Spring time is always a busy time on the farm in amongst calving, we also like to get on the fields replenishing pastures and meadows with new grasses to improve the crops and grazing for the cattle. we are hopefully trying to go for a new farm manegment scheme on the land to improve the wildlife . so hopefully next year will be reseeding some of the fields with a mixed grasses seed to improve the wildlife. Also spreading natural cow manures as fertilizer, keeping the artificial fertilizer bought on farm down to a minimum.

 

 

 

Recently we  introduced a hive of bees to help pollinate clover, trees and flowers on the farm.  We also try to plough a percentage of our fields annually with a high clover mix to add to the flavour of our lamb and beef.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Learning the skills of dry stone walling from a retired farm worker has been well appreciated. We renewed a full stretch of one field providing stock proofing and good animal shelters in wind and rainy conditions.

Lately we’ve been turning our attention to planting some areas up for wildlife habitats with mixed hedgerows and a mixture of fruit trees. This is also a bonus as the bees will help pollenate the fruit trees hopefully increasing the yields each year.

 

 

 

 

Bee hives and fruit trees.

Double fencing to protect the new whips.