Latest from the farm
January 2013 Sorry about lack of activity on the website for the last year! We have been renovating the farm house, building up the herd, growing vegetables holding down a full time job! We currently have 16 youngstock and beef cattle on one side of the farm roaming free but with farm made hay to [...]
Peter Welton Calves at Orchard Farm
This fantastic picture was painted by Peter Welton (www.peterwelton.com) who came to the farm to paint our calves in early 2010. Peter Said “I was intrigued when I saw this red poll calf and told it was only two weeks old. ” It shows the calves mother with the farm buildings in the background.
December 2012
Well, having recently started living on site, we are looking to celebrate our first Christmas here with family and friends. The house, although not quite finished is warm and snug, especially with the woodburners fired up. Cows have plenty of hay and silage, the three horses have a lovely new stable and we have a new [...]
Winter at the Farm
Looks beautiful but breaking ice on water troughs takes time! A real winter wonderland when the snow is untouched in the mornings.