Category: Friesland Farm

Its been a manic weekend, the sunshine usually brings many more visitors to the farm for eggs and back garden chickens. We have had people arriving for manure as well, if anyone wants any let me know, its free if you bag it up yourself or 50p ready bagged. The seedlings are all beginning to…

I almost forgot to do my blog this week! I am so excited as Hubby has booked a holiday for us in a couple of weeks time, we have not had a proper holiday since we took over this place so I am looking forward to a week without wellies! The weather is beginning to…

On a day to day basis, we encounter the expected and the unexpected, the expected events make the day busy, the unexpected turn a busy day to chaos! I received a phone call on Tuesday night from a friend who had a ewe that had given birth to triplets, the ewe was unwell and not…

If  you are interested I found this live lambcam http://www.meadopenfarm.co.uk/lambcam.htm

Growing Fast!!

The weather has not improved much has it? The duck pen is looking like a world class mud wrestling ring and although the ducks dont  mind the same cant be said for the chickens, drastic steps had to be taken this week to move them from their muddy, wet enclosures, out onto the grass paddocks, we should…

When it was first suggested I do a blog, I thought, what would I find to blog about? Now, whilst I am going about the daily routine, I find myself thinking, that would make a good subject and start thinking about how I will write it instead of concentrating on what I am doing! Egg…

The weather couldn’t have been more different after my last blog, cold, windy and raining, still we did manage to get a few jobs done in the sunshine, that’s why the ‘make hay while the sun shines’ quote is one we always follow here on the farm. We have managed to ‘goose proof’ the veg…

Well the weatherman didn’t disappoint and the sun today holds as much promise as the year ahead. I am waiting for the frost to thaw, then I can get on with the job of clearing the old to make way for the new. I can’t be too hasty as the sun is like fools gold…

So what is our aim here at Friesland Farm? Well to grow our own delicious  veg and fruit without the aid of anything artificial, any surplus we sell at the farm gate and to friends and family. We also have a range of poultry and again sell eggs to a growing number of people. Our…