Back in August we opened our farm to visitors from far and wide, who wanted to see our sunflower field. It was the first year we had planted sunflowers on our Surrey farm. It was a plan hatched with our nephew, Ed, earlier this year, who thought a field of sunflowers would look spectacular and
Written by Tracey Hall
There’s not been much sunshine to speak of this year but we have managed to cultivate some serious sunflowers! Back in June we told you about how we had planted them in a field on our farm. This plan came about following a conversation with our dear nephew, Ed. We had spoken to him earlier
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What a hectic 12 months! Finally, we are pleased to announce that we have reopened and guests can now come and stay in the Best Log Cabin and Apple Tree Cottage once again. We hope that this will be it now and we will remain open, however, we are, of course, following government guidance closely.
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“It seems to me that the natural world is the greatest source of excitement, the greatest source of visual beauty, the greatest sort of intellectual interest. It is the greatest source of so much in life that makes life worth living” – David Attenborough. David Attenborough’s quote above is so true. In our fast paced
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I love New Year’s Day. To me it is symbolic of moving on, forgetting what has gone before and being allowed to reboot. Life is tough and it pushes the best of us to distraction. Putting a line under what has gone before just makes sense. For the last few years I have got up
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Living on a farm, we have had all kinds of animals over the years, from our beautiful Highland Cattle that the guests at our holiday lettings love so much, to pigs, chickens, pea hens and now our lovely new donkeys which have been added to our menagerie in the last month. But perhaps one of
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Oh how I like to read, anything and everything, life to me is about learning! Knowledge is power. I am one of world’s greatest skim readers which is fine in approximately 90% of life but when it comes to important matters, the devil is in the detail! My knowledge of Cow’s and Calfs is limited
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Some people think we are mad, some think we are impulsive….we do talk, mull things over, consider, make plans andthen they grow arms and legs! We would not describe ourselves as sensible but then again we are definitely not reckless. We are not huge risk takers but we are not sensible and safe. We
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It was my Grandmother’s funeral this week. We laid her to rest just under a month before her 95th Birthday. Although she had led a full and long life with very few ailments, it was still sad. To know that I can never talk to her, never ask her advice or simply never actually see
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The story begins. Boy meets girl. Boy marries girl. A union of two people. The adventure begins! Green Lane Farm was just as the label suggests – a lane! Well to be truthful it was a bridle way so overgrown it was impassable and had a broken bridge over a flooding stream.