Whilst things have been rather busy just recently – whether its getting Jamie off to his new college, recruiting new team members, moving sheep and horses around on the farm or getting ready for that ‘C’ word, one thing I always make sure I have time for is the sourcing of new products for our […]

Well, we are well and truly in the holiday season now and the kids and I even managed to enjoy a much needed short break away at the beginning of August, straight after our Shire Horse Open Day. We had an amazing turnout of horses in the show ring which was fantastic for both the exhibitors […]

Happy Holidays to all those who have just finished the end of the school term!! We have been busy working on a new horsebox catering trailer ready for the holidays together with some new younger kids play activities in the neighbouring paddock as well as our play area, so look out for them opening next […]

June is still a busy time for all of us on the farm. We have our annual Open Farm Sunday event to prepare for, which this year was a tremendous success and I’d like to thank all the fantastic volunteers who helped with the smooth running of the event, as well as all the Croots […]

Croots Farm Shop products went down a storm at the Houses of Parliament when they were showcased at the bi-annual Derbyshire Food and Drinks Fair ’A Taste of Derbyshire’ hosted by Derbyshire MPs. Croots took along some of its award-winning homemade products including pork pie, sausage roll, lemon drizzle cake, and Bakewell tart, plus a […]

Although there’s always lots of ups and downs when lambing, its still a wonderful (albeit very tiring!!!) experience to see new lambs and new foals being born. This was my third year of lambing without Steve and I’ve learnt lots in that time..taking advice off other local farmers, going on a lambing course at Scarsdale […]