Calving and Lambing 2025 is such a contrast to that of 2024 – wall to wall sunshine has meant the team can get calves and lambs on the ground without battling the elements. It’s a well-oiled machine now with returning student Maggie Brown making sure night checks are done with a beady eye and the […]

Here we are, the end of a rewarding chapter for me. Joining Balcaskie green, naïve and keen back in September 2018 I had no idea what my life would look like today in 2025. Nearly 7 years on I can truly say that being part of the Balcaskie movement and team has grown me as […]

Lambing and calving become the focus this month with our first calves born to heifers in late February and the main herd beginning in early March. With round the clock care required, we enlist extra help over this period. We are delighted to have Joe for a few weeks with his quiet capable ability and […]

Bowhouse held its first February Market since we normally open the year in March, but with demand from both customers and traders, we have extended the season with a bustling February, offering both the normal high quality food and drink stalls, workshops, demos and of course the Butchery hosting the BBQ. Alterations to both Baern […]

By January our winter routine is well underway, with over 900 cattle still outside and a marked contrast from last year, when the constant rain meant we had used over ½ our winter forage in the first two months. This year, we are delighted that the grass has remained growing, ground dry and sufficient forage […]

 Stocks Cooks Shop have now opened in the Courtyard at Bowhouse – if you are short of present ideas for Christmas – it’s got some great things in there and is well worth a look. In January, we will begin the next phase of “Knock Through” when we open up the ground floor of the […]