Our Farm Diary & Blog

June is the month for growing, it's a month of warmer, calmer days and a time to be spent pottering around the garden... or at least that's what all the gardening books say. In reality, it's a month where gardeners suddenly become wildly optimistic. The sun appears for approximately seventeen minutes, someone nearby starts a BBQ in a light drizzle, and we hesitantly move the big coats behind the others in the wardrobe. I've done a couple of these what to plant posts before, a

When we first viewed our now farm, we took a stroll through the garden with the estate agent and came upon a little gate we asked what was through the gate for the estate agent to say he had no idea (bless him, he wasn't the most helpful but anyway). So, we decided to go on a little voyage of discovery. Through the tiny gate under the leaning archway was what looked like a tiny pond surrounded by overgrown shrubs and bushes. Ric's face lit up like he'd struck gold and it was

One of the best things about January is that it allows us time to slow down and prepare for the spring. It can feel like everything has ground to a halt and the month has gained more days from somewhere but really, January gets a bad rep… It’s a period of rest and recuperation as well as promise and preparation. Filling up the bird feeders and observing what arrives whilst spending ten minutes looking at what’s already growing in the borders will show you just how much life i