
May On The Farm
May is one of my favourite months on the farm. The blossom, the hedgerow coming back into leaf, the lush grass – everything feels fresh, new and lovely…
May is one of my favourite months on the farm. The blossom, the hedgerow coming back into leaf, the lush grass – everything feels fresh, new and lovely…
I’ve mainly been sowing flowers – my big plan this year is to dedicate two of the beds in the veg patch to flowers as I want a cutting…
First it was cold, then it was wet, then it was cold and wet. Twenty years ago I’d have rolled my eyes at this version of myself, the version who endlessly talks about the weather…
I feel like I run on adrenaline most days, and without a day without power earlier this week followed by a day without water – we certainly know what it feels like to live off the beaten track.
Other snippets of news for you – I’ve decided to turn a section of the vegetable patch into a cutting garden and have been busy planting up masses of bulbs in one of the beds…
I love the landscape at this time of year. The farm is a warm glow of golds and reds and coppers in the autumn sunlight. The hedgerow fruited early this year but there…
This is not how things should be. Usually the turning of the season is natures’ gradual preparation for winter, but this sudden change has been brought about by trees…
It’s a fun week for our guests when harvest is happening. Visiting children (and grown ups!) love seeing the big tractors on the farm. The process of mowing, turning…
Visiting children from towns and cities often haven’t been riding before and it is quite literally a dream come true for them to have a lesson…
To say the farm looks lush and green would be an understatement. The hedgerows are spectacular, the Beckley Bowl field is knee high with Yorkshire Fog and the woodland trails…
June is peak wildflower month on the farm – the meadows are fully in bloom and look spectacular. If you’ve not visited during wildflower season before – you’re missing a treat…
Most of our nesting boxes are now full. When I’m walking around the farm, passing the boxes as I go, I can hear the urgent cheap-cheap of little chicks waiting for their next feed…
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