If you have always wanted to brush up your school French, or have been working with an online app forever, it seems, without quite feeling that you are making progress, join our beginner French group. Small group, friendly kitchen table atmosphere, grammar explained and a chance to practise some conversation. With coffee and biscuits, of […]
Read More Coming soon – French beginner group!A very belated Happy New Year, Frohes Neues Jahr, Bonne Année and Próspero Año Nuevo from all all Rails Farm! Looking forward to seeing many of you for tutoring, to buy produce and to join us for our monthly German breakfasts, with homemade bread rolls and German conversation. All welcome!
Read More Happy New Year!From all at Rails Farm: Gaby, Cristoph and Isla. Wishing you a joyful, peaceful break and looking forward to seeing you in the new year.
Read More Happy Christmas!The Rails Farm stall at the Holwell Christmas craft fair this morning. So many lovely ideas for presents: honey, organic apple juice, hand-dyed wool, knits …and, of course, Gaby’s wellfare-friendly felted fleeces!
Read More Rails Farm at the Holwell Christmas craft fair this morning- the perfect place for Christmas presents!I left school this summer to become a tutor. The joy of tutoring is its variety. I am teaching a range of children: some at school needing extra support with maths and English, some doing extra languages at primary or secondary level (French, Spanish and German) for fun or looking to gain qualifications, and some […]
Read More All manner of tutoring – how can we help your child?It’s certainly been an interesting week for weather. We’ve had snow, gales, torrential rain, floods, way-above-average temperatures more suitable for September than November … and there are still a couple of days to go. What next? The alpacas seem to be well insulated and happy though…
Read More What weather we’ve had this week!Now that November is here, with cool, damp, grey days, the autumn colours appear even more brilliant. Leaves and berries glow in the soft light, birds are brightly coloured in their smart new feathers and our barn is piled high with boxes of apples and stacks of pumpkins. In autumn, leaves change colour due to […]
Read More Autumn at Rails Farm.Peace seems in short supply at the moment; this is a white poppy for peace. Also made of felted sheeps’ wool, so no plastic waste!
Read More White poppies for peaceInspired by the colours of autumn, Gaby has some beautiful new shades of wool for sale, all from our organically, sustainably-reared sheep. Find Gaby’s wool for sale at the Sturminster Country Market on Tuesdays and on our produce page. This is the perfect time to start thinking about cosy winter socks!
Read More Gorgeous autumn wool shades!This morning’s conversation group was busy ; we always love to welcome new members. Conversation ranged from chainsaws to bubblewrap, from singing sheep to woodpeckers. Gaby made Apfelstreusel (apple crumble) and demonstrated her unique ‘vegan sheepskin’ rugs. Join us next time, on Saturday November 23rd. Everyone welcome, whatever your level of German – or if […]
Read More German Conversation GroupYou can find a list of all our products on the produce page