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Make hay while the sun shines, It may have been Sunday afternoon, but that means nothing if there is hay to move! [caption id="attachment_5775" align="aligncenter" width="320"] Made in the Peak District, a lovely crop of hay.[/caption] We were luck to snatch a good crop of hay in the few fine days this week to top up the barn ready for our equine guests this winter, It smells really nice, so why not book in to bring your horse on a holiday knowing he'll have plenty to eat. The whole family, even Felicity, gets roped in to such jobs but is s...
In today's fast moving technological world we sometimes forget to slow down and take time to enjoy and explore the world around us. However help is at hand from the latest Bradt Slow Travel Guide which celebrates our fabulous Peak District.This captivating and extensive guide is the perfect travel companion detailing where to taste the region's best produce, which accommodation offers character and colour (naturally featuring our Hoe Grange Holidays self-catering log cabins!), travel tips on how to make the most of your stay and some fascinati...
The saying goes "make hay while the sun shines". Well this year it has been extremely challenging and difficult to achieve, as you need a full week of hot sunshine! We make hay for our own animals and also for our guests who bring their own horses on holiday. Bale carting in the top meadows Here in the Derbyshire hills the grass was ready to mow several weeks ago but we have had to wait for the rain to cease long enough for us to dry the grass in the sunshine. It was touch and go as the grass was beginning to rot in the bottom. Well this we...
David is following in the footsteps of his Great Grandfather, William Brown, by constructing a tractor for Hoe Grange. Although slightly different! Tedding the hay with a Model T Model T with mid mounted mower Great Grandpa's tractors were constructed in the 1930's using Ford Model T cars as their base. Tractors were hard to come by and expensive, so these machines were cleverly adapted for various jobs around the farm from cultivating, and mowing to tedding or turning the hay. William Brown was an amazing engineer who was ahead of his time ...
Man and machine in harmony! Every week throughout the summer there are lots of lawns to mow here at Hoe Grange, as all of our self catering log cabins have their own garden area. David spends several hours mowing on a Friday, but this week swopped his usual little lawn mower for something slightly bigger as "one man went to mow, went to mow a meadow"! David mowed the grass meadows on the top of Ballidon Moor, ready to be baled for silage for the beef cattle to eat during the winter months. The grass will be harvested into round bales w...