by Lyn Paxman | Oct 14, 2021
We’ve been teaching snail farming to up and coming snail farmers at our Snail School, as this quirky profession becomes more popular. Learning about the farming cycle from how to breed to harvesting and hibernation to marketing and promoting your business to...
by Lyn Paxman | Oct 14, 2021
It’s been a crazy couple of years and we’ve survived! We’re enjoying the increasing demand and are supplying escargot to restaurants and reptile owners and it’s great when we’re supported and cheered on by the likes of The Federation of...
by Lyn Paxman | Apr 27, 2021
Lyn had the pleasure of meeting Richard Collett a local journalist who came to visit the farm a couple of weeks ago. He wrote this fabulous article for Atlas Obscura a really cool website about places to visit and experience, we’re so thrilled to be featured as...
by Lyn Paxman | Sep 25, 2020
Happy Birthday to us! Exactly one year ago today we registered Somerset Escargot as an LLP with Companies House. At this point the snail farm was mostly an idea, although we had started some of the work needed to get ready for our first breeding season starting Feb...
by Lyn Paxman | Sep 24, 2020
Like many people we dreamed of creating a different lifestyle. One where we could work from home, connect with our local community and enjoy fresh air and sunshine (yeah and rain!). We had moved house to somewhere I never imagined we could live – a dream home with...