Di Rhug Manor we de na Nɔt Wɛls na Lɔd Nyubɔ in famili frɔm di ia 900, bɔt i bin dɔn mekɔp in maynd fɔ du tin difrɛn we
Wan Sɛptɛmba mɔnin we di san bin de shayn na Kɔvin, Nɔt Wɛls, we in chɔklɛt Labrador truf dɛn bin de lid am, afta i pas gorse ɛn brakɛn to di mawnten in ed, Lɔd Nyubɔ de tɔk bɔt Di rugged view in front of us. ‘Dis na Di Gu. Rayt bifo di fam shɔp, na de di Berwyn Mawnt dɛn de. Wan tɛm, dɛn bin miks di ɛstate wit wan land we de na di si, we gɛt 86,000 eka, bɔt di wok we wayn, uman, ɛn dayman dɛn fɔ du, de mek i skata.
Lɔd Nyubɔro ɛn in famili ol 71 ia. Dɛn na wan slim kɔt fish. Dɛn wɛr kɔzhɔl klos, plaid shirt ɛn wul. Dɛn kin wɛr kɔzhɔl klos. Dɛn dɔn de na Rhug (dɛn kin kɔl am Rig) Manɔ. Bɔt wan pan di chenj dɛn we bin rili rivɔlɔshɔn bin apin insay 1998, we Lɔd Nyubɔ (Lɔd Nyubɔro) bin bigin fɔ chenj in ɛritaj to natura ɛritij we i gɛt di taytul afta in papa day, we nɔ bin kɔmɔn da tɛm de. muv.
Tide, Rhug in ɔrganik mit dɛm we dɔn win awdhɔ (“wi gɛt ay digri fɔ rɛkɔgnishɔn frɔm Michelin”) inklud bif, ship, venison ɛn bayson, ɛn chɛf dɛm we inklud Raymond Blanc ɛn Marcus Wareing lɛk dɛn. Frɔm Riva Kɔfi Frɔm di ɔl to Klarɛns, fayn fayn tebul dɛn de fɔ it ɔlsay. Bɔt, bayson ɛn Sika (wan kayn 70 fayn fayn Japan dia dɛn) go mɔs mek i ebul fɔ gro: “Vɛnisin ɛn bayson na di mit fɔ tumara bambay-na “hɛlth” rɛd mit we slim pas fish ɔ chukchuk , Dɛn gɛt bɔku impɔtant minral dɛn ɛn dɛn nɔ gɛt bɔku fat. Dɛn na supa it dɛn ɛn na prɔpɔshɔn we rili fayn.”
If in papa bin ebul fɔ si am naw, i nɔ bin fɔ no am. "In essence, dis na bif and mutton. Na fairly besik low-input, low-yield agriculture, bot im laik yuz tu moch kemikal. If a tel am se a want organism, im fit deprive mi of am. Of inheritance.
Lɔd Nyubɔro bin de bifo ɔltɛm, bɔt di las tin we i du bin ivin sɔprayz am. I de kam go insay di biuti makit. Insay di las tu ia, a dɔn put mɔ krim na mi fes pas aw a bin dɔn put am na mi layf.
Wild Beauty na wan ay-ɛnd ɔrganik skin kia ɛn bɔdi kia prodak. 13 prodakt de, inklud tonic flawa en stevia, en tu bergamot en nettle shawa jel-50% of di ingridient dem na dis siris na from di estate.
I bin se: “I bin inspɛkt di land skay na ya, ɛn tink bɔt wetin wi kin du wit di manɔ.” “A de travul plenti and a de expiriens taks-fri tinkin, “Wea di tori de ya? Usay dɛn kin pul dɛn tin ya? "Dis na wi tinkin fo di yus of mit. A tink se dis so impotant and di sem prinsipul dem go aplay fo skin kia."
