Making Honey at Clough Bottom
We now have two bee hives on site (owned by local honey producer, Dave Rayner who runs Ribblesdale Honey, based at Bashall Barn, Clitheroe). Not only do we hope that they produce lots of honey for Dave and the local community (last year’s wet weather seriously affected production), we hope too that they will bee buzzy pollinating fruit and crops and encourage bio-diversity which other local growers will benefit from.
Harry said “we were delighted when Dave asked if we could have some of his hives on our farm – it compliments our organic philosophy and our green credentials perfectly.”
Hatching a first – the Clough Bottom Chickling
We are delighted to announce the safe arrival of our ‘Chickling’ (name to be agreed), hatched on 3rd June 2010. After adopting a stray goose egg, our wonderful chicken waited patiently for her offspring to arrive, only to discover it had webbed feet. Both mother and baby are doing well.