Category Archives: Life on the Farm

Outsource your social media?

Outsource Your Social Media? A Thought From The Other Side. Celebrating 10 years together and 8 years of running our luxury farm stay business, it is sometimes hard to imagine what our journey has taught us and we certainly wouldn’t hope to communicate this in one post, for today however one tweet particularly caught myContinueContinue reading “Outsource your social media?”

Oaks Barn Farm Coach House Showcase

Luxury Farm Stay In the Heart of Shakespeare’s England Self Catering Property Sleeps 6

Oaks Barn Farm Get Five Feather Rating

Oaks Barn Farm last week were successful in attaining a Five Feather Rating from Exclusively Warwickshire, for their Luxury Farm Stay Located in the Heart of Shakespeare’s England, they are amongst a long list of other providers committed to providing quality accommodation to those visiting Warwickshire and all that this Great County has to Offer.ContinueContinue reading “Oaks Barn Farm Get Five Feather Rating”

Our disposable world V’s The Countryside

So it’s Sunday on the farm and after yesterday’s rain it’s nice to get out for a walk across the fields, or so we thought.  There will be no prizes for guessing the type of low life that are responsible for deliberately littering the countryside with these gas cylinders, but take a closer look for inContinueContinue reading “Our disposable world V’s The Countryside”

Watch out for that Spring

Well the sun is shining on the farm this morning and with the light and additional warmth, there is a whole new feel around the farm, we still have some of last years lambs on the farm, the lucky ones that didn’t make the weight, already they have started to run up and down theContinueContinue reading “Watch out for that Spring”

Still Learning

With January at a close, the Farm and the rest of the UK has enjoyed yet another unseasonal month with higher temperatures than the norm, record rainfall and very little in the way of frost, the flowers are confused and the wildlife also seems to be in a state of confusion. With our lambing dueContinueContinue reading “Still Learning”

Our Biomass Install 12 Months On

In November 2014 Oaks Barn Farm made a commitment to change form our Oil dependance on fossil fuels to switch to a sustainable heating source for the farm and 2 of its self catering Luxury Farm Stay Cottages. Previously we were concerned about rising oil prices, and the spiraling cost of our electricity bills, butContinueContinue reading “Our Biomass Install 12 Months On”

Still On The Fence About Social Media

On the fence is a good place to start, at least you know where you’re at. For us at Oaks Barn Farm running a sucessful Farm Stay Business requires us to embrace many new skills, we’ve built buildings, played our hands at plumbing, electrics, built roads managed water courses, and are still learning every dayContinueContinue reading “Still On The Fence About Social Media”