Blog - Treflach Farm

The Owls of Treflach

by Andrew Steele January 11, 2021

Owl’s date back 2 million years and have been the farmers friend in the last 10,000 years as they prey on vermin. However the young of owls of to...

by Andrew Steele December 14, 2020

The inscription... Sol et luna, cedrus et floseulos, aquila et posser, spectaculum parum diverstitatum et inaequlitatum innumerarum significat, nu...

by Andrew Steele November 09, 2020

I remember as a child visiting a local stately home and hanging on a wall was a man trap – it heralded from an age when estates valued their game ...

by Andrew Steele October 05, 2020

This time of year we are visited every day by a flock of seagulls – even though no land is ploughed there is rich pickings to be had in readines...

by Andrew Steele September 06, 2020

Dead wood of fallen trees and branches provide some of the most densely populated natural habitats. There are standing dead trees in Treflach con...

by Andrew Steele August 03, 2020

I have been asked to write on this subject. A few brush strokes on a huge canvas would be no master piece, so I will try and paint a tiny cameo...

History

by Andrew Steele June 10, 2020

(Picture courtesy of Wikipedia) The sound of the cuckoo heralds the arrival of spring but unlike the swallow (Blog post April 2018) and the daily...

by Andrew Steele May 04, 2020

50 years ago herds were small and cows were given the names to which they were born to at the time of year. Today shopping habits have created hug...

by Andrew Steele March 16, 2020

Treflach is literally the stamping ground for 150 starlings at this time of year. As all the grass is short in the fields they land en-mass and w...

by Ian Steele February 29, 2020

We run lots of #environmentprojects here @treflachfarm and over the last couple of years we have put a lot of effort into #regenerating our #water...

by Andrew Steele February 11, 2020

William Wordsworth poem “Nutting” records an epoch in time that between 1876 and 1929 completely disappeared in the UK. Beatrix Potters most famo...

by Andrew Steele January 18, 2020

At this hungry time of year the soil of Treflach is a larder for life.