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HOW TO BOOK:
Step 1 - Contact the farm on 01404 812 122 to check availability on the Master Classes below.
Step 2 - Join the Soil Association and qualify for a £12 discount.
» join online with credit/debit card (£24)
Step 3 - Contact the farm on 01404 812 122 quoting your membership order reference number to book your free place.
These Master Classes have been kindly supported by the East Devon Area of Outstanding Beauty Sustainable Development Fund
The Big Apple
Apple picking pressing and cider making day
Tom Putt, Netherton Blower, Fair Maiden, Woolbrook Pipppin – great names to toy with and all, in fact, old varieties of Devon apples.
Spend a day picking apples in Blacklake’s lovely old orchards before pressing your very own apple juice and discovering the alchemy of apple juice and cider making. Take home the fruits of your labour at the end of the day to impress your friends and yourself!
| Date: | 4th October 2008 SOLD OUT |
| Date: | 11th October 2008 SOLD OUT | | Time: | Starts at 10am |
| Cost: | £24 (inclusive of an organic lunch) with FREE membership of the Soil Association (see HOW TO BOOK above). |
Making a meal of it!
Cheaper cuts of meat often have the greatest flavour and tenderness when cooked in the right way. And there's never been a better time to learn how to shave pounds off your food bill whilst cooking up a real treat for your family. Join Catherine Broomfield in her kitchen at Blacklake Farm to add some mouthwatering new recipes to your family cook book.
| Date: | 8th November 2008 |
| Time: | Starts at 10am |
| Cost: | £24 (inclusive of an organic lunch) with FREE membership of the Soil Association (see HOW TO BOOK above). |
Pig Out
Join farmers, Catherine & Nick Broomfield in their kitchen at Blacklake Farm, to master the skills of small scale sausage making. Lunch included and a string of bangers to take home!
| Date: | 17th January 2009 |
| Time: | Starts at 10am |
| Cost: | £24 (inclusive of an organic lunch) with FREE membership of the Soil Association (see HOW TO BOOK above). |
Hedge your best
Hedgelaying and apple tree pruning
A hands-on practical day learning traditional skills in hedgelaying and fruit tree pruning. There has been a farm recorded at Blacklake since the Dooms Day and many of the farm’s hedges have been dated at several hundred years old. Nick Broomfield will introduce you to Devon Hedgelaying techniques and everyone will get involved splicing, cutting and laying. In the afternoon, the focus will be on one of the farm’s traditional apple orchards where you will learn the do’s and don’ts of winter pruning of fruit trees. An organic lunch sourced from farm ingredients will be provided along with refreshments throughout the day.
| Date: | 28th February 2009 |
| Time: | Starts at 10am |
| Cost: | £24 (inclusive of an organic lunch) with FREE membership of the Soil Association (see HOW TO BOOK above) |
Pig Out
Join farmers, Catherine & Nick Broomfield in their kitchen at Blacklake Farm, to master the skills of small scale sausage making. Lunch included and a string of bangers to take home!
| Date: | 17th May 2009 |
| Time: | Starts at 10am |
| Cost: | £60 (inclusive of an organic lunch) with discount for those who join the Soil Association (see HOW TO BOOK above). |
All you Knead to Dough! - Bread and Jam (and a nice cup of tea!)
Join Nick Broomfield, farmer and experienced home-baker in his farmhouse kitchen to make bread together using a variety of flours, including gluten-free options. After a homecooked lunch, make fruit jams with Catherine using locally picked organic fruit, including raspberries from Blacklake Farm. A nice cup of tea included!
| Date: | Saturday 20th June 2009 |
| Time: | 10.00am-4pm |
| Cost: | £60 (inclusive of an organic lunch) with discount for those who join the Soil Association (see HOW TO BOOK above). |
All you Knead to Dough! - Bread and Jam (and a nice cup of tea!)
Join Nick Broomfield, farmer and experienced home-baker in his farmhouse kitchen to make bread together using a variety of flours, including gluten-free options. After a homecooked lunch, make fruit jams with Catherine using locally picked organic fruit, including raspberries from Blacklake Farm. A nice cup of tea included!
| Date: | Sunday 28th June 2009 |
| Time: | 10.00am-4pm |
| Cost: | £60 (inclusive of an organic lunch) with discount for those who join the Soil Association (see HOW TO BOOK above). |
Making a meal of it!
Good food isn’t expensive. Catherine Broomfield will introduce you to some of the cheapest cuts of the carcass which produce some of the tastiest meals. Two dishes will be cooked, one for lunch the other for you to take home. All ingredients included in cost. All sourced from the farm itself or local organic producers. Walk round the farm (to build up the appetite!) and look at the livestock included
| Date: | Sunday 20th September 2009 |
| Time: | Starts at 10am |
| Cost: | £60 (inclusive of an organic lunch) with discount for those who join the Soil Association (see HOW TO BOOK above). |
All you Knead to Dough! - Bread and Jam (and a nice cup of tea!)
Join Nick Broomfield, farmer and experienced home-baker in his farmhouse kitchen to make bread together using a variety of flours, including gluten-free options. After a homecooked lunch, make fruit jams with Catherine using locally picked organic fruit, including raspberries from Blacklake Farm. A nice cup of tea included!
| Date: | Sunday 4th October 2009 |
| Time: | 10.00am-4pm |
| Cost: | £60 (inclusive of an organic lunch) with discount for those who join the Soil Association (see HOW TO BOOK above). |
Pig Out
Join farmers, Catherine & Nick Broomfield in their kitchen at Blacklake Farm, to master the skills of small scale sausage making. Lunch included and a string of bangers to take home!
| Date: | Sunday 18th October 2009 |
| Time: | Starts at 10am |
| Cost: | £60 (inclusive of an organic lunch) with discount for those who join the Soil Association (see HOW TO BOOK above). |
The Big Apple - Until the pips squeak! Apple pressing
Apple Juice and Cider has been made at Blacklake Farm for generations. The farm has maintained all its traditional orchards with a wide variety of local apples. Enjoy picking apples in the orchards followed by apple pressing for both cider and juice. Full on day. Plenty to do and good fun. Bottles of juice to take home. Home cooked lunch in the farmhouse included
| Date: | Sunday 1st November 2008 |
| Date: | Sunday 8th November 2008 | | Time: | Starts at 10am |
| Cost: | £60 (inclusive of an organic lunch) with discount for those who join the Soil Association (see HOW TO BOOK above). |
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