The Hill Bakery

The Hill Bakery A sourdough bakery specialising in hand-made naturally leavened bread and other good things

A sourdough bakery and deli, specialising in hand-made naturally leavened bread and other good things from local artisan producers.

Harvest’s in. Home-grown courgettes, tomatoes, padron peppers, garlic, onion plus a tiny aubergine, some pea shoots and ...
23/08/2025

Harvest’s in. Home-grown courgettes, tomatoes, padron peppers, garlic, onion plus a tiny aubergine, some pea shoots and micro-greens, which I turned into a rather lovely bruschetta with my sourdough. How smug do I feel, making dinner from stuff entirely grown or made here? Horribly. (OK, I didn’t make the olive oil)

1. Get a bunch of pallets 2. Stack them up3. B**g a roof on 4. Fill it with stuff Hey presto, one bug hotel. Or, as it m...
23/07/2025

1. Get a bunch of pallets
2. Stack them up
3. B**g a roof on
4. Fill it with stuff
Hey presto, one bug hotel. Or, as it must surely be known, Buggingham Palace

Turns out the dog really likes Doctor Who
03/07/2025

Turns out the dog really likes Doctor Who

Sometimes you just find you’ve got a butterfly on your shoe. This is looking like one of those times
25/06/2025

Sometimes you just find you’ve got a butterfly on your shoe. This is looking like one of those times

Gratified to see my byline back in the Guardian (online, at any rate) after a good 10 years or more! Letter in response ...
12/06/2025

Gratified to see my byline back in the Guardian (online, at any rate) after a good 10 years or more! Letter in response to George Monbiot’s recent piece on purple moor grass

Huge thanks to Mike, Ian, Becky and Michael from for bringing their collective expertise to bear on an examination of t...
10/06/2025

Huge thanks to Mike, Ian, Becky and Michael from for bringing their collective expertise to bear on an examination of the wildflower species in our fields today. The resulting inventory will provide an invaluable benchmark for us in managing the land in the future.

Chuffed to have spotted a fair number of marsh fritillaries while out surveying Dunsdon Nature Reserve for today. Numbe...
17/05/2025

Chuffed to have spotted a fair number of marsh fritillaries while out surveying Dunsdon Nature Reserve for today. Numbers of this increasingly rare butterfly definitely seem to be on the up here after a disappointing 2024.

Spring is well advanced now - the wisteria’s looking good, and yesterday I heard the first cuckoo I’ve ever heard here....
22/04/2025

Spring is well advanced now - the wisteria’s looking good, and yesterday I heard the first cuckoo I’ve ever heard here. Sumer is icumen in!

Huge thanks to Alan Beat and the rest of the Bridgerule Hedgelaying & Coppicing Group for doing an excellent number on o...
22/02/2025

Huge thanks to Alan Beat and the rest of the Bridgerule Hedgelaying & Coppicing Group for doing an excellent number on one of our hedges today

I really might have to do this… unless you fancy it, .newey
19/02/2025

I really might have to do this… unless you fancy it, .newey

Well, this happened last week. Quick thing at Okehampton town hall, slightly less quick session at the local Spoons, fol...
15/01/2025

Well, this happened last week. Quick thing at Okehampton town hall, slightly less quick session at the local Spoons, followed by pornstar martinis, boeuf/tofu en croute, much wine and, er, karaoke (thankfully not pictured). Thanks to our lovely fam for making it a weekend to remember!

Yikes - my phone just started screeching at me. Hope the chickens are going to be ok…
06/12/2024

Yikes - my phone just started screeching at me. Hope the chickens are going to be ok…

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Dunsdon Farm
Holsworthy
EX22 7JW

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