Blog archive May 2021

We were thrilled to be invited to appear in Escape to the Country’s visit to Dumfries & Galloway, which was broadcast on BBC1 yesterday. We have taken part in a few TV programmes over the years, but have to admit that we always have mixed feelings ...

Over the past twenty-odd years of organic farming we’ve noticed a very gradual invasion of our fields, and our silage fields in particular, by dandelions. In the good-ol’-bad-ol’ days before we went organic, most of our fields got a regular spray of ...

Last week Notes and Queries in The Guardian published a really interesting question: "How big would Britain have to be for all the meat, milk and eggs we consume to be ethically farmed and free range?" The answers are well worth a read in the link ...

***Cheese Update*** This is the time of year when our cheese stocks levels start to need managing, and if you’ve looked at our online shop recently you’ll have seen a few of our products are currently out of stock. It’s all part of the slightly ...