Vine House Farm

Vine House Farm brings together two activities that are often treated separately: a working farm and a specialist store for wild bird food. From its farm in Deeping St Nicholas near Spalding, the company sells seed and mixes for garden birds, along with feeders and care products. Its online store connects that rural operation with people feeding birds in gardens and yards.

The range runs from individual seeds and wild-bird mixes to peanuts, suet food, and live food such as mealworms. The catalog also includes feeders for seed, peanuts, and suet, feeding stations, cleaning accessories, and hygiene products, as well as nest boxes and bird baths. A bird library and feeding guides help customers choose food and keep feeders clean.

The company says it grows as much of the seed it uses as possible on the farm and tries to source the rest locally or elsewhere in the UK. Traditional crops grown there include wheat, sugar beets, and potatoes. That connection between the land and the products is central to its story: the online store sells goods tied to an active farm rather than a generic selection of accessories.

The rural site also has a farm shop and cafe for visitors. The shop brings together the company’s bird food with Lincolnshire products and goods from nearby suppliers, including free-range eggs, dairy, meat, poultry, bread, cakes, preserves, pies, and frozen foods. Some produce comes from the farm itself and some from regional producers, reflecting the breadth of a store built around local food.

The cafe adds room for 70 diners indoors and another 30 on a deck overlooking a wildlife pond and garden. The kitchen makes cakes, scones, and other treats, while the counter carries bread and local specialties, including Lincolnshire plum bread. Visitors can combine a purchase of bird food with a meal or a break without leaving the farm.

Conservation is part of the farm’s work and its partnerships. Vine House Farm supports projects with The Wildlife Trusts and works with the British Trust for Ornithology on bird-related initiatives; it also publishes material about habitats, responsible feeding, and diseases that can affect wild populations. The company says farming and selling with wildlife in mind are part of how it manages the land.

The direct-sales model includes advice as well as products: the company publishes guidance on species, food mixes, and feeding practices, and invites customers to ask its team when questions come up. For someone just starting to attract birds to a yard, the catalog connects food choices with the right feeder; regular birdwatchers can use the library and guides for more background on species and care.

Vine House Farm therefore works both as a specialist retailer and as a rural day-trip destination: one location brings together bird food, feeders, farm produce, and a cafe overlooking a garden and pond. Along with its agricultural production and documented conservation work, that combination gives the visit an identity distinct from an ordinary garden store.