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Farming Enterprise
"There are about 10 acres here. Up till the mid 1980's we were farming 10 milk cows and feeding 250 pigs. We no longer farm commercially."
"We feed a few cattle, a few sheep, a few pigs and poultry–ducks, geese, turkeys, chickens–all of which are free range. And we grow our own vegetables without using commercial fertilizers, aiming to be self sufficient for ourselves."
"Any surplus food is sold off to the visitors going through the center and also at country markets."
You
can see the rows planted in the field behind the reception and display
area. In the picture you can see green onions and lettuce. At the upper
left you can see the end of our "plastic tunnel" green house.
Inside the plastic tunnel green house, you
can see onion sets, lettuce, cabbage at various stages of readiness for
continualplanting through the spring and summer.
After preparing planting rows with natural compost and organic
matter from the farm, Tom plants potatoes.
Poultry
includes ducks and chickens, which produce eggs as well as meat.
The Cottage has a front
and back garden which has been cultivated since it was built. All sorts
of vegetables, including huge rhubarb plants in the back garden.
Some lettuce and cabbage and onions from 2002 below.
