Kay’s August Blog

Kay’s August Blog

As the saying goes ‘make hay whilst the sun shines’, we finally managed to do this earlier this month (about four weeks later than planned!) as we had three consistent warm days. Making our haylage is an essential part of our preparations for the winter. We use a...

Croots Guide to Barbecue

Choosing Your Barbecue Gas or charcoal, the debate goes on. Purists relish the low and slow approach to charcoal and the the smokey flavours imparted by the different types of wood. If it’s mostly weeknight burgers and sausages that you want, then the ease of gas...

Pie Award Winner

We are delighted to have picked up a Highly Commended Gold Award for our homemade Croots Mince Pie earlier this month. It was a great end to the British Pie Week where we had our range of 6 pies all homemade and all using local ingredients on offer....

Decarb Project Podcast

Listen to the Low Carbon Podcast from the University Of Derby, where Croots Farm Shop features our owner Kay Croot  Kay talks about the farm, the cafe and her commitment to keeping the farm ‘green’. “We already have a focus on food miles, food waste,...
Kay’s February Blog

Kay’s February Blog

Happy February everyone! It’s a busy month for us, with team holidays, event planning, preparations for the horses and sheep season ahead and my two children Nicole and Jamie’s birthdays! On the farm, the work has continued with new hedge plants being put in the...

Happy Christmas From Kay

A big thank you from everyone here at Croots, we really do appreciate your support and custom over the year again. We would like to wish you and your family the very best Christmas and of course 2023 x...