Projects

We are growing oyster mushrooms!  We started Good Small Farms in 2021 with the aim of growing local food for human beings.  Mushrooms can be an excellent addition to a balanced and healthy diet.  They are rich in fibre, vitamin D, B3, B5, folate and various minerals.  They are a delicious addition to many dishes […]

We have replanted our traditional orchard with a wide range of apple varieties, added 20 acres of agroforestry (hazels, walnuts, plums and pears in our pasture) and around 1,000 soft fruit bushes. These should start providing a harvest this year.

Welcome to our current Tree List Please contact us to make an order, for any enquiries, or for pricing on orders over £50. We are not currently set up to send plants by post, so orders will need to be collected from the farm. We are able to supplement our own stock with a wider […]

Our new tree nursery sits at the heart of our 100 acre mixed organic and regenerative farm. Our vision is to grow healthy organic plants in healthy organic soil, from local organic seed and cuttings. This is surprisingly radical; we started the nursery after discovering first hand just how difficult it was to source organic […]

The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The next best time is now. Tree planting is trendy, but being trendy isn’t always a bad thing. Native broadleaf trees are essential to wildlife of all shapes and sizes, from fungi and micromoths, to songbirds and hedgehogs. Trees can help to stabilise soil, […]

We started grafting walnuts because we like a challenge! We are proud to be one of the very few places in the UK grafting our own walnut trees. We believe that UK-grown nut crops could play a key role in the healthy and sustainable diets of the future, as we seek to reduce our consumption […]

We grow a selection of redcurrant, blackcurrant and gooseberry bushes, with jostaberries and whitecurrants in the pipeline for next year. We choose great tasting varieties suited to organic, low input cultivation. We take cuttings from our own mother plants in the nursery as well as from productive plantings elsewhere on the farm, propagate them on […]

Tree Nursery & Orchard Jessie and Eric have now started a tree nursery. We won’t be selling millions of trees a year but instead are concentrating on three types: broadleaves with local provenance, walnuts, and soft fruit bushes. Our trees and bushes will be organically certified ensuring that those who believe in organic principles (such […]

Our Cows Matt looks after our mixed herd of cows. We believe that diversity goes hand in hand with resilience – and hope our herd will fare well in the ever-changing climate. The cows are moved daily, emulating their natural rhythms as well as improving the fertility of the land and sequestering more carbon. Matt […]

Agroforestry Agroforestry is a buzz word – but what does it really mean? In a nutshell, agroforestry is putting trees in fields, or forestry in agriculture. Agroforestry has seen a swell in public interest recently, but it’s actually an age-old approach to farming that has sadly declined over the past decades. Whether it’s about cows […]

Hammonds Farmhouse We’re always happy to welcome guests to the farmhouse at Hammonds Farm through Airbnb. Built in the 1800s and set in the wonderful Cotswold countryside, our eight-bedroom country farmhouse sleeps 16 and enjoys sweeping views over the beautiful Stroud valleys, fields and woodland surrounding the farm. It also has a large dining and […]

Acres of Potential Stuart and Athene run our market garden. Together they bring deep and varied growing experience and a whole lot of enthusiasm. We have 34 beds of annuals using no dig principles as well as more no dig beds for perennials, four polytunnels and tilled plots. Our aim is to bring delicious, nutritious […]