by Neil Hickson | Dec 26, 2016 | photo story
It’s exactly 12 months ago today that Burscough Community Farm was under 5 feet of water. Consider the difference between the first few pictures taken a year ago and those taken now. You would wonder how the land would recover, but it did. It slowed us down, but...
by Neil Hickson | Dec 23, 2016 | photo story
A big thank you to Booths Supermarket in Burscough yesterday for letting us have some cardboard to mulch our trees down at the farm. A layer of cardboard helps with the keeping the grass under control whilst new trees become established. We will be planting some more...
by Neil Hickson | Dec 4, 2016 | landscape, photo story
As the sunflower heads decay they provide a good food source for birds and small mammals Chicken feed time with Graham Making sure that the birds have fresh ‘unfrozen’ water is essential. It just dropped out of the sky. Glider maker Doug Barber retrieves...
by Neil Hickson | Nov 28, 2016 | landscape, sunset
Just very occasionally you get one of those very special sunsets as a crisp frosty night starts to take hold. Tonight was one of those nights on the farm, burning orange skyline fading through to dark indigo. It’s going to be a cold one...
by Neil Hickson | Nov 28, 2016 | Uncategorized
We are experimenting this year using the Rotary Plough to cut a trench for our tree planting.
