October Open Farm Day - Hog Roast & Ice Cream

Saturday 13 October 2012 between 10am and 4pm is the October date for the Wysipig regular Farm & Machinery Open Day (the farm shop at Ellis’s Hill Farm, Sindlesham Road, Aborfield, RG2 9JG).

Learn about traditional farming methods, admire tractors, steam engine and vehicles of years gone by whilst seeing the pigs and goats in the farm, surrounded by the glorious Coombes woods.

Traditional and wonderfully tasty Wysipig hog roast.

Kevin the Master Butcher will be showing off his skills and tempting you with all cuts of pork, bacon and sausages, his chilli sausages are certainly worth a try!

The Original Present Cupboard offers beautiful gifts and home wares sourced by Nell including oils and creams from the amazing Lubatti range, Christmas decorations & stockings, handmade pet treats, door stops, bathcakes, notebooks, wrapping paper, cards, tea towels, aprons, plus much much more.  Personalised items are available to order. 

Nellie’s Wellies offers a selection of funky wellies, welly warmers and boot bags for men, women and children.  Wide sizes are available for those with generous calf muscles or bunched up jeans!

Muddy boots can be removed easily with a boot jack Decorated by Deryn

Cake Obsession will be returning with fabulous themed cup cakes and cakes to tempt you, as well as a delicious Gingerbread House to drool over, available to order.  Order early for Christmas!

Daisy Ices, a beautifully restored vintage ice cream van will tempt you with delicious flavoured ice creams and hot chocolate.

QGlass will be showing off some amazing stained glass window panels.

Brighten up your home with finds from the gloriously brightly coloured shelves of the very popular Shirleyz at the NEW Shirleyz at Home venue. 

Jack French’s Firewood offers dry seasoned firewood from pick up loads to net bags, providing a year round service, free delivery available on bulk loads!  Net bagged kindling also available.

Ample parking, entry is free.

Please note that the shop accepts cash or cheque only

Look out for us on Twitter  @Wysipig @MrsOrigiPresent @DaisyIces @Cakeobsession1 @qglass @shirleyzshop

Camping in Berkshire

The Farm Shop is open Wednesday to Sunday 10am to 4pm selling my favourite ~Present Cupboard Loves~ every aspect of pork, as well as serving teas, coffees and cakes.  Do follow us on Twitter @Wysipig

Put a date in your diary for Saturday 14 July 2012 which is the July Open Day!

You could always make a weekend of it and pitch up a tent, have a look at the Camping Berkshire website http://www.camping-berkshire.co.uk/.  You can follow them on Twitter @campberkshire

The farm is surrounded by The Coombes (http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4067) which is a wonderful place to walk and lose yourself in peace and quiet.

I do hope you will find your way up to the Farm Shop soon, be sure to tell us how you heard of us.

Fabulous finds and fantastic friends

As I mentioned in the first blog  The Original Present Cupboard  has been around since 2006 and over the years I have been very lucky to meet some wonderful people and I'd like to think you'd like them too!

Many many years ago when my smallest was a tiny baby I went to a gift fair to see a friend of mine and ended up meeting Harriet from Hunter Gatherer who has been one of the funniest friends I have met.  In time I might just share the tale of our first gift event!   The Original Present Cupboard  stocks Cinnamon scented kindle cones and Bowlovers which are both amazing!

A great friend and blogger middleagedcred suggested I join Twitter as I was struck down with flu (not just small flu but big huge 5 months off work flu) and there'd always be someone to talk to at silly insomnia o'clock.  Oh how I laughed, chatted randomly and got to know many Tweeters.

One of my earliest Twitter meets was with Georgie Newbery The Flower Farmer who is fabulous, has a black labrador and a terrific sense of humour.  I love treating my friends and loved ones to gifts and gorgeousness and the flowers are a classic example of a gorgeous gift!

I have spent many hours tweeting and therefore I felt I had earnt myself an addict mug available from Name Art; a number of my friends have been given these mugs and we proudly sip our coffee from ours at the shop.

Another tweeting friend introduced me to his girlfriend Claire and since then she has made some fabulous cakes for me including an Girls Football Team cake (the girls were totally amazed by it), bowler hat cupcakes for my leaving do, some fabulous piggie cupcakes for Open Farm Sunday 2012 at Wysipig .  I'm looking forward to the cupcakes for the July 14 Open Day at Wysipig as well as the birthday cake for my eldest!

Also through Twitter I got to know Gabriella from Moobaacluck who made the wonderful Open / Closed bunting for the shop.  I could spend hours looking at her website and many of my friends and the childrens' teachers have been blessed with a handpainted personalised gift.

If you are looking for a hogroast for an event or would like to order some pork then I can't help but enthuse about Wysipig.  I have blogged about them previously but without them I'd not be able to have a shop!

Wysipig and the July Open Day

The Original Present Cupboard is very lucky to have a shop on a farm in the Aborfield countryside.

On  Saturday 14 July 2012 Wysipig at Ellis’s Hill Farm, Arborfield will be having its monthly open day, between 10am and 4pm.

Visitors will be able to sample the wonderful range of pork products including master butcher Kevin Turner's tasty sausages and bacon.  Audrey French, the proprietor, will be on hand to share her knowledge of food and cooking with helpful hints and advice, together with details of future events and the company's weekly home delivery service .

Visitors will be able to relax and enjoy a hog roast roll, teas and coffee; cakes from Warings bakery as well as some themed cupcakes from Cake Obsession. 

The steam engine, vintage tractors and vehicles will be on show and visitors will be able to see the pigs and goats.

Wysipig is at Ellis’s Hill Farm, Sindlesham Road, Arborfield, and more details can be found on the website at Wysipig.co.uk and on Twitter @wysipig or by calling 07774 989362.



SPECIAL ATTRACTION
Furniture repair surgery by local specialists ‘Traditional Restorations ‘will be taking place on the farm demonstrating techniques and giving quotations for small items or arranging appointments for home visits.

The Original Present Cupboard ~ a new chapter

Hello there, you've found this blog so thank you!

The Original Present Cupboard has been around since 2005, when Nell decided to add something else to the chaotic mix of 3 children (aged 1, 5 and 8), a busy husband, an overgrown garden and an ancient cat.

After a completely bonkers change of magnum wearing neighbourhood policing direction, I returned to what I love best ~ gifts and gorgeousness ~ in the shape of  The Original Present Cupboard .  The children have matured a few years and only one of them is smaller than me, the busy husband is still busy, the cat is even more ancient and to add in a bit more barking there's a daft dog.  The garden is less overgrown but like everything else it needs time!

The Original Present Cupboard can be found in the Farm Shop at Wysipig thanks to my fabulous friends who breed pigs on a farm that evokes many childhood memories.  The Original Present Cupboard  website is coming soon, do follow us on Twitter @MrsOrigiPresent

The  Farm Shop is open Wednesday to Sunday 10am to 4pm selling favourites from  The Original Present Cupboard every aspect of pork, as well as serving teas, coffees and cakes.  Do follow them on Twitter @Wysipig

We look forward to seeing you soon!