Di renj na vegan, halal ɛn gluten-fri. I se, a want fɔ bi ɔnɛs, bikɔs a tink se bɔku nɔ ɔnɛs de de. Insay di las sɔm ia, a dɔn du risach bɔt bɔku prɔdak dɛn, bɔt a nɔ fɛn prɔdak wit di nɔmba fɔ di sɛtifiket dɛn we wi dɔn gɛt.
Iain Russell, we na di administretiv manija fɔ Rogge, bin tɛl mi se i gɛt trɛnk, i gɛt trɛnk, ɛn i ebul fɔ du sɔntin, ɛn i tan lɛk se i nɔ taya. Ɛvride i kin wek 5.45 na mɔnin (“A kin ansa pɔsin 6 oklɔk dis mɔnin, a kin aks if dɛn kin bay wi prɔdak dɛn na Lɔndɔn”), dɔn i kin rɔn in tredmil. Di las tin we i mek na ɔksijɛn jenɛra we gɛt valyu fɔ £4,000, we i de yuz tu tɛm insay di de. I bin se: “A swɛ: ɔl dis na pat pan di luk fɔ yɔŋ pipul dɛn we go de sote go.”
We i tek ova di estate, i bin gɛt 9 wokman dɛn nɔmɔ, we kɔba 2500 eka, ɛn naw i kɔba 12,500 eka (inklud wan shɔp, kafe, tek-away ɛn tru tren-dis na di fɔs British fam), dɛn Gɛt 100 wokman dɛn. I se insay di las 12 ia, wi tɔnɔva dɔn go ɔp frɔm 1.5 milyɔn paund to 10 milyɔn paund. ‘Dis na biznɛs we de gro, bɔt na biznɛs we gɛt difrɛn difrɛn tin dɛn bak. Agrikalchɔral biznɛs nɔ de mek mɔni, so fɔ ad valyu ɛn kɔnsum di prɔpati dɛn ɛnisay we i pɔsibul na we fɔ mek shɔ se di prɔpati dɛn we dɛn gɛt tumara bambay sef. ” .
Fɔ di men pɔsin we de fɛn it, Richad Prideaux, dis bin kɔmɔt natin frɔm di wayl it biznɛs we i bin de rul frɔm di manɔ trade, we bin divɛlɔp frɔm wan rial ɛstate we bin de bay fɔrɛj ingridiɛnt fɔ di tɔp Lɔndɔn rɛstɔrant dɛn to Wail Biuti. “Di fɔs tin we wi fɔ du na fɔ rid di sɔv rɛkɔd dɛn gud gud wan ɛn se dis na di grow we di ɛstate de gro as wi sabi am, dɔn wi luk bak fɔ no if i stil de, wetin na am naw ɛn wetin ɔda tin?”
Bɔku tɛm, di tɛm we dɛn kin yuz fɔ mek di prɔdak na et mɔnt, ɛn we yu tink bɔt di sizin we dɛn kin pik am, fɔ plan bifo tɛm na ɔltin. Lɔd Nyubɔ bin ɛksplen se: “Fɔs fɔs, i nɔ bin izi fɔ di pɔsin we mek di fɔmula fɔ mek i gɛt klia ed insay ɔl di sizin dɛn.” I aks se, “A kin wɛr gɔs, a kin wɛr hɛtɛ?Richad se, “Nɔ, yu nɔ go ebul fɔ de de ɔltɛm. ” .
“Naw a de plan di kalenda fɔ di biginin fɔ Fɛbwari fɔ mek shɔ se wi gɛt inof tɛm fɔ gɛda dɛn tin ya,” na so Prideaux ad. Wi gɛt wan dayari fɔ di wɛda; wi wan no aw i kompare to las ia. ” .
Di smɔl we aw dɛn de du di ɔpreshɔn min se Prideaux kin spɛn 8 awa pan ɔl di wɛda, i kin pik ɔltin frɔm gorse to nettle.
Prideaux gɛt big wok pas layf, dis ia in “A na sɛlibret... lɛ a kɔmɔt ya!” “Sɔvayv gayd ɛn kɔnsult, bikɔs ɔf Covid (Covid), di kɔmni tek ples fɔ Ɔstrelia wit Abgeele Castle (Abgeele).I dɔn de fɛn it klos to frɔm we dɛn bɔn am.
