2 August 2026
A new home for the bees: setting up the apiary
Chest-high bracken pushed down by hand and weed-proof membrane pegged out — giving our honeybees a dry, workable new apiary, with a lot of help from family.
Est. 2025 · A working croft, Glenmoriston
Grown on the croft.
Sold at the gate.
Seasonal vegetables, free-range eggs and raw honey from a few acres by Loch Ness.
Why a croft
Food that travelled metres, not miles. Picked the morning you collect it, from land you can stand on and animals you can meet.
In Old Norse, Hamar (from the root hamarr) primarily means “crag,” “steep cliff,” or “rocky hill.”
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Growing for the first season
Everything below is being raised for spring 2027. Nothing is for sale yet — that's the point. Good food takes a season.
Coming soonFree-range eggs
From hens that roam the whole croft. Rich, deep-yellow yolks.
£3.50per dozen
Coming soonSeasonal veg box
Whatever is best in the ground that week. Picked the same morning.
£14per box
Coming soonCut salad leaves
A peppery, mixed bag — cut to order, never bagged in gas.
£3per 150g bag
At the gate
The honesty box
The oldest way to sell food, and still the best. A shelf at the gate with the morning's eggs, the week's veg and a few jars of honey — take what you need and leave the money in the tin. No till, no queue, no wrapping.
It opens with the first harvest. If the shelf is empty, the hens are having a think — the online shop will always show what's left.
Collection & delivery details
Our story
Year one of a working croft
We took on a few acres of Glenmoriston, by Loch Ness, and a plan: raise hens, keep bees, grow vegetables — and sell all of it within sight of where it grew. This year is about soil, fences and learning. Next year, the gate opens.
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The croft, on camera
We're filming year one as we go — the builds, the animals, the weather, the mistakes. First episodes landing soon.
From the journal
All posts14 June 2026
Our first chickens are home
Two Silver Sussex and a little bantam — collected after a long drive south, and settling into the coop.
6 June 2026
A wild boar at the Jurassic Park gate
Our top gate earned its nickname this week — a wild boar wandered down out of the trees to inspect it.
Where to find us
In the glen, by the gate
The croft sits in Glenmoriston on the road west from Loch Ness. Collection is from the gate; local delivery runs within 15 miles.
Hamar CroftDundreggan East
Glenmoriston, Inverness
IV63 7YJ
First refusal on the first harvest
Produce goes on sale in spring 2027 — in small batches, to the list first. One email field, occasional honest updates, nothing else.