This blog has been set up for you to find out and understand our farm, above.
Jordan Castle Farm is an award-winning farm in the village of Wellow in the centre of Nottinghamshire. We have 285 acres (113 hectares) and are a mixed farm. We have a herd of 200 polled Charolais cattle and we pride ourselves on farming with the environment, a technique called 'integrated farm management'. This means that we try to combine modern techniques with an age-old love of the countryside. We also have 2 holiday cottages which are open all year.
(for more information visit our website http://www.sherwoodforestholidaycottages.com)
To aid our environmentally friendly farming, we have been a part of the Environmental Stewardship Scheme, which is a government scheme to encourage conservation and help the environment, since 1992. In September 2005 the farm was entered into Entry Level Environmental Stewardship, which is the 'new' form of the Environmental Stewardship Scheme. In February 2006 we successfully bid for entry into the Higher Level Scheme which covers the entire farm. Under this scheme we are creating permissive access, replanting the orchard, establishing pollen/nectar mix planting and some new hedgerows. It has also enabled us to renovate the old stable as a meeting room for educational access visits.
We now feel that we need to communicate our desire for working with the environment to a larger audience. This has been aided by the introduction of educational access visits, but we hope to achieve this even further with the creation of this blog. We hope to keep you posted on developments on the farm so that you can learn a little more!
