Booths, thanks for the cardboard
A big thank you to Booths Supermarket in Burscough yesterday for letting us have some cardboard to...
Sunny Winter Sunday Afternoon
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November Sunset Collection
Just very occasionally you get one of those...
Tree Planting Starts Again
We are experimenting this year using the Rotary Plough to cut a trench for our tree planting.
Cold Snap
It was the coldest night of the winter so far on Friday night with -4.9°C, but the poly tunnel is...
Wind Then Frost; it’s really winter now.
Stormy conditions of the last few days have blown our tarps around quite a lot. So, putting them...
Basket Willow
Just a few leaves left on our basket willow. It will soon be time to harvest and grade the crop.
Samhain Update
With a final figure of £612.26 raised we well exceeded our target goal of £550.00. Well done...
Samhain Success
Many thanks to all those who organised and took part in our Samhain celebration last night. Best...
Putting New Life Into Old Tools
I have just 'refurbished' my Dad's old Stanley carpenters axe after it had a tussle with a nail,...
Willow
Our willow is now started to die away and join in with the other trees on site to make amazing...
A Winter Basket
We have some classy customers and one brought along her basket to put our veg in. A perfect match...
Another Amazing Sky
We never get tired of looking at the sky around here, it puts up some amazing displays. This...
Samhain Celebration 2016
Final Countdown To Samhain Fundraiser 2016 Saturday 29th October 6-10pm, Burscough Cricket Club...
Finished Serving Spoon
Not bad for the first spoon carving of the winter.
Spoon Carving
I think the weather may have put off the volunteers today so it gives me a chance to get back into...
Barn Painting
Barn painting is going well on this lovely warm sunny day. Over 50% now painted. Come along and...
Sowing Broad Beans
We decided to take advantage of this good weather and sow some broad beans. We have a good mixed...
Rainbow Chard
Some amazing Rainbow Chard for today's veg box customers. Slice the stems and give them slightly...
Small Mammal Trapping at Burscough Community Farm
A pair of Bank Voles being photographed by Alan Bedford. We will be emptying traps until about...
Moth Hunting On The Farm
Ron Moyes of Lancashire Moth Group trapping Moths on the farm tonight.
Parsnips On The Menu
Our parsnips have done brilliantly and we have started to put them in our veg boxes today.
Small Mammal Survey 2016 at Burscough Community Farm
If you love wildlife please join us...
Now That’s What I Call A Spider!
I found this big spider hanging around in the poly tunnel.
Frog In The Grass
We came across this frog whilst mowing the red clover. Happily it missed the mower blades.
Brew Time
Kettle on and time for lunch.
Tomato Breakfast
It was down to 6 degrees C. last night in the poly tunnel so I wonder how long our tomato plants...
Liverpool Vegan Festival
We are enjoying the Liverpool Vegan Festival at the Quaker Meeting House in School Lane. Lots of...
Hungry Hares
I thought that Hares were nibbling our golden beetroot. Our long legged friends have left their...
Tomato Harvest
This mornings tomato harvest for todays veg boxes.