JOURNAL

Read stories from the farm, our local guides, seasonal recipes and much more in the Guardswell Journal.

Anna Lamotte Anna Lamotte

TUBS, EGGS + LOOS WITH VIEWS

The Huts have Goodland tubs, the Huts + Houses have Big Green Eggs, we’re serving brekkie… have a wee read to see whats changed this year!

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Kimberley Grant Kimberley Grant

OUR YEAR ON THE FARM

A year at Guardswell is driven by the shifting seasons, the ever changing weather, the continual progression of birth, growth and occasional death. Flowers bloom so fleetingly, the elderflower is there and then gone, the bluebells too. One moment, the sheep are being sheared in the summer heat, the next you are donning four woolly layers as the leaves litter the ground.

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Kimberley Grant Kimberley Grant

GUARDSWELL HERB-RIDEANS

Herb-fed Hebridean sheep- conservation grazing, carbon sequestering, soil enhancing wonders.

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Kimberley Grant Kimberley Grant

HERBS

It’s such a privilege and a treat to be able to head- barefoot- to a herb garden, to pluck…

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Kimberley Grant Kimberley Grant

SKI DAYS FROM GUARDSWELL

Why not take a little adventure into the snowy hills whilst you're staying at Guardswell Farm?

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Kimberley Grant Kimberley Grant

HELLO FEBRUARY

Oh hello February- we're pretty excited for you this year. Snow drops are poking their heads...

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Anna Lamotte Anna Lamotte

AUTUMN SQUASH

Winter Melon, Acorn, Turban, Kuri, Delicata… does anyone else harbour a desire to be in a position to name a variety of squash?

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Anna Lamotte Anna Lamotte

HUMBLE COURGETTE

The humble courgette. A zucchini. Or has yours just grown a little large- is it now an unofficial marrow?

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Anna Lamotte Anna Lamotte

WFH…WITH DOGS

Jade, Guardswells "Steading, Wedding and Events Manager" has been working from home for the last 7 weeks... we miss her like crazy...

To keep things a little light hearted... here is her take on WFH (working from home)... with dogs!

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Anna Lamotte Anna Lamotte

LAMBS AND CHICKS

Lockdown at Guardswell Farm has been focused mainly on… baby animals. To say that we are missing the amazing people that stay in our huts and houses, our beautiful couples who marry on the farm, our intrepid learners attending workshops- would be an understatement. Just because so many elements of our personal lives have been shunted abruptly to a stop doesn’t mean that the farm has realised that.

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Anna Lamotte Anna Lamotte

BE KIND

Little ways to care for one another and for yourself.

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Anna Lamotte Anna Lamotte

WINTER HUT PACKING

If you are coming to stay with us when the weather is soggy or snowy, or if you’re off on an adventure anywhere in this weather… here are our top packing tips!!

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Anna Lamotte Anna Lamotte

SUSTAINABLE EVENTS AT GUARDSWELL FARM

"The eyes of all future generations are upon you. And if you choose to fail us, I say - we will never forgive you." - Greta Thunberg, UN Climate Summit, New York, 23 September 2019.

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Anna Lamotte Anna Lamotte

HOW TO LIGHT A FIRE

HOW TO LIGHT A FIRE.

A number one priority in a little hut on a hillside... getting the fire lit.

For some- its a dawdle... for others, their nemesis. So much relies on that fire: the evenings comfort, toasty toes, the whistle of the kettle, warming the wine, chilly nose prevention at 2am...

So here are our top tips!

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