It doesn’t seem nearly a year ago that we were harvesting the mint on our Hampshire farm and welcoming Anita Rani and the crew from BBC Countryfile to film for their Harvest 2016 special. But #harvest17 is now in full swing with the unpredictable British weather keeping Farm Manager Ian on his toes! …
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Lavender harvest at Summerdown Farms
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Wow we’ve finished ahead of schedule…
After Farm Manager Ian’s fifteen minutes of fame on Countryfile, normal life on the farm has resumed and Ian has got back to his day job. If you didn’t manage to catch the programme on September 4th, it’s still available on BBC i-player. Incredibly we managed to finish #harvest16 ahead of schedule. After a slow start to …
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Behind the scenes with BBC Countryfile
Thursday 18th August would have been a normal busy day of harvesting and distilling at Summerdown Farms, had it not been the long-awaited day that had been selected by the BBC to come and film Countryfile. It had taken nearly two years from when we first contacted the programme researchers to tell them about …
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It’s hotting up…notes from the Summerdown farm
It’s hotting up this week, in more ways than one! Ian’s back from his well-earned break and his holiday probably feels like a distant memory as it’s been busy busy busy this week getting ready for the onslaught of harvest. This means cleaning down all the machinery and grain stores and checking everything is in first class …
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