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 Shelter
Belt: Oak, ash, silver birch, cherry, hawthorn, wild rose, mountain ash,
gorse and bramble were planted here in 1985. The larger sycamores were planted
in 1970s. This provides a habitat for wildlife and helps to protect the farm
drive from snow, although the last substantial snow fall was in 1994. (That
is tempting fate!)
New Wall: The dry stone wall on the south side of the drive was built
in 1999, with financial support from Peak Rural Opportunities, a Peak District
National Park grant scheme funded by Ministry of Agriculture and European Agricultural
Guidance and Guarantee Fund. It was built by a local wall builder and cost £7,000.
 Milk
Stand: The old milk churn stand often provides a picnic place for walkers.
It used to hold churns of milk for daily collection until 1974. The farm would
have produced about 12 churns a day in the 1970s and today we produce the equivalent
of 19 churns a day (800 litres)
 Squeeze
belly stile:
A very effective style of stile! Many walls are topped with barbed wire to stop
the cows rubbing and pushing them over and also to keep sheep in.
Walls: The farm lies on limestone, formed under ancient oceans millions
of years ago. Many fossils appear in some of the dry stone walls and the farmyard
buildings. Notice the shape of the walling stone here, it is small, rectangular
and a bit shaley. The yellow and white lichens growing here are indicators of
clean air.
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