We’ve managed to get out and about a bit over the last couple of months, going to presentations, talks and conferences. It has been a great experience to learn about what has been happening in our local community and throughout…
Month: October 2006
French school visits Fordhall
This Tuesday brought a coach load of 50 French school children to the farm. They are all studying agriculture and horticulture for their baccalaureat at school in Burgundy and were keen to see how a British small organic farm works.…
Good bye Rheas
This week we have said good bye to the Rheas, a local young farmer keeps rheas at his small holding down the road so we have rehomed the rheas with him, where they have a large field to roam and…
Our Newest Arrivals.
The newest arrivals to Fordhall came very unexpectedly, a week ago last friday I was attending Shrewsbury Farmers Market when I received a phone call from Terry our neighbour. He asked if we owned an Ostrich, which of course we…
100 year Tenancy all signed!
When Ben and I first accepted the 18 month tenancy two years ago, we debated whether it was worth it. What if we were to get further into debt? Were we wasting our time and energy and fighting a loosing…