Autumn 2024

Autumn 2024

Autumn is now upon us, which means our sheep are getting ready for their honeymoon. We’ll be putting the tups in with the ewes over the next few days which will then see us lambing in early February. Richard’s busy playing matchmaker, deciding which tup to...
A late summer

A late summer

*Next opening – 6th/7th September* As soon as we’ve got the hay bales stored, our neighbours have been busy combining so now it’s time for us to bring the straw bales in. Richard’s cleared out another polytunnel where he’ll be storing...
Summer 2024

Summer 2024

Typically after such a wet start to the year, we could now do with a little bit of rain to help things grow! It’s right what they say about farmers never being happy about the weather, it’s always too wet, too dry or too windy. Thankfully this dry spell...
May/June 2024

May/June 2024

Finally spring has sprung and summer is just around the corner. Thankfully the weather has improved now the spring lambs are out, and the pigs are happy to have some fresh vegetable ground to root in that’s not just a pure mudbath (although they’re...
Spring is finally here!

Spring is finally here!

What a wet miserable few months it’s been, but we’re finally starting to see some warmer days and the first swallows arrived back yesterday which is hopefully a sign of warmer days to come. We’ve got one stubborn Herdwick left to lamb, then we can...