July 2024 At Crouchers Hotel, we're not one to blow our own trumpet - we leave that to our satisfied customers on Trip Advisor. However, now that the growing season…
May 2024 Where does the time go? It was not so long ago that the Croucher potager beds and hotel borders were barren wastelands of nothing... not any more.…
April 2024 As head gardener at Crouchers Hotel and Restaurant, I am often asked for tips and advice. Sometimes I can offer sage words of wisdom, other times it is…
March 2024 This weather is biblical isn't it? The general consensus is that our winters will continue to get wetter and wetter, so I'm afraid it is something we're all…
February 2024 It's fair to say that during the glorious summer months, us gardeners get a lot of grief off the poor souls who work indoors. And it is true that…
January 2024 Happy new year to you all, and thank you for making this festive season such a memorable one for everyone at Crouchers. To have been sold out for…
December 2023 Oh December, how we love you. All the regular gardening jobs are done, there is nothing to do except stay indoors, warm and dry, sipping on an Irish…
November 2023 We've had some illustrious visitors to the Crouchers estate over recent years. I'll never forget saying 'Good morning' to the actor Sam Neill (he of Jurassic Park fame)…
October 2023 The growing season at Crouchers' potager garden is slowly coming to an end, but we still have a lot of homegrown produce winging its way to the restaurant…
September 2023 The potager garden is in its fifth season, and I have been amazed that with each passing year more and more guests and residents come to see Jason…
July 2023 As every gardener knows, we are now knee-deep in the busiest time of the year - in fact, we're no longer gardeners, instead we're plate-spinners desperately dashing from…
April 2023 Someone far wiser than I once said, that to appreciate the unseen hard work of others, you must 'walk in someone else's shoes'. * Well, this past week…
March 2023 The weather forecast on the news this morning said there's another very cold snap coming in - I can tell you, I've had enough of the freezing temperatures.…
November 2022 It's over in the blink of an eye, isn't it? No sooner have you cared for young seedlings through those first difficult weeks, into sprouting adolescence and then…
June 2022 They grow up so fast, don't they? One minute they're playing with their favourite action man, the next they're a spotty teenager. You can only hope that you've…
April 2022 It's fair to say that the potager garden is coming back to life after the cold winter months and the snap frost we endured just a couple of…
February 2022 At a certain time around the beginning of a new year, myself and our fantastic head chef Dave sit down and discuss how the potager garden can best…
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