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A Visitors View

We had a nice weekend break away from the pains and stresses of buying a house, in the lovely city of Worcester. Even though there was quite a bit of rain while we were there, which seems to be the running theme to our adventures of 2016, we still enjoyed ourselves and here’s five reasons […]ContinueContinue reading “A Visitors View”

A Visitors View

We had a nice weekend break away from the pains and stresses of buying a house, in the lovely city of Worcester. Even though there was quite a bit of rain while we were there, which seems to be the running theme to our adventures of 2016, we still enjoyed ourselves and here’s five reasons […]ContinueContinue reading “A Visitors View”

If you love what you do you will never have to work again….

Sitting in bed looking out onto our frosted open fields with the sheep lay down waiting for the sun to warm the pasture, paints a picture of an ideal rural landscape, and indeed it is, but the work behind any sucessful business can often go unnoticed, for many Christmas Day is a time to relaxContinueContinue reading “If you love what you do you will never have to work again….”

Growing your twitter account organically

Growing your twitter account organically helps you connect with people who like your business and what you post. You get less ghost accounts following you. Your followers are more likely to share your content through mutual interest. Like minded accounts will have followers who will also like your content so every re tweet has theContinueContinue reading “Growing your twitter account organically”

Disconnect your internet for a day

Our latest project on the farm is to reinstate the drive fence, working with Paul Bird a local contractor has been full on fun, but finding and disconnecting our internet, home line and business line all in one simple manoeuvre was not in the plan so lost a little time today in re routing theContinueContinue reading “Disconnect your internet for a day”

Press Release Oaks Barn Farm Get Shortlisted

Worcestershire Based Oaks Barn Farm, are delighted with being shortlisted for the category of Digital Innovator, for the British Farming Awards to be held on the 20th October 2016 with Guest speaker Sally Gunnell OBE. Working hard to build up our luxury farm stay business over the last 10 years, Oaks Barn Farm has built upContinueContinue reading “Press Release Oaks Barn Farm Get Shortlisted”

How Green are we doing?

With green fields all around us, it is easy to think that this would be green enough, but we want to do more, we are all here just for a short time and our vision for the farm is to put a little back during the time we are here.  On the 20th of OctoberContinueContinue reading “How Green are we doing?”

What Farmers Find In Their Field

On Wednesday morning, our twitter followers will have recalled us finding a horse in our field which we haven’t got, and today we found a pair of dogs which we do not have, this got me onto thinking of all of the things we have found to date. We have had Goats this Shetland ponyContinueContinue reading “What Farmers Find In Their Field”

Looking Forward to meeting Sally Gunnell OBE

British Farming Awards 2016 Guest speaker   Olympian Sally Gunnell OBE, a farmer’s daughter who hails from Chigwell, Essex, has been announced as the guest speaker at this year’s British Farming Awards. Sally remains the only woman ever to hold four major track titles concurrently – Olympic, World, European and Commonwealth – and a world record. FollowingContinueContinue reading “Looking Forward to meeting Sally Gunnell OBE”

How to qualify as a farmer

How to qualify as a farmer, from the outset the question seems that with a few processes some training and a lot of time a definitive goal and final destination may be in sight. For me, I got into farming as a necessity, meeting someone I loved truly with all my heart, I realised veryContinueContinue reading “How to qualify as a farmer”