by Freya Rogers | Mar 31, 2019 |
Filberts balms are concentrated oil-based moisturisers which contain no water. Standard lotions contain a large percentage of water, often as much as 50%. This means they need emulsifiers to prevent them separating, thickeners and powerful preservative. Our natural...
by Philada Rogers | Feb 22, 2019 |
When it’s cold outside, we like to spend a bit of time indoors experimenting with new products. Suzy has trialled and adapted our new kits for making beeswax food wraps. We’ve put together some clear instructions and you can make 3 wraps from each...
by Philada Rogers | Jan 8, 2019 |
Time to look after yourself with some Lemon and ginger winter Tea – best made in a teapot, but if you haven’t one to hand, make it in a jug covered with a small plate to keep the tea warm while it brews. Warm the pot or jug first, then add the Juice of one...
by Philada Rogers | Nov 19, 2018 |
Getting ready for the Dorset Food & Drink Christmas Fair. We have Dorset honey, beeswax candles, gifts for gardeners, “thank you” gifts for teachers, craft kits. Beeswax balms and salves to protect against the winter weather … come and join...
by Philada Rogers | Nov 5, 2018 |
In true rural Dorset fashion, we tend to use whatever’s at hand when we need a bit of skin protection. Mark’s been applying Natural Beeswax Polish (we call it NBP) to heal his gnarled hands, the result of working our 17th century twin screw cider press. NBP is...
by Freya Rogers | Oct 1, 2018 |
We’re about to start in the orchard on the last job of the year. The bees are all fed and sorted for winter, so we turn our efforts to harvesting the cider apples. Before we can get going, the barns have to be cleared and cleaned, the harvesting equipment repaired...
