News from the Farm
The Farm
On the farm we grow Winter Wheat, Spring Barley and Oil Seed Rape. The landscape is always changing as the crops grow, develop and then are harvested. There are grass strips around all the fields and woodland in the middle. This makes a lovely walk, so make sure you bring some suitable shoes, or better still, boots. This grass strip is habitat to many birds, wildlife and plants.
We offer DIY Livery for horses, where horse owners from the locality stable and graze their horse with us. They enjoy the facilities we have and we enjoy being surrounded by a variety of lovely horses and ponies.
Barford Farm Ice Cream
If you enjoy the simple pleasures in life, Barford Ice Cream Shop and gardens can be highly recommended - it is only 7 miles from our farmhouse Bed & Breakfast. There are so many different flavours to choose from - a great snack for when you start to feel peckish...
Happy Hens
Thanks to these hens we have delicious eggs for our farmhouse breakfasts every morning - they don't mind if you scramble them, poach them, boil them or fry them. They just want you to enjoy them! Why not book a night, so you can try these eggs for yourself!
Foal at the farm…
Tuesday this week saw the safe arrival of a beautiful foal to the farm. One of the horses that is stabled at the farm gave birth, with seeming ease and within a few hours the foal was standing and had discovered where its food source was. Three days later and it is...