April can be an uneventful month in the Rosebud calendar. The excitement of the first of the year’s crops has passed (Seville Orange and forced Rhubarb) and the pleasures of the rest still to come, Elderflower picking and fresh herbs in May and June, soft fruits in July, Rowan berries end of August, Damsons from the Lyth Valley Cumbria in September, Crabapples and Quince in October. So when we were approached by Russell and David of Evergreen Films to make a promotion film about Rosebud, we jumped at the chance. It’s been the perfect month to make a start.

The task we set ourselves was to distill the essence of what we do into a six to ten minute film, which on the face of it seemed easy enough, but as we are learning takes very special editorial skills.

You are probably wondering why after berating myself for never taking the trouble to visit the forced rhubarb sheds of West Yorkshire I did just that in March. Now you know why!

The plan is to film all the key aspects of our month by month calendar and amalgamate them into one short film that speaks volumes about what we do. I hope you will enjoy the results when we post them.

April 21st

The first swallows arrive, three days later than usual. Two years ago I introduced some RSPB recommended nesting platforms in our barns and the birds used them in preference to their usual beams. I hope there will be more swallows hatched this year than last.

We’d like to wish you all a prosperous and good 2010.

Yes after months and months of persuasion we have finally joined twitter. You can find and follow us here:

@preserves

We hope to keep our posts as interesting as possible and look forward to hearing from you.

After years in the planning, months of work we hope you enjoy the fruits of our work:

www.rosebudpreserves.co.uk