"Mi mama ɛn papa na fama dɛm we de wok na dis land. Dɛn nɔ ɔndastand ɛvri plant we de na di hed ɔ fil, ɛn dɛn nɔ no aw dɛn de yuz am ɛn teist am. Dis na tin we nɔ bɔku. A nɔ bin no se sɔntɛm te a go skul. Nɔto ɔlman de gɛt di sem edyukeshɔn."
Dis mɔnin, i go na do fɔ wad wit in ni dɛn dip insay di riva, de pik bit frɔm di gras, we na wan kayn plant we de gro fayn fayn wan na di edj fɔ di ol wata gras. "Wi gol na fɔ gɛda wan to tu kilogram dray prodak-[dɛn] plant ya i tan lɛk se dɛn gɛt 85% to 98% wata. Mi we fɔ fɛn it na fɔ spɛn wan de fɔ waka ɔp di wata, bɔt wi dɔn si bak di mentenɛns fɔ plant dɛn Mɛzhɔ we dɛn kin tek di sem tɛm wit di pipul dɛn. Strikt lɔ ɛn prosidur dɛn de fɔ gɛda: ɔltin fɔ de to di soil asosieshɔn.
Meadowsweet na di men say we dɛn kin gɛt salicylic acid (wan tin we dɛn kin yuz fɔ mek aspirin) ɛn wan astringent, we de insay Wild Beauty in klinsin, sɛrum ɛn ay krim. “A no di tin dɛn we i kin du fɔ mɛn pipul dɛn ɛn fɔ mek pɔsin nɔ fil pen, bɔt di we aw dɛn de yuz am fɔ kia fɔ di skin na sɔntin we a dɔn sho.” Prideaux se, i gi mi wan lif fɔ krɔs am. I de pul wan swit mashmalɔ/kɔkumba flawa. I bin tɔk se: “We dis mɔstɔ nɔ gɛt wata na wi ɔfis, na wan pan di smel dɛn we bɛtɛ.” "Wi get fo payonia plenti. I izi fo se "Go pik nettle", bot na di ditarmin hau to stoa am and hau moch i nid. Im mit som terrible moments along di way.
εvri ia we de כndasay na di nεt lif lεk haypodεmik injεkshכn we dεn bin fכ fulכp wit fכmik asid, we de sכmtεm bכku bכku wan. We i nɔ gɛt wata, i nɔ bin du fɔ mek dɛn ia dɛn de wilt, so we wi bin tray fɔ di fɔstɛm, a opin di domɔt fɔ di wata we de na di wata ɛn blo di klawd we de pan dɛn ia dɛn ya. Dɛn dɔn chuk mi wit di trakya ɛn mi lɔng. Neks taim a wear mask, gloves en goggles. Dɛn bɔn Lɔd Nyubɔro na di manɔ. In pikin tɛm na bin fishin na dɛn riva dɛn ya ɛn rayd pɔni wit in tu sista dɛn. I tan lɛk se i fayn, bɔt i dɔn de pruv insɛf frɔm we i smɔl.
I bin tɛl mi se: “Mi papa rili harsh pan wi. Di tin dɛn we a bin de op fɔ am nɔ bin rili fayn.” "We a bin ol tri ia, dɛn bin de row mi go midul di Menai Stret we a nɔ de padul, ɛn dɛn tɛl mi fɔ kam bak wit mi yon tin-dat na fɔ opin di bot in bɔt. Dɛn de yuz di flo as padul. ”
Dɛn bin de tek am se na fama frɔm we i smɔl lɛk in papa. “Wi ɔl fɔ wok na fam. A bin de drayv trakta we a bin ol tɛn ia.” Bɔt, as i bin gri, in stɔdi “nɔto di bɛst wan na di wɔl.” Afta dɛn drɛb am na wan pripia skul bikɔs i bin de fɛt, i bin de wip am bɔku tɛm ɛn i bin de rɔnawe, i bin stɔdi na di Agrikalchɔral Kɔlej ɛn dɛn bin sɛn am na Ɔstrelia.
