Tag: family
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September 2025
Many of the trees have been badly damaged by August’s storm Floris at Rhemore. The leaves are falling as I type and there is an eerie sense of autumn that is not autumn as the gutters needing clearing at the same time as the grass needs cutting. Ever since the storm we’ve been eyeing the…
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August 2025
We are still in the midst of farm building renovations here at Rhemore. he veg garden is at peak production and the polycrub is bursting with life. We are clearing the hay field of bracken ready for hay making and Thomas Coope has nearly finished the deer fence around the top half of the croft.…
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June 2025
People are always interested in our cow collars. We’ve had them for three years and they’ve proven really useful. They’re expensive, but cheaper than replacing the old and broken fencing on most of our croft. I heard about them at an online seminar on conservation grazing before we got the cows. I was intrigued, but, like many people,…
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May 2025
It’s all go on the croft this month so I need to be brief. There has been a flurry of spring activity as we’ve made the most of the good weather to sort out the veg patches, digging in seaweed and manure and start off the seedlings and the polycrub is now full life (including an…
