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Winners of the Taste of the West 2009 Gold award for retail outlets in Cornwall.
We are a 850 acre traditional mixed and non-intensive family run farm based in the heart of rural Cornwall and we produce, supply and deliver the finest quality meats and produce from our licenced premises.All the beef and lamb sold in the shop is born and reared on our farm.
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Seasonal Selection from Lobbs Farm Shop ...
July 2010
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July '10
Have you enjoyed a picnic or barbecue this summer using produce you bought from Lobbs Farm Shop?
Why not tell us about it and send us your favourite recipe or a photo and be entered into our prize draw to win a £50 voucher to spend here online. We'll even include the postage, so you can enjoy a little bit of that great summer taste when you get home!
To enter simply click on the sheep to the left and email us your entry along with your name & contact details
Closing date 30th September
Newsletter Summer 2010
News from the farm
It has been a dry spring and early summer which has meant the silage harvest was down in quantity by 30% but because it didn't get rained on, the quality will be good. We are just going to have to save the fields and hope to cut a second crop in July. It has been great weather for making hay which has been saved without any rain creating drying problems. The hay we make is made into small oblong bales which are ideal to carry around the farmyard to feed individual animals in pens such as a cow with a baby calf.
Between the silage harvest in May and the hay harvest in June we, like many farmers, went to the Royal Cornwall Show. This year's event was special for us as Derek Hocking, one of our farm team, received his long service award - a framed certificate and free entry to the show for his lifetime. This is an award that Derek will enjoy and has been well earned.
Derek has worked for the Lobb family at Kestle Farm since he was 19 years old; a total of 45 years. He began to work for our father, Jim Lobb, at Lower Kestle Farm as a general farm worker which is a catch all description which conceals more that it reveals. In reality Derek is highly skilled and is able to turn his hand to many a job on the farm from tractor driving and machinery repairs to the care of beef cattle and sheep. Derek has probably ploughed more land in St. Ewe parish than any other person alive; he knows the fields like the back of his hand which enables him to complete his work to a very high standard. Over the years Derek has rebuilt many a stone gaps within hedgerows as well as trimming the hedges and maintaining the fences. His knowledge of the farm, its animals and wildlife is immense; he observes the creatures around him and follows the nesting and hatching of the wild birds. During his lunch break Derek regularly shares his grub with the birds and is on first name terms with his robin!
There have been many changes on the farm over the years. Like many family farms, the farm management has been passed down to the next generation of the Lobb family to run in their own particular way. Derek's current employers, Terry, Ian and Richard Lobb, have diversified the business by the development of the award winning Lobbs Farm Shop at Heligan. Derek was also involved in this diversification as he assisted the local building team in its construction, and now helps in the growing and harvesting of the fresh produce sold in the farm shop.
We, the Lobb family, are in no doubt that Derek deserves this award in recognition of his many years of hard work and his self taught abilities as a 'general farm worker'. He is a true countryman through and through.
News from Lobbs Farm Shop
The farm shop has an interesting choice of events occurring in the Barn:-
Greek cookery with Helen Chumbley 17th July £10.00
Pasty making with Anne Stanfield 21st Aug £6.00
The summer is the time to have a picnic. Whether it's the complete job of basket, tablecloth and glasses or just a few plastic boxes and a cold drink, we can help.
The delicatessen counter has a wide range of our own and Cornish produce. We would normally have quiches (smoked bacon or vegetarian), pork pies, sausage rolls, homity pie and frittata (an omelette that thinks it's a pie). For cheese lovers we have some superb Cornish cheeses such as Cornish Blue, an award winning blue vein with a soft center. St Endellion is a terrific creamy soft cheese similar to brie. Trelawney is a creamy lemon flavour hard cheese, great with one our pickles. Everyone now seems to recognise Yarg with its unique wrapping of nettle; it is a good flavoursome cheese. No picnic is complete without a hunk of cheddar and we stock the award winning Montgomery's, a real classic cheese.
We really do have a huge choice of pickles from Sisley's, one of which is an award winning red onion & chilli delight which is mild and sweet. Crellow have a large range, some with great names such as 'Damsons in Distress' which is a Cornish damson (kea plum) chutney ideal for cheese or cold meats.
To wash down your food I would recommend one of our many ales or cider. The Wooden Hand Brewery are now making a Cornish steam lager which is a light beer with a golden colour and Healey's are selling the Cornish Rattler, a cloudy biting refreshing drink best drunk on a sunny beach in Cornwall.
There are also a huge range of soft drinks. I can personally recommend the Luscombe St. Clements, a classic orange and lemon drink made with a tingle of fizz. One of our most popular drinks is the Cornish Orchards elderflower presse, an infusion of freshly picked elderflowers and sliced lemons sparkled with Cornish spring water. This is flying off the shelf and should be served chilled. We are now selling Burts crisps again, available in several flavours. These are great with pickled onions, eggs or gherkins. Other picnic favourites we sell are olives and sun dried tomatoes, all to accompany our fresh bread and real Cornish butter.
For those of you with a sweet tooth please do try one of our own made cakes and sponges. The choice includes a lemon drizzle cake, carrot cake and banana cake. The sponge flavours are coffee, chocolate and victoria sold as a whole or half a sponge packs, with the yummy half a Victoria sponge priced at only £2.09.
If you are anticipating holding an event where you would like to use our produce, to avoid disappointment it may be best to make an order so that we can reserve your food and keep it chilled ready for the picnic. Just ask any of our delicatessen staff who are happy to help or ring Lobbs on 01726 844411
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