Our Farm Diary

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

Ok, so it's a little under the first year since the #willow cuttings went into the ground but it feels like the right time to blog about our progress so far as we reach the end of the first season. If you've followed our social media accounts (and if not, why not?!) you might have seen that back in march we set about planting over 300 willow cuttings in one of our tops fields. Let's back track... we've been on our own farm now for about two and a half years, but we decided no

A lot of small businesses are finding this Christmas build up slower than usual, the dreaded budget with all the doom and gloom associated headlines isn't helping, but we thought we'd do a quick blog post of how easy it actually is to support small businesses. So, here are five easy things you can do that will make a difference to a small business in the run up to Christmas and beyond. Read their Blogs Chances are most small businesses have a blog like this one. It can be lo

The old small cattle shed screamed out to be utilised as one of our #workshops. We decided it would be better suited to the #floristry and #willow side of Evans & Moose, already having a slate roof and thick stone walls meant any flowers stored in there would stay nice and cool. A simple #renovation for one of the first we tackled. Step one? Clear out all the rubbish! The space had mainly been used as a wood and coal store by the previous owners so we needed to clear out all