Autumn pagesepsitename%% https://chilcotts.farm/tag/autumn/ No longer a working farm. Our home in North Devon Sun, 10 Nov 2019 20:14:18 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://chilcotts.farm/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/cropped-Chilcotts-farm-site-icon-32x32.png Autumn pagesepsitename%% https://chilcotts.farm/tag/autumn/ 32 32 Autumn Fire! https://chilcotts.farm/autumn-fire/ https://chilcotts.farm/autumn-fire/#respond Sun, 10 Nov 2019 20:14:16 +0000 https://chilcottsfarm.co.uk/?p=3475 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 […]

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]]> https://chilcotts.farm/autumn-fire/feed/ 0 Walnuts are falling! https://chilcotts.farm/walnuts-are-falling/ https://chilcotts.farm/walnuts-are-falling/#respond Wed, 23 Oct 2019 09:20:24 +0000 https://chilcottsfarm.co.uk/?p=3421 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 […]

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]]> https://chilcotts.farm/walnuts-are-falling/feed/ 0 Ivy Flowers, good for the Bees https://chilcotts.farm/ivy-flowers-good-for-the-bees/ https://chilcotts.farm/ivy-flowers-good-for-the-bees/#respond Tue, 22 Oct 2019 06:29:01 +0000 https://chilcottsfarm.co.uk/?p=3419 Even though October is drawing to a close, on warm days the bees are VERY busy. If you look closely at the ivy, you can see it covered in insects busy at work on the ivy flowers. Not only honey bees, but wasps, flies and bumble bees. All going about their work gathering or consuming […]

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]]> https://chilcotts.farm/ivy-flowers-good-for-the-bees/feed/ 0 North Devon Homegrown Hazel Nuts https://chilcotts.farm/north-devon-homegrown-hazel-nuts/ https://chilcotts.farm/north-devon-homegrown-hazel-nuts/#respond Wed, 02 Oct 2019 12:27:39 +0000 https://chilcottsfarm.co.uk/?p=3404 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 […]

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