by Freya Baxter | Mar 31, 2019 |
Filberts balms are concentrated oil-based moisturisers which contain no water. Standard lotions contain a large percentage of water, often as much as 50%. This means they need emulsifiers to prevent them separating, thickeners and powerful preservative. Our natural...
by Freya Baxter | Oct 1, 2018 |
We’re about to start in the orchard on the last job of the year. The bees are all fed and sorted for winter, so we turn our efforts to harvesting the cider apples. Before we can get going, the barns have to be cleared and cleaned, the harvesting equipment repaired...
by Freya Baxter | Apr 8, 2018 |
This year we’ll be launching a great new series of courses with Mark at Twinways Orchard. Ever thought you’d like to know more about beekeeping? Our half-day Taster Session will give you the chance to find out what beekeeping is all about. You will spend a relaxed day...
by Freya Baxter | Feb 27, 2018 |
Dorset poet William Barnes (1801-1886) is celebrated annually by a bunch of local enthusiasts. They gather in a cider shed in the depths of West Dorset. This group of idiosyncratic Westcountry folk spends an evening of music, food, cider, songs and poetry. They...
by Freya Baxter | Nov 1, 2017 |
A couple of weeks after the Twinways ‘More Bees Please’ Crowdfunder ended at the beginning of July, Mark joined a couple of other beekeepers from around the world for a fantastic bee insemination course in Scotland. There was the all important theory, some...
