Category: Treathro Cottages
We have spent many years on walking holidays around the UK and wanted to create what we consider the perfect place to stay.
New holiday let – The Granary
20/02/2022
Work is slowly going ahead on our new holiday let. We have been thrilled at the reservations and reviews on The Dairy and are hoping for the same response once The Granary is finished (probably end of summer). This will be substantially larger (sleeping 6/8) but with a similar vibe ie a sympathetic renovation with...
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Pregnancy Scans
06/01/2022
Both cows and sheep have been scanned this month. All but one of the ewes are pregnant – 6 singles (purple spots), 28 twins (red dots), 11 triplets (green spots) and unfortunately one quad (purple and green spots!). From our limited experience anything more than twins can be trouble, so much for no sock lambs...
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Tree Planting
15/12/2021
At last we have planted some trees, we have been talking about this ever since we moved in 4 years ago, so pleased we have finally managed it. We bought them from the Woodland Trust, one ‘Shelter Belt’ pack and a couple of ‘Coppicing’ packs, a total of 630 trees. A mixture of english oak,...
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New Pole Barn
18/09/2021
When we bought the farm one of the smaller barns looked like this, obviously needing a bit of TLC! David has worked his magic and has now built a brand new pole barn on the same site, the planning and ordering of material took a very long time….actually erecting it just a few days!...
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Livestock Health and Wellbeing
29/08/2021
The welfare of our animals is our highest priority and to this end they are raised in the most natural way possible on 100% grass, with minimum intervention and minimum stress. However every year the livestock do need certain medications and interventions to keep them well throughout the different seasons and we need to be...
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