Mantel Farm Shop

19/06/2025

We have lots of hybrids available, in various colours. Reserve online or pop into the shop at the weekend 10am-4pm.

17/06/2025

Make your own Bath Bombs
£38.00 Saturday 26 July.

Learn how to make your bath fizz with these perfect bath bombs, using minimal ingredients and your own choice of essential oils

https://www.mantelfarm.co.uk/store/training-courses-workshops-and-events/country-craft-courses/make-you-own-bath-bombs/

15/06/2025

Have you seen the new bamboo socks available in the shop?

14/06/2025

Poultry Shed Compost. Local delivery available on orders over £20.

https://www.mantelfarm.co.uk/product-category/farm-produce/

12/06/2025

We have been struggling this year to keep the slugs and snails at bay in our vegetable garden. We have decided to trial these organic slug lentils and they are available to buy in the shop.

https://www.mantelfarm.co.uk/store/farm-produce/garden/slug-killer-max-organic-turbo-lentils-300g/

06/06/2025

We have a few White Crested Black Polish hens available.
If you are looking for something different then look no further! This wacky little bird can certainly add a smile to everyone’s face with it’s crazy ‘hair-do’, looking like a relic from the 1970’s! The origins of this bird are far from concrete but there have been records of it through at least the last five to six hundred years, its beginnings being claimed by Poland, Spain and the Netherlands, all seem to have had a hand in its development. On the females the hair-do is very much a rounded pom-pom, whereas with the male, a wild stand of spikey feathers gives a mad looking appearance! Many will say that Polish are skittish and flighty as they can be easily spooked, but this is due mainly to their vision being impaired by the head feathers, so a calm gentle approach is favoured, also careful trimming of the feathers around the eyes occasionally will greatly help. Once tamed they are generally calm and friendly by nature and can make wonderful pets, especially for children. They are not good in the cold and wet so extra care is needed, also be sure to keep an eye on them if allowed out of their enclosure as they are very inquisitive little birds. Introduction to other birds can prove difficult as they generally stand quite low in the pecking order, so good advice should be sought.

Although originally kept for egg production many years ago, they are now mainly kept as pets and certainly can entertain and raise many laughs. That said, their productivity is not to bad laying approx. 170 white small/medium (slightly pointed) eggs per year.

06/06/2025

We had a busy afternoon yesterday setting up for the South of England Show at Ardingly. The show is on from Friday to Sunday and you can find us in the Bee and Honey Marquee. 🐝🐝

The shop is open as usual over the weekend. 😊

04/06/2025

NEW PRODUCT

Soda Crystals £3.65

Soda Crystals a multipurpose cleaner for household & laundry.

Also used for cleaning hive tools and beekeeping equipment.

Soda Crystals a multipurpose cleaner for household & laundry. Soda crystals are a heavy-duty cleaner for surfaces and floors throughout the home. Soda crystals are soluble in water. It cleans, removes odours, saponifies grease and neutralises acids. Also used for cleaning hive tools and beekeeping e...

03/06/2025

We will be at the South of England Show this coming weekend. You will find us in the Bees & Honey Marquee in Queens Street. 🐝🐝

There's going to be a buzz in the Bees & Honey Marquee at the ! 🐝

NEW this year:
🍯 Friday: analyse a real wax comb and the colony of bees still within the nest within a tree trunk
🍯 Saturday: admire the display of skep making, the original woven straw hives to keep bees. They are also now more commonly used for temporarily housing retrieved swarms.
🍯 Sunday: Use microscopes to examine the exquisite details of the honeybee

And thats on top of their screened observation hides, learning about the threat of the Yellow Legged hornet to our bees, talking to beekeepers, working hive demos, products of the hive shopping and more!

01/06/2025

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