Gooseberry & Elderflower Jam
Picking & jam making has begun – Elderflower & Gooseberry jam first, followed by redcurrant jelly, blackcurrant, loganberry and raspberry jams. The jam can be tasted at breakfast on your warm buttered toast or croissant, or sample the fruit fresh /or as a compote added to yogurt, yum!
June and July are great months to visit the beautiful gardens of North Devon to see what they do with their fruit or enjoy their summer plants; Castle Hill Gardens is only 3miles from Huxtable Farm, Marwood Hill gardens just the other side of Barnstaple, Tapeley Park at Instow, National Trust Arlington Court 12 miles away and RHS Rosemoor to the south at Torrington with its Festival of Roses 14th June to 13th July.
Walking-North-Devon, Exmoor & South West Coast Path
Huxtable Farm is ideally situated on the lking trails Tarka Trail, 9 miles east of Barnstaple and The Macmillan Way West, 10 miles west of Challacombe and 11 miles west of Simonsbath, just right for a days walk! In addition The South West Coast Path (England’s longest National Trail, 630 miles), as featured in the film and book ‘The Salt Path’, is 15miles to the north and west of Huxtable Farm, ideal for walking sections of the coast path and returning to the comforts of an en-suite bedroom with a bath to soak in! For more information on walking paths please click here.
During June, the sheep are shorn and the fleeces are sold to spinners & weavers but I always keep one to spin my own wool too. Please do look at what else is available to purchase made from the wool of our Jacob sheep. In addition to Jacob wool items; throws, cushions, knitted hats and toys, we also have some prints and cards of my water colour paintings available to purchase, please do have a look at some of them here – Gifts from Huxtable Farm.
To celebrate Huxtable Farmhouse being over 500 years old we are giving everyone who stays at Huxtable Farm a free copy of our book ‘Huxtable The Story of a Devon Farm’, with historic facts about the farm and its buildings, including ancestery of the name’Huxtable’, said to have originated here. Do check availability for when you can stay either in the B&B rooms or camp on one of our four secluded pitches, each with thier own wash room;-