Spring 2025
On a bright morning in March 2025, Hugo the tiny Ouessant wanted cuddles from Tony. Tony was dressed in his usual outfit of black jeans and checked shirt whilst Hugo had chosen a rather flattering outfit from the “Spring 2025 Collection for Discerning Ovines”. He looked handsome, bedecked as he was with strands of hay…
February 2025 is fading fast…
We’re beginning to see welcome signs of Spring after the usual long haul of winter rain, wind and snow. Storms brought down a big conifer growing alongside the lane before Christmas and, annoyingly, the tree caught on overhead internet cable and brought that down too. The rootball was shallow but wide and has revealed a…
Archive February 2022 at Foxglove Farm
We’ve spent most of this month planning our next round of projects, and plan to start work in March. After the severe, countrywide storms this month, we’ve decided to have a final go at planting a shelter belt. Even without storms Eunice and Franklin et al, the ‘lazy’ Lincolnshire wind which, as I’ve mentioned…
Archive January 2022 at Foxglove Farm
The hellebores are looking lovely January can’t be anyone’s favourite month, surely? Unless perhaps it’s your birth month and you have very generous, gift giving relatives? Here at Foxglove Farm we’re usually sliding about in mud at this time of the year, the skies are leaden and the feed bills for the livestock are at…
An Illustrated Review of 2021 on Foxglove Farm
Living through the second bleak ‘pandemic year’ in succession hasn’t been easy, although it was great to have some respite during the warmer months when most of our customers were able to travel again and brought their cats to the cattery for us to look after. We’ve had some fabulous guests, ranging from friendly domestic…
It’s Autumn at Foxglove Farm
It’s been a hectic time of late, with various things going on in all our lives which has meant that I haven’t had time to write the Foxglove Farm Blog. I think that Autumn, with its ‘mists and mellow fruitfulness’ is a good time to begin again. I love this time of year with its…
Spring Shearing 2021
Once spring- time comes around Benji, our wether, needs shearing because VBNs grow long, thick coats which has to come off twice a year, in spring and autumn. Sadly, we lost our other wether Boris, to pneumonia and I’ve only just felt able to write about it because he was the friendliest sheep ever, more…
Foxglove Farm Chicken News
We’ve managed to step up our fresh egg production with the addition of the Brahmas, Miss Nora and Miss Dora Tweedie, whom we hatched last year, along with three cockerels, Basil, Manuel and The Major. In contrast to the tiny Pekins the Misses Tweedie are great galumphing gals, but they are extremely gentle and Nora…
The Foxglove Farm Blog is Back!
We’ve been extremely busy since our last blog post – setting up the original gift website then re-designing and re-launching it – and have recently opened a small (but perfectly formed!) gift shop in the cattery reception area. We’re selling a selection of countryside-themed gifts, many of them hand-made in our workshops here at Foxglove…
Hannah & George Feature in the Local Paper
This week our local paper, The Louth Leader, did an article on local businesses who have been forced to diversify during the pandemic and Hannah and George were chosen to feature in it. We’ve had a lot of lovely comments from friends and strangers alike and hope that it will make people want to visit…
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