Heronswood Harvest Festival
Celebrate Heronswood's homegrown harvest at the home of heirloom seeds and taste-test winners. Be inspired to grow your own food and flowers in the stunning setting of Heronswood's historic house and gardens.
Red Hill Truffles
It’s a sunny, chilly autumn afternoon and Jenny McAuley of Red Hill Truffles is preparing for the busiest season of the truffle calendar. ”The truffle season starts at the beginning of June and runs for 12 weeks,” explains Jenny. “The truffle starts growing in the ground in the first week of December and it takes until the first of June to grow and ripen. The fungus grows on the root of tree, and the tree likes the fungus because the fungus kills the grass around the tree that competes with it for the sugar, water and elements it needs to thrive.
Award Winning Dairy
It’s summertime at Main Ridge Dairy, the season for their award winning hard cheeses - called Caprinella & Capony. This time of year the milk volume from the goats generally drops as feed hardens. Like all things from this award winning dairy, good planning and care prevails and due to the great cut of silage this year (harvested on the farm) the girls are well fed through summer which keeps them happy.
MP Experience
Ever wondered what it would be like to be treated like a superstar or how it would feel to get the royal treatment for a day? we’ve used a little poetic license and made slight changes to - Steppenwolf’s song -...