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Our first set of twins arrived on Tuesday the 21st February

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Horses and dogs in the snow, and then the weather changes, rather confusing for animals and people

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Inside the polly tunnel we have had a bit of a clear up, this so we are ready for the new growing season. In September we sowed out some wild flower seed inside the tunnel, these are now starting to sprout.The brussel sprouts have been really good, last year was the first time we have grown them

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Two new signs, up-cycled by some of the senior students from Falkirk. These were made from old slate tiles which have come up a treat. Many thanks to the boys.

It is with great sadness that I post this. It is stressful and upsetting when we cannot protect our livestock, pets and livelihood. We have had fireworks set off from some of the houses which neighbour the farm this happened at Halloween, Guy Fawkes and the days in between. In the case of the pregnant ewes, there is only 8 yards between the gardens and the field, this is a small field and is only 70 yards wide. In the case of a small farm such as mine the sheep go where the grass is and at this time of year there is not much. The ewes which are in the early stages of pregnancy broke 2 fence posts and where found pinned to the fence in fear. It is yet unknown as to the damage this may have done to the lambing percentage .The time then spent clearing the field of rockets and debris to prevent the ewes from eating any of it is then another job. The horses at least are inside with lights on radio on, but due to the closeness of the fireworks this caused them to panic. My greatest concern being my pregnant mare Aero who sweated huge amounts due to being so upset, and all I could do was to talk to her and pray nothing bad would happen to her unborn foal. FIREWORKS so close to livestock, pets, horses and wildlife have such a detrimental effect on them. I feel extremely fortunate to live in the most beautiful part of Scotland, words fail me as to the lack of respect of some people. Out of all that walks, swims, hops, flys or crawls on this planet, humans must be the most selfish.

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Poppy enjoying a fresh bite of grass. Brian and Sky checking out their winter accommodation. Henry enjoying some autumn sun

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Bilbo testing out the lovely bench given to us by our friends Brian and Ellie for our students.

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Henry and Marge enjoying a move to their new field. Plenty to turf, great views and two new houses. What more could anyone want

Autumn is now definitely here. Our students, most of who have been off on holiday over the summer are now back and full of new ideas for projects.The first one started is to make a small pond in the polly tunnel we use for growing in, watch this space for further up dates.

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It's been a very busy day on the farm this summer, even Bilbo needs a rest. The humans however have to get ready for the autumn

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Very pleased that our website is now up and running. Have a look at our pages for more information about the farm and learning centre, as well as lots of photos

We have recently been creating a new website for the learning centre, it is almost finished and will be up and running very soon. Check back soon for more info