Mi papa gi mi wan-way tikɛt, tɛl mi se a nɔ fɔ sho mi fɔ 12 mɔnt mɔ, dɔn i go bay mi yon tikɛt. Afta we i go bak na os, i bin de rul wan kɔmni we de lis plen ɛn wan sɛktri bɔd we de mek ilɛktronik tin dɛn, dɔn i bin de oba wan plan fɔ protɛkt pipul dɛn we dɛn de fishin na Siera Liɔn, usay i bin sev fɔ tri tɛm we dɛn bin pul di gɔvmɛnt. "A bin kɔmɔt we di gɔn bin de bɔn, i nɔ bin fayn. Da tɛm de, mi papa bin dɔn ol ɛn a bin fil se a fɔ go na os ɛn ɛp. ”
Pan ɔl we i dɔn de it ɔganayz it fɔ bɔku ia, na we i gɛt di prɔpati we Lɔd Nyubɔro disayd fɔ bil am bak. "Wi de jɔyn ɔganayz fɔ di fɔs tɛm.Mi wɛf Su (dɛn dɔn mared fɔ 32 ia, ɛn ɔlman gɛt gyal pikin frɔm wan mared we dɛn bin dɔn mared bifo) dɔn de ɛnkɔrej mi ɔltɛm fɔ go dis we, ɛn frɔm da tɛm de, fɔ wok na fam dɔn bi fayn.
Bɔt fɔs, i bin de tray tranga wan fɔ go ɔp di mawnten dɛn. Bɔku fam tim dɛn (inklud di shɛpad ɛn di chif gem manija) dɔn wok fɔ in papa fɔ pas 30 ia ɛn dɛn dɔn mek dip dip tin dɛn we dɛn de tink bɔt. Lɔd Nyubɔro bin tɔk se: “Dɛn bin tink se a kray kpatakpata, bɔt wi kɛr dɛn go si Aygrɔv, usay wan fam manija de we de mek wi gɛt maynd. Wans wi rili si am de wok de, i mek sɛns. Wi Nɔ de ɛva luk bak igen.”
Di Prins ɔf Wɛls bin ɔlwayz bi wan impɔtant pɔsin na Rhug in ɔganayz joyn. "I kam ya fɔ go visit di fam. In no bɔt ɔrganik fam, in kɔnsyans fɔ di envayrɔmɛnt, sataynabul reputeshɔn ɛn absolyut ɔnɛs na rili pat pan wi inspɛkshɔn. I go ɔndastand. As hed we i rili sabi pan, di prins kin pas fɔs-han no. Rogge in grɛn kɔridɔ dɛm we gɛt hazel, ash, ɔk ɛn blaktɔrn chenj di wayl flora ɛn fauna na di manɔ ɛn saw di ritɔn fɔ hare, hedgehogs, thrush ɛn di gras land bin se: “Mi papa kin lɛk fɔ pul di fɛns ɛn put am dɔŋ-wi bin basically du di opozit.”
Wan ɔda mentɔ ɛn padi na Carole Bamford, we bin fɔdɔm di ɔrganik fam stoa brand Daylesford, ɛn fɔdɔm Bamford, we na spin-ɔf fɔ klos ɛn biuti prɔdak dɛm. Lord Newborough bin se: "As fɔ ɔganayz faming, wi skel big pas Carole, bɔt a dɔn ɔlwayz admaya ɔltin we i de du. A admaya di aidia dɛn biɛn in pak ɛn in sataynabul reputeshɔn.Ɛn II de haya sɔmbɔdi we de ɛnjɔy Bamford skin kea prodak as mi kɔnsult.
