the point of rotting before you eat it that puts me off?
However, I wait until the spring and the big flowers probably make up for what I may have missed.
Walnuts are falling!
I checked the walnut trees a week ago to see if the nuts were ready.
The tree still showed the green fruit intact with no signs of releasing its nut from the fruit.
I checked again yesterday, and within just one week, the tree had started to drop its fruit. The green fruit had split open, and some of the nuts were lying on the ground. Others were just about to fall.
I quickly gathered and picked all the nuts before an opportunist squirrel or mouse had the opportunity.
They are now all drying in the warmth of the utility room, to be eventually stored in our outside store, ready for eating at Christmas!
Walnut fruit 
A walnut tree shedding its seed, the walnut 
This year’s harvest of walnuts
North Devon Homegrown Hazel Nuts
Today has probably been the first chilly morning, the temperature is beginning to turn. However, it is dry and sunny, so a chance to gather in some of the nuts.
We have a small young nut orchard with cultivated varieties. Primarily, hazel nuts, but also walnuts and sweet chestnuts.
Before Mr & Mrs Squirrel take my hazel nuts, I thought I would get in there first and pick them.
The walnuts and chestnuts aren’t quite ready yet, so will leave them for another day.
Winter Harvest is Underway
This year I have had a varying crop of apples. The Cooking apples aren’t as abundant as normal, but I have some cracking eaters.
These Fiesta apples are really tasty and soooo juicy! A real prize apple!