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.
Tag: October
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.
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