Posted in Farming, Life, Rural Life on Mar 23rd, 2012
Last Friday was a First Aid refresher for Sarah with St John’s Ambulance in Ashford. It is always good to keep skills up to date and meet up with other work place First Aiders and hear their stories. Two tragic stories have hit the news over last weekend. Firstly, a fatality on a farm. And [...]
Posted in Farming, Food, Life, Politics, Rural Life on Mar 14th, 2012
Yesterday the 3 Chefs from the Farriers Arms came to choose their next beef animal. They chose a well covered Aberdeen Angus cross South Devon heifer, as they want marbled meat. We could not photograph this animal yesterday but will take a picture of her before she goes to Anglo Dutch Meats at Charing in [...]
Posted in Farming, Food, Rural Life on Mar 9th, 2012
This is a busy time of year for livestock farmers, and for arable farmers too. All tasks have to be fitted in around the weather and it feels as if we have had the winter’s rainfall arrive over the course of the last week. However we are rather glad we are not farming in Scotland as they [...]
Posted in Farming, Food, Life, Rural Life on Mar 8th, 2012
Today, we have updated the website with new pages detailing how to buy our delicious organic beef and lamb, and the plans for educational access visits for schools. Please click on the page tabs for more details. Thank you
Posted in Farming, Food, Life, Politics, Rural Life on Mar 1st, 2012
Here at Horton Park Farm we feed organic red clover silage through the winter to the cattle in the shed. This silage is harvested and stored in the large clamps two or three times a year. Last year’s silage was made in two batches, June and October. Depending on the analysis of the crop we [...]