Hope Springs Smallholding

24/12/2025

Merry Christmas from us all at Small Farm Training Group.
Looking forward to another year of Training Courses, Friday Night Talks, Agricultural Shows and Events.
Please take a look at the events page for January,
https://sftg.org.uk/our-events/

The website site would make some good reading whilst you are letting the Christmas dinner go down. https://sftg.org.uk/

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23/12/2025

Well… that’s a wrap! 🦃🥕🍯
The turkeys, veg boxes, eggs and chutney boxes have all been safely delivered.
A huge thank you to everyone who supported my little smallholding this year and chose to buy local. It genuinely means the world. 💛
A year’s worth of graft, planning, sun, mud, weather-watching, and late nights — done and dusted.
Now it’s time to put the kettle on, enjoy Christmas, and start dreaming up 2026… because there’s plenty more of the same to come (and maybe a few new ideas too 😉).
Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas 🎄✨
Thank you for backing small, local, and home-grown.
Onto2026 ThankYou

23/12/2025

Well… that’s a wrap! 🦃🥕🍯
The turkeys, veg boxes, eggs and chutney boxes have all been safely delivered.
A huge thank you to everyone who supported my little smallholding this year and chose to buy local. It genuinely means the world. 💛
A year’s worth of graft, planning, sun, mud, weather-watching, and late nights — done and dusted.
Now it’s time to put the kettle on, enjoy Christmas, and start dreaming up 2026… because there’s plenty more of the same to come (and maybe a few new ideas too 😉).
Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas 🎄✨
Thank you for backing small, local, and home-grown.

20/12/2025

🎄 Christmas Veg Box deliveries are in full swing! 🎄
With the added bonus of catching up with some truly fabulous customers along the way.
It’s incredibly rewarding to see all the hard work that goes into growing high-quality, tasty, local food heading off to be enjoyed on Christmas Day. That’s what it’s all about ❤️
Thank you for supporting local this festive season 🎄🥕🥔🎄

17/12/2025

Harvested veg for Christmas dinners 🎄

They might not look as pretty as the plastic-wrapped, supermarket kind, but these beauties have had a good frost and come straight out of the ground this morning — which means sweeter, nuttier, and full of flavour.

Parsnips, carrots, celeriac, Jerusalem artichokes, ready to be washed and peeled of course the obligatory Brussels sprouts 🥕

Proper Christmas veg, just as it should be.

04/12/2025

Hello all, thank you again for all your orders for our Christmas Chutney Trio Packs - I understand there is an issue if you are using an iPhone or a Mac to try and complete your order (technical stuff with my website, which I am trying to fix, but clearly I am better at making chutneys than fighting with website settings!!)

If you wish to place an order and are having issues, please contact me on 07843 007537 and I will do my very best to help you.
Denise

https://hope-springs.co.uk/our-online-store

03/12/2025

Wow… the Christmas Chutney Trio packages have been flying out the door! Thank you so much to everyone who’s already placed an order — you lovely lot are keeping me on my toes! Lots of jars packaged and ready to be collected and delivered!

I’ve just brought more onions out of winter storage and into the kitchen, ready to begin the slow and laborious process of caramelising them down into another batch of rich, deeply delicious onion chutney.

Now off to dig up more beetroot for tomorrow's kitchen adventures 🤗

30/11/2025

🎄✨ Christmas Chutney Trio Packs Are Here! ✨🎄

Due to popular demand our Christmas Chutney Trio Gift Packs are now LIVE on the website — just in time for festive gifting and the cheese-board season! Packaged in a recyclable gift box with a gift tag for you to personalise as you wish.

Build your own trio from our bestselling flavours. You are welcome to choose 1 of each flavour, 2 of 1 plus 1 other, or 3 of a kind.... completely up to you 🤗

🔥 Hot Sweet & Sticky Chilli Jam
A fiery little number with a sweet sticky kick — perfect with cheese, sausages, or anything that needs waking up.

🧅 Caramelised Onion Chutney
Rich, slow-cooked onions with a deep, sweet tang. A classic that makes every cheese board 10× better.

🌶️ Hot Mustard Piccalilli
Zingy, chunky, mustardy goodness with a proper punch. The old-school favourite that never goes out of style.

💜 Spiced Beetroot & Orange Chutney
Earthy beetroot with zesty citrus and warm spices — festive, vibrant, and very moreish.

🎃 Spiced Pumpkin & Apple Chutney
A cosy, gently spiced blend of autumn pumpkin and crisp apples. Comfort in a jar. Also perfect as an accompaniment for your turkey curry.

🎁 Perfect for foodies, stocking fillers, hampers, and anyone who loves a proper homemade treat.
They’re small-batch, seasonal, and once they’re gone… they’re gone!

👉 Order your trio now on the website or message Denise on 07843007537 for payment and local collection arrangements 🤗🤗
https://hope-springs.co.uk/our-online-store

23/11/2025

A sunny autumn day spent catching up in the polytunnel -

The cauliflowers and broccoli are bulking up like they’re prepping for a photo shoot, the curly kale and spinach are doing their reliable winter-champions thing, new spinach and chard plants minding their business but growing like little troopers plus winter lettuce to keep the winter blues away 😋😋

Garlic has sprouted and ready to go outside into the veg garden to join the onions! 🧄🧅

Sweet peas, broad beans, and pea seeds growing slowly ready for a head start when planted outside in Spring. 🌸🌷

Plus the beetroot and carrot seeds have sprouted 🤗🤗

Sneak preview for you 🤫🤫🤫Hope Springs Veg Boxes coming Spring 2026....

29/10/2025

29/10/2025

Kuthbert, Kevin and Klyde moved onto new grass today as part of their grazing rotation.... lots of wagging happy tails in the autumn sunshine 🐷🐷🐷

20/08/2025

My favourite summer chutney... spiced Beetroot and Orange..... The last batch has sold out so time to make some more 😋😋 luckily the veg plot has done me proud with lots and lots of beetroot 🥰