Plants for sale, Cratfield Open Weekend, 14 & 15 June
Aquilegias, petunias, geraniums, and – chilli plants! (Petunia photograph here, and chillis here.)
St Mary’s Church, Cratfield
Do you recognise this object? Find out more by joining one of the six expert guided tours of the Church during the Open Weekend, 14 & 15 June. Two tours fully booked! Book in advance at cratfieldsuffolk@gmail.com
Aspall Cyder in Cratfield
Aspall Cyderย atย The Poacherย in Cratfield. In 1728 Clement Chevalier inherited Aspall Hallย and moved to Suffolk from his native Jersey. But the cider grown in Suffolk did not satisfy him and so he imported trees from Jersey to produce ‘cyder’, and, as … Continued
Hundred River Artisan Ice Cream
Cratfield’s Open Weekend on 14 and 15 June is coming closer and we hope it will be good weather, hot sunshine and clear blue skies! The kind of weather where you need to wander through pretty gardens with an ice … Continued
Spring can be Blue
Wikipedia tells me these plants are native to the Eastern Mediterranean, North-East Iran, and Turkmenistan. In Victorian times a blue hyacinth apparently indicated sincerity. (The RHS provides cultivation notes.)
Water supply in Cratfield
Cratfield didn’t always have running water, as this water pump on Bell Green shows. A villager remembers that ‘..Up the top of the drive we had a water mill and everybody brought their buckets as water carriers. A man named … Continued