March 18-19 brought another productive, fun and rewarding weekend. The biggest achievement of the weekend was planting 450 trees generously donated by Shropshire County Council. Shaun Burkey from himslf came down to supervise the activity and share his expert knowledge…
Today I attended a LEAF (Linking Environment and Farming) Farmers meeting at Lower Drayton Farm in Staffordshire. The day was about helping farmers to provide access to people. How do we involve you?How do we make the most of our…
Many people have been asking about our progress regarding grant applications. We have now submitted three applications. The first was to Tubney Trust and this was unfortunately declined, the other two are with Garfield Western Foundation and GrantScape (a Land…
We have had our first calf of the year born at Fordhall this week! Andy, the young calf, is also Ben’s first Pedigree Hereford to be born at the farm. It is the beginnings of a Hereford suckling herd which…
Plans for the Chairty Ball and Family Fun Day are coming along well. Auction prizes currently range from signed books to a tour for four around Highgrove Gardens. Keep them coming! No prizes too big or too small. Charlotte and…
