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.
Every one of these moments is special to us, and we hope that our wonderful guests stop and notice the beauty of these passing moments.
To try and not blink and miss them- we thought we'd pop them down for you- a few of them at least. And then, if you've an unbooked trip planned on the horizon, you can choose that moment that you don't want to miss.
And if nothing else- it might remind you to slow down a little and notice the changing seasons around you.
MAY + JUNE
Lambing
Kidding
Apple blossom
Beltane
Bluebells
Hatching eggs
Plant sales
Bursting Greenhouse
Rhubarb
Birdsong
Planting out seedlings
Veg harvest
Blackcurrant Leaf
Guardswells Birthday
Produce Market
Solstice
Short nights, long days
Outdoor cooking
JULY + AUGUST
Shearing
Peak meadow
Produce Markets
Currants
So many flowers
Long Grass
Summer Holidays
Pressed- A Celebration of Scottish Cider
Hay making
Figs
Tomatoes
Vegetable abundance
Bursting greenhouse
Pond swimming
All night firepits
Wild strawberries
Mushrooms
SEPTEMBER + OCTOBER
Apple harvest
Campfires
Goat shearing
Tomatoes
Squash
Turning leaves
Mulled cider
Samhain
Pumpkin carving
Harvest festival
Produce Markets
Chutney Making
Hogget Boxes
Goat Shearing
NOVEMBER + DECEMBER
24/7 wood burner
Leaves on the ground
Bonfire night
Winter Solstice
Yule
Mulled Cider
Wild Wreaths
Candle light
Hogget Stew
Winter Store
Poached Pears
Rowan Jelly
Leeks
Stored squash
Cosy Blankets
Walking boots
