What a glorious bank holiday weekend at Stolford Farm! After the annual children’s Easter egg hunt on Sunday morning an afternoon of relaxation and sunbathing in the garden was followed by burgers on the barbecue in the afternoon and marshmallows toasted on the firepit before bed (no wine was consumed – honest!). Let’s have more …
The fire pit at Middle Stolford Cottage is now complete and ready for our guests to use. Whether you want to toast marshmallows, try your hand at cooking on the tripod grill, or just sit and watch the flames flicker with good friends and a bottle of wine, it’s a lovely way to wind down …
Spring has arrived at Stolford Farm and it’s blooming lovely! With spring flowers popping up everywhere and the trees starting to blossom there’s a real sense of re-awakening around the farm and cottages. We’ll be welcoming our first lambs over the next few weeks and are looking forward to watching them leaping around the fields. …
We want the cottage to be a welcoming place for guests with dogs, so in the Spring we made the garden quite a bit bigger, and surrounded it with a post and rail fence with pet friendly smooth wire. Visitors will be able to let their dogs roam the garden without worrying too much, unless …
They’re a bit blurred but they were taken from my mobile. As you walk the bridleways and tracks you will see single animals or large groups, and the quieter you are, the more you’ll see. They can clear fences in one effortless bound and when you startle them close up in the woods, mostly you …
Another new investment this year was our Shelbourne Reynolds (made in Britain!) hedge trimmer. Farms on Exmoor like to keep their hedges a little higher, with a bit of overhang to protect the sheep and cattle from the worst of the weather. Sheep like a bit of shade too, in the hotter months. It took …
In the winter storms we had a few of trees blown over, mostly beech, which is nothing unusual. This year we invested in a new log splitter and saw bench because we need a larger stock for our guests when they want to use their stoves or firepits. Actually what you’re going to be using …
Bleak mid-winter? I think not! With a heavy snow fall and a bright blue sky today The Brendon Hills looks more like the French Alps. The air is crystal clear and fresh up here at Stolford Farm and the views are stunning. Perfect weather for wrapping up warm, digging out the snow boots and taking …
Last summer was remarkable for its long, dry summer, but that played havoc with the grass. Stolford farm looked like Texas for nearly three months, but we got an unexpected bonus in the Autumn with a decent amount of rain and some good late sunshine.. So the other remarkable thing was haymaking in October, which …
