Gorse Farm Goodies

…Gorse Farm goodies - a lockdown story!

As the wardrobe became more and more popular, we upgraded to a small wooden shed, and added our own honey and a small fresh milk dispenser to our offering… The milk dispenser was a great success (so much so that Mrs Farmer found herself constantly running back and forth along the farm track to refill the milk!)

We received more and more positive feedback from our local customers. Everyone loved the shopping experience, the personal touches and especially that everything is either coming straight from the farm or being carefully sourced locally to support other British farmers. “Shop local! Shop British!” that’s what we were focusing on. Based on the success of our little farm gate venture, we decided to upgrade to an automated milk vending machine. Although this new addition meant fewer refilling trips, it also meant we needed an even larger wooden shed (and more twinkly fairy lights), which had its grand opening when Storm ‘Eunice’ was raging in February 2022.

With a little more space available, we are now able to host a chilled vending machine for externally bought in local butter, yoghurts, and other fresh produce. We also have a self-service freezer where you can purchase our beef from ‘The Oxford Reds’ - our very own cattle reared on the farm AND our very own pork sausages (and other pork produce) from our rare breed pigs.

We have a picnic area next to the shop where you are welcome to enjoy your goodies with the fab view (and friendly pigs for company!). We also suggest some wonderful circular walks up through the farm if you have an hour to spare!

Here a list of our best selling goodies (some dependent on the time of the year):

• our amazing beef (dry aged in an Himalayan salt cabinet)

• our tasty rare breed pork produce (sausages, bacon, chops…)

• our seasonal raw honey

• our honey based soaps ( 4 different types)

• our pure beeswax candles in a tin

• our fresh chicken eggs

• our fresh duck eggs

• range of dairy products supplied by local dairies (Jersey ice cream, Guernsey milk, butter, natural yoghurts)

• delicious milkshakes from our automated milk vending machine (using milk from Berkeley Farm Dairy)

• milk bottles for the milk vending machine (500ml or 1 litre)

• cake bites from local providers

• Chilli jam chutney from local supplier

• freshly pressed pure Apple juice

• Stainswick Farm raspeseed oil produce

• Gift boxes

• home-grown Dahlia bouquets

• Hay boxes for small furries (guinea pigs and rabbits)

We are open every day from 8am - 8pm and our shop relies on the honesty of our customers.