Our South Powrie Scrapbook

The end of the month has certainly brought the Autumn chill to the air. The turkeys are enjoying foraging in the paddock and especially the apples ...

The sun rises on a final day of harvest. Finishing harvest on the second day of September was a record no-one could recall beating, certainly not i...

 After a few weeks keeping cosy, the turkeys moved to their new home where they are outside all day foraging naturally, enjoying the long grass and...

When Grandpa Ewan retired from The Courier after 11 years as the Agricultural Editor, there was an old fashioned whip round the office. Rather than...

At this time of year, the turkey paddock is home to our folly, our small hobby flock of ewes, the Newsroom, and the polytunnel becomes the maternit...

There are few reminders on the farm of the days when horsepower reigned supreme at South Powrie. But there is one memento which catches my eye when...

The turkeys are now free roaming in the paddock, which has been perfectly fertilised by the sheep giving them lots of long lush fresh grass to expl...

There's few more passionate about how they graze their animals than the Pickards at Pasture2Plate who sell 100% grass-fed meat direct from their Fi...

The bees are abuzz in the garden as well as on the farm in the swathes of phacelia, also a lovely purple. We plant it every year in pockets of the ...

The turkey chicks have hatched! They are keeping cosy inside deep in sawdust and basking under huge big heaters. They stay here for the first few w...

The Easter project for the children was adopting four very beautiful Zwartble orphan lambs, a Dutch breed which is dark brown all over with a white...

The deer are looking striking set against some pretty snowy scenes. At this time of year they need a little more TLC with less grass growing over t...