Getting An Early Start

Despite a snowy beginning to the week, with more snow forecast, and in spite of the stormy weather and waterlogged fields, in the glasshouses here at Caring For Life, we are trying to get an early start with preparations for spring and summer!

Growing bedding plants, vegetable plants and shrubs for sale means that pricking out of plug plants and tiny grown-on seedlings, as well as the potting up of young shrubs, all has to take place at this time of the year.

It makes the horticulture project a hive of activity, in a light-filled,  warm and safe environment, whatever the weather outside.

This enables lots of opportunities for those on the horticulture project to learn skills. Everyone also learns to work well as a team, whilst enjoying plenty of laughter, down amongst the geraniums, peppers and aubergines, to name only a few of the plants they are now growing!

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New on the Farm

This time of the year is always much looked forward to by those who take part in the agriculture project here at Crag House Farm. The weather can be cold and also rough when there are storms, but there is always plenty of excitement over new arrivals.

The first Longhorn calf arrived very recently, with plenty more to follow in the coming days. Those on the project take enormous pride in letting people know about the number of calves that have been born, or the names being chosen for them. It forms quite a topic for conversation over lunchtime.

Some of those on the agriculture project are new to the farm themselves, having only started attending the project fairly recently. It will be the first time they have seen calving and watched how much care and attention goes into looking after each animal, then learning how they can play a part themselves. It gives everyone an extra reason to get up and come and get involved in the project.

It won’t be long before lambing starts, another incredibly busy time of year, but a tremendous opportunity for everyone on the project, newcomers or those who’ve been involved several years, to work together and provide the best care for each animal.

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A Woodland Garden in Winter

People sometimes think that gardens and woodland are really bare and colourless in winter. A visit to the sensory gardens at Crag House Farm, the home of Caring For Life, proves this theory to be flawed!

The colours of the bark, the stones and mosses, the beautiful snowdrops pushing through and other winter-flowering bulbs and shrubs, all produce a magical effect and bring the gardens to life.

Careful planning has gone into this, but the sensory gardens still look very natural and the pathways winding through have recently been re-mulched, to make them attractive and accessible for visitors.

The Gardens and Conservation project team are rightly proud of their work, as they see the woodland garden coming to life in the winter, and changing through the seasons.

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