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Did you know that some of the best ways to help conserve the High Weald countryside are to eat it, drink it and burn it?
Buying products from farmers, fruit growers and woodland workers that are managing their land in an environmentally responsible way helps conserve the area's special features.
The High Weald is largely a wooded, pastoral landscape with some fruit and hop growing at its eastern end. Its main products are fruit and drink such as juice, wine and beer; coppiced timber for fencing, logs and charcoal; meat, largely beef and lamb; and dairy items.
From hops to beer Hops have been cultivated in the High Weald since the sixteenth century. Hopped ale or beer was popular for both its taste and superior keeping qualities and, as trade flourished, so hop gardens, oa... Read more |
A trugmaker's tale Pete Marden, local trug maker, talks about making trugs using the same tools and methods that were first used by those original trugmakers. His trugs are made from Sweet Chestnut from the High Weal... Read more |
National Trust champions local ale Shoppers can now buy the Westerham Brewery's Viceroy India Pale Ale, which uses hops from the National Trust's Little Scotney Estate, at independent local outlets as well as National Trust restaurants... Read more |
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