It is always good to hear the chack chack of our winter visitors from Scandinavia and further East from Siberia . They are come to feast on the apples and Mervyn is here to ring them , weigh and measure and not their condition – all useful information for the British Ornithological Trust.
Castle Fruit Farm High Spots in 2017. Successful growing and harvesting season.Bumper crops thanks to our great team here and our summer family of harvest workers. Richie and Claire have added a new Baby Bentley,baby Maddie to the team. Having our work recognised by several awards this year. Seeing signs of increasing diversity of natural
So harvest is over! Our summer family of pickers are mostly homeward bound after a very busy and lucrative time here. They go home to their communities hoping for good snow as many of them work in the ski business in the winter. They were a good crew and we hope we will see most
The year is flying by ! I am going to introduce you to our team. The weather, the pollinators, the condition of the trees are all important but above all it is our team that brings the orchards literally to fruition with great quality fruits which keeps us an economic thriving fruit farm. Small family
Harvest is starting at Castle Fruit Farm. The Team arrives ! Read More »
The magic of pollination has happened and we have a myriad of insects to thank and above all think about. Pollination is the transfer of pollen from the male anthers to the female stigma which is essential to kick start cell division and set the fruit. Poor pollination leads to poor fruit set and yield
Pollination and the weather so far this season 2017 Read More »
Who is going to harvest our fruit this year ? Buds are breaking on the Valor plum trees and hurrah,the blackthorn is in full blossom so the pollinators can get to work. These are our free workers so we try to make sure pollen is available early on by planting goat willow and keeping some
Winter Work : ” surely there is nothing to do now it’s winter ” How that makes Clive laugh ! One of the foremost things on our minds is :Tree planting. Orchards are being continually renewed, driven by age, unprofitability and the never ending desire of consumers for the new. It is a necessary and
Mervyn is an accredited ringer and is monitoring migrant populations of Redwings, Field Fares and Thrushes. All his data goes to the British Ornithological Society . He sets his nets in which he drops a device which plays the call of a male Lithuanian Redwing and it certainly attracts the crowds. A quick weigh and
We have missed a trick ! Try one of Bentleys Apple Juices with a good slug of Bentleys Plum Delicious . Throw in the ice cubes and enjoy ! New Offer on the farm until the end of June, one case (6 bottles 75cls ) of single variety Apple juice and a free bottle
Still cold evenings and room for a glass of wine and a cheeseboard accompanied by Bentleys Delicious Relish. Take your pick between Plum and Ginger, Plum and Cinnamon or Plum and Chilli.
Bentleys Castle Fruit Farm
Castle Tump
Newent, Gloucestershire
GL18 1LS
Find us 2 miles north of the town of Newent on the B4215 road, 12 miles north west of the City of Gloucester and 6 miles south of Ledbury.
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