Our Farm Diaries
Stay up to date with our hill farm in the Lake District by reading our farm diaries throughout the year.
Easter at Hollows Farm
Written on 17 April 2025 by Ruby Nicholson
Lambing time has started and our seasonal campsite is now open 🙂
Low Hows Wood
Written on 18 March 2025 by Ruby Nicholson
Ancient temperate rainforests are some of the rarest habitats on earth. They are important carbon stores and home to a rich variety of specialised animals, plants and fungi.
Castle Crag
Written on 18 February 2025 by Ruby Nicholson
Castle Crag was given to the National Trust as a war memorial after the First World War by the family of 2nd Lieutenant John Hamer.
The History of Hill Farming
Written on 10 February 2025 by Ruby Nicholson in Farm Diaries
One of the main reasons the Lake District National Park looks as it does today is due to the hundreds of years of traditional hill farming that has taken place amongst the Lakeland fells. From dry stone walls to Herdwick sheep, stone barns and carefully grazed fellsides; every iconic view in the Lake District has been influenced by hill farming one way or another.