A quiet livestock farm situated where the three counties of Shropshire, Herefordshire and Powys meet. We offer quality self-catering accommodation with disabled facilities, an indoor swimming pool, games room, BBQ Cabins and children’s play area
We love this time of year when the blossom in the orchard arrives! The pink cherry tree on the pigs patch is gorgeous and the aged cherry tree on the big lawn is now in full bloom.
Unfortunately the wind is getting up so the blossom will soon be blown away.
But we can enjoy it for a while now during lockdown – it’s always a promise of an autumn harvest of apples and a few pears!
But never any cherries as the pigeons always harvest them!!
Last year Rodney our new ram arrived and as he is so young we never expected him to manage to get all the ewes in lamb in such a short time – but he obviously did! So all the ewes lambed in record time and every ewe had lambs.
We also decided as we had no extra helping hands at feeding times that any lambs who needed extra help would stay on there mums.
Thankfully there has been no one staying to witness the acrobatic antics that this involves when I try to catch a reluctant lamb in the field – oh how I wish I had bought a shepherd’s crook before lockdown!
There are two lambs who will have to leave their mums and go into the Tiddler Pen next week as they are slipping behind because they will not drink properly. I am sure a bit of extra TLC and they will be ok.
Watch this space!
Sadly we have no guests to witness the first born lambs this year.
Due to this terrible Coronavirus we have had to stop having guests. We will review the situation in mid-June.
However, natures course continues and these lovely lambs are doing well.
Every year we feel privileged to see lambs being born and I even get to bottle feed the weaker or extra ones. This year I will not have my usual band of willing visitors to assist at the feeding times. The bottle racks may be needed!
Hoping for a good outcome for all of you in isolation.
Keep safe.
The daffodils are out and the grass is beginning to green up – nature continues with out interruption. But Covid-19 has reared it’s ugly head and we can only wait and see what will happen.
Meanwhile this fine pheasant has taken the opportunity to lure some “ladies” with his fine plumage – I found him lurking in the daffodils.
Keep safe.
“March comes in like a lion, out like a lamb” I do hope that is true!
We have had enough rain – please no more!! Sunshine would be good. The sheep would love to be outside wandering the fields instead of stuck in the barn but they are in the final month of their pregnancies and being out in the cold and wet is not ideal.
But the sun actually shone this morning, before leaving us and letting the weather turn to cold & wet yet again. Never mind it will soon be time for the clocks will change and then we will know it’s nearly lambing time and Springtime is always a special time.
Happy St. David’s Day!