Growing

Recording the journey of creating a micro #vineyard for our family. Creating an insight into #viticulture. #Allotment #Garden #Dorset

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Frost damage to our flowering vines in #Cranborne. Hoping we still have some flowers that set! Last year our miniature family orchard produced almost 60lts of wine. Doubt tgat this year!

[La Fosse Cranborne @Lafosseindorset]

Happy New Year to all our friends and guests. Remember our Extra special B&B rate available for our monthly supper club!

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2025 has been a good harvest from both the Plantet and the Baco Blanc, 5x volume of ‘24 and 3x of ‘23.
Will see how much juice we get from the new press.

[La Fosse Cranborne @Lafosseindorset]

Rare opportunity to join in our usually fully booked fabulous monthly supper club, a taste of the 20’s. Make a night of it with an epic B&B offer too! 19th March. Details see👇

[Cranborne Community Orchard @CranborneGrove]

Buy local, support local, #cranborne #ChristmasShopping

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Family day harvesting, figs, apples and kiwis. Other than the modern mushroom trays, the trolley and harvesting pole have now been used for at least 4 maybe 5 generations of our family.

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Not as big a grape harvest as last year as too wet for my red grapes and the local 🐦‍⬛ community! Pleased with our other newer variety though.

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The bird netting is up in preparation for the harvest to ripen. Alas with such a wet summer mildew has been an issue. Fingers crossed for an Indian summer to boost the sugar content! #vendage2024 #Dorset #HomeGrown

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Good to see our little pomegranate survive another winter and is breaking into leaf. #Cranborne #Homegrown

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Pollination appears to have been good so far this year with fruit developing in our orchard. #Dorset home grown.

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Interesting read from @CranborneEstate https://t.co/Sv6JA55ifI well timed as have just wondered around French woodland that’s been left to naturally regenerate. Posts in foreground were from a vines left to naturalise approx 40 yrs ago. 2nd pic is of close to nature managed oaks.

[Cranborne Community Orchard @CranborneGrove]

A weekend of opportunities to benefit #Cranborne. Volunteer for the village litter pick with Cranborne Bloomers on Saturday 10am &/or help create our community orchard @CranborneGrove Sunday 10.30am. Details below

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Is spring on its way? Despite the miserable damp weather it is not cold! The sea buckthorn is just breaking into leaf! Will this be the first year I can harvest the #diabetes helping superfood from it?🤞The cluster of #darlek s are forcing a few rhubarb crowns.

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@RobsAllotment Quite agree, they are fantastic, each year I plant another couple of rows and have them between rows of perpetual spinach, seems to work well.

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@theterrywalton @Lafosseindorset Many thanks🙏

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Just started clearing the runners, a bit late due to the vindage, when is it too late to collect the beans for next years crop, will give it a go with these. What do you think @theterrywalton After all still picking raspberries at same time as festive holly for @Lafosseindorset

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Incredible the volume of grapes this year harvested a few weeks back. The first time our family have had a significant vindage in over 1/4 century. From the Loire to #Cranborne Dorset. Refreshing family traditions!

Further posts will follow our #wine making journey.

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Just prior to harvest at start of October. #Cranborne #wine #homemade

[Cranborne Community Orchard @CranborneGrove]

How lucky to be where we live. Whilst bimbling around the moon lit allotments, heard deer other side of hedge, saw🦇, heard several 🦉 all in 5 minutes. #Cranborne #Rural #Dorset another heads up, next month legendary @raymond_blanc has a new series on Royal Kitchen Gardens!

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Preparing the nets to cover the vines as last year we were too generous with the volume of harvest shared with the #Cranborne wildlife. They can munch on our autumnal berries but our 🍇 are off their menu in ‘23. #Vendage #Dorset #Homegrown #allotment