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…

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…

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…

What a great weekend! 40 volunteers from across the country came together over the weekend to help fix and decorate the portacabins. Once again there was a mixture of old and new volutneers and everyone worked hard on their own…

As you will know, we were able to take up the option to buy Fordhall on June 30th this year when, with your inspiring help, we were able to raise the required £800,000. We signed contracts and paid a deposit,…

Finally (!) the next newsletter will be arriving on your doorstep shortly. We would like to apologise for the delay. There has been an extrodinary number of technical hitches at every corner. After hours of volunteer time spent stuffing envelopes…

Wow – what tension! Charlotte was adab hand in the kitchen but it was Ben who won the nations hearts! Who would have thought? He’ll have to find better excuses to aviod the cooking now.The whole experience was nerve wrecking…

If you missed Ben and Charlotte on Inside Out last Monday then dont fret. They will appear onReady Steady Cook this Wednesday at 4.25pm on BBC 2. Charlotte and Ben travelled to London last month to film for the programme,…

Dear Charlotte,I had a great day yesterday, it came as a complete surprise when my wife Kim told me about the purchase of the shares in Fordhall Farm. I spent an hour or so Saturday night reading all the literature…

Dear Fordhall Farm, We, (myself, Catherine, my sister Rachel, my brother Tom, cousin Ewien and Aunty Helen) made it to the farm at last this week and had a great time. We are writing to tell you about our day.…