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Category: Events

  • Frosty Morning Walk

    The first decent frost of the year made for a nice walk around the farm this morning. Betty and Mabel ran themselves daft chasing all the overnight smells that always seem more intense on a frosty morning.

  • Rain Continues

    It’s still very wet out there but the farm walk is open. The ponds are full of wildlife with ducklings and moorhen chicks all over the place. You might catch a glimpse of the Barn Owl, Heron or Kestrel but our resident Buzzard is likely to be about keeping an eye on you. Bring a…

  • Training Field Open

    The farm walk at Hesketh Bank is still a bit too wet to reopen but it should dry quickly if it ever stops raining. Watch this space. BUT – if a big grass paddock is what you need, the ‘dog training field’ on Becconsall Lane has been mowed and is available to book for sole…

  • Nines – Crop Circle 2

    Nines – Crop Circle 2

    Firewriting Album Art We do like doing something a bit different and hosting a large scale art project is always of interest especially when it means working with so many different people with such a wide range of skills. A break in a week of appalling March weather allowed the team from Glacial Art to…

  • Lancashire Woodturners Meeting

    Lancashire Woodturners Meeting

    The inaugural meeting of Lancashire Woodturners went well with more people than expected turning up to the meeting held at Ulnes Walton Village Hall. Chris and Richard did a meet and greet and pointed out the brew making facilities before outlining their thoughts on what the club might look like, the format of meetings and…

  • LADS farm study 2018

    LADS farm study 2018

    I’ve just come back from a few days away on a Farmer Study Tour to Mannheim, Germany, with the Liverpool Agricultural Discussion Society (LADS). Lets get the well deserved credits at the top of the page: Antony Ollerton (LADS), Colin Mountford-Smith (BASF) and Cornthwaites (John Deere) for organising the event and BASF for putting in…

  • Harvest Wreath Success!

    First prize at the Hesketh Bank Village Show for my ‘Harvest Circle’ creation. I’ve never done any flower arranging before but I couldn’t miss out on the chance to include logs, pumpkins and wreaths so very pleased with coming first! Slices of our home grown Silver Birch made up  the base with a simple squash…

  • Event Props: Achtung Minen Sign

    A request for a wooden Achtung Minen sign for use as a prop at an event is not an every day request but I have learnt it never to be wise to be asking too many questions. Whilst waiting for it to be collected it has been pressed into active service sending a not so…

  • Log Trailer Arrives

    Our long awaited low ground pressure log trailer has finally arrived! For use behind a compact tractor or ATV it should be just the job for extracting logs and brash without making a mess.

  • Gathering Giant Pumpkins

    On fields eerily shrouded in mist, the 2016 Giant Pumpkin harvest has begun. All the giant pumpkins that have not been sold in advance will be listed for sale on www.bigpumpkins.co.uk/pumpkins-for-sale/