Covid bin postpone di rilis of Wild Beauty fo di spring. Dis pandemik dɔn afɛkt rial ɛstate klia wan, wit rital biznɛs dɛn we dɔn afɛkt pas ɔl. I bin tɔk wit sɔri at se: “Ista na di tɛm we wi kin bizi pas ɔl, wi kin tinap na di domɔt ɛn wet fɔ mek di motoka pas.” I se as di op fɔ Brexit de kam nia, wi go nid ɛvri makɛt chenal fɔ ebul fɔ strɛs. Si wi insay di tɛm. "Bɔt wi nɔ de abop pan Yurop (20% pan di mit dɛn de ɛkspɔt ovasi-Hɔng Kɔŋ, Singapɔ ɛn Makau, Dubay, Abu Dhabi ɛn Kata), so dis na sef nɛt. A tink se di sef fɔ ebul fɔ ɛkspɔt to dɛn jɛntri makɛt ya Impɔtant fɔ di fyuchu."
As fɔ Covid, i nɔ de wɔri bɔt in wɛlbɔdi: “A de grap ɛvri mɔnin fɔ ɛksesaiz, ɛn if a day, a de day.” Wetin i de wɔri pas ɔl na di animal dɛn we de na fam. “Animal fɔ it, ɛn wi de wɔri bɔt di impak we Covid in sik gɛt pan di wan dɛn we de wok na fam.” Laki se dis nɔto sɔntin we dɛn fɔ dil wit.
I nɔ satisfay fɔ tinap wansay. In tenacious wok ethic (di legacy of in chalenging childhood) min se i de wek ɛvride ɛn tink bɔt wetin fɔ du nɛks? So usay di lɛgsi de go? “I rili impɔtant fɔ kɔntinyu fɔ divɛlɔp di Wild Beauty prodak layn-wi de stɔdi shampoo, kondishɔn, sanskrin-bɔt a want fɔ bil wan glob ɔl brand bak, ɛn wi de kɔmyuniket wit distribyushɔn dɛn na Jepan, di Fa Is ɛn di Midul Is.” If di papa bin no se Yu de mek ɔganayz tin dɛn fɔ kia fɔ yu skin, wetin yu tink? I bin smayl bikɔs i nɔ bin biliv. "I kin tɔn rawnd na di grev... Nɔ, a tink se i go proud. A tink se naw i want fɔ si di hayv we de rawnd am."
Apat frɔm dat, i de plan fɔ bil bak di bayson grup we i lɛk. Afta we wan bad bad kataral fiva day, di nɔmba fɔ di bayson dɛn bin go dɔŋ frɔm 70 to 20. “I tu bad fɔ si ɛn no se yu nɔ go ebul fɔ du ɛnitin fɔ stɔp am.” Bɔt bikɔs Lɔd Nyubɔro dɔn de wok wit di Yunivasiti ɔf Livapul fɔ mek wan vaysin we dɛn go tɛst pan Rhug bayson, op stil de.
Ɛn i dɔn de wɔri bɔt di impak we di klaymat gɛt pan di fam. ‘Wi dɔn si big big chenj dɛn. We a bin yɔŋ, di lek we de ya bin de frɔz ɔltɛm te i day. Nɔ friz nɔ de igen insay di kol sizin. “I op fɔ fɛn inspɛkshɔn na wam klaymat, ɛn i op fɔ plant mɔ Mɛditarenian krop dɛn, lɛk lavender ɛn grep vayn.
"If wi nɔ bin si rizin fɔ mek vayn dɛn, a nɔ go sɔprayz 20 ia afta dat. Naw wan ɔ tu vayn gadin dɛn de na Wɛls. Wi fɔ adap to chenj dɛn. ”
I dɔn mekɔp in maynd fɔ lɛf di fam we i de na in bɛst kɔndishɔn. "A want Rugg fɔ adap to divɛlɔpmɛnt we go kam ɛn mek i gɛt layf we nɔ gɛt ɛnd. A want fɔ yuz di risɔs dɛn we Gɔd dɔn gi wi. A tink se wi gɛt rispɔnsibiliti fɔ lɛf sɔntin we bɛtɛ pas wetin wi gɛt frɔm am." A tink se insay wan patikyula we In papa go gri mɔ.
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