As promised, some pictures of the sheep shearing extravaganza that took place at Fordhall Farm last week. As the sheep form an ‘orderly queue’ the shearers warm up with a good strong cup of tea and flapjack. Once they got…
Due to BT incompetence we have been offline for 2 weeks; not completely inactive! Recent updates include: A mass sheep shearing at Fordhall Farm which has left lots of ‘naked’ sheep looking confused and bewildered about themselves. Scouts centenary is…
Margaret came to volunteer at Fordhall Farm for a week earlier in the year. She is from New Zealand and read about Fordhall in Country Living. This is an extract from her account of her time at the farm… “Woah!…
The benefits of Fordhall Farm as an educational resource slowly expand as more children visit and enjoy the farm. Two weeks ago we had a visit from the St. Wilfreds Youth Group from Cheshire. We walked around the farm, they…
Another amazing volunteer weekend which has left fantastic results around the farm. The activities over Saturday 21st and Sunday 22nd of April have included the following: Planting wildflower seeds along the roadside; litter picking; sanding and varnishing benches; planting trees;…
Another working weekend is in full swing at Fordhall Farm. The main objectives for the weekend are: To fit a temporary community kitchen, to plant wild flower seeds along the hedgerow and to plant trees from a carbon offsetting compay…
As we prepare for the forthcoming volunteer weekend on April 21-22 and the extremely long and busy summer ahead, the farm is bustling with new ideas and inhabitants. As the sun beats down at Fordhall and raises the temperature in…
The first ever Annual General Meeting for the Fordhall Community Land Initiative based at Fordhall Farm in North Shropshire has been hailed an overwhelming success. After being saved from development and placed into community ownership last July through the sale…
As the weekend’s activities loom, volunteers are pulling together and helping with preparations for the events. Fordhall Community Land Initiaitive’s first every AGM is on Saturday March 31st at The Grove School, Market Drayton, 10am-12. Following this is an exciting…
Fordhall is ringing with the noise of baa’s from every angle. With around 90 lambs so far there is plenty of skipping and jumping going on, and thats just the volunteers. Modelled by Farmer Ben and ‘Courier’ Dave is the…
