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Life at Southlands
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream: The Enchanting Evening Blooms at Southlands Farm Cottages The long summer days stretch out before us, and at Southlands Farm Cottages, the idyllic setting is even more magical around nightfall. As the golden light of the …
A Monochrome Fox Tale at Southland Farm Cottages: Saying Goodbye and Welcoming New Feathered Friends
Here at Southland Farm Cottages, we strive to create a peaceful and restorative environment for our guests and our resident animals. Unfortunately, nature had other plans for our flock of hens recently. One night, a badger snuck into their coop …
Garden Open Day at Southlands Farm
On Sunday 17th of July we are opening the gardens at Southands to the public for the first time since we started creating them 32 years ago. The garden has been a labour of love for us and has grown …
Fresh Start for Hens…
Yesterday I went on a road trip with Widget the terrier. She behaved impeccably considering there were birds flapping in the back of the landrover! Our mission was to collect Ten ex battery hens . Given to me as a …
Spring has sprung at Southlands
Last week we welcomed three new arrivals to the Southlands Dexter herd. Celtic and Tulip both gave birth to two bull calves last Monday followed by Victoria producing a little heifer on Wednesday. The trio are happy and healthy and enjoying some …
Get Ready for Pimm’s O’Clock!
Get ready for Pimm’s O’clock this Summer! Escape to www.southlandsfarmcottages.co.uk #summerholiday #northumberland#holidaycottage #selfcatering
Fish pie in an instant!
Ok, I love cooking but we are all busy and I LOVE short cuts ….. Very quick fish pie! Aldi or M & S fish pieces cook in a little milk. Then cook new potatoes cut in half lengthways. Chop and …
A busy April at Southland’s Farm Cottages?
I really really LOVE this time of year! The birds are singing their hearts out and nesting, the frogs are having a party in the pond! We are calving, lambs are all around us and the chickens are thrilled not …
Digging begins in earnest!…
It was the most amazing sunny Easter weekend here in Northumberland so we made the most of it and started work on the vegetable garden. Last year once production had ground to a halt & potatoes and onions were lifted …
She’s a big girl!
At 28ft long she is definitely a Big girl.She was loaded in Devon and managed to travel all the way to Northumberland so you can imagine our relief when she came off the lorry in one piece,was successfully hitched onto …
The Showman’s journey begins….
Two days ago Charles and I took possession of a 28ft 1942 original showman’s wagon something we have dreamed of owning for quite some time. It arrived on a low loader lorry all the way from Devon to our 37 …
Let the Romance begin……
I have to say I am biased…Born and bred in Northumberland I love this place with a pashion….The people, the breathtaking skies, wide open spaces, clean fresh air, country pubs and long lazy walks. Ok it gets cold but that’s …
Studio Open
At last my art studio is finished and I am in it and painting! It is wonderful to have my own space instead of having canvas around the house.Exciting…
Goat’s eggs
Eighteen months a go we were given two Kune Kune pigs, sounds good so far, but the deal was that we had to take two Pygmy goats as well. It turned out that Ozzy and Woody were both castrated males …
Blowing the electricity bills away.
Just over a year ago we erected a Bergey wind turbine to provide electricity for the workshop, house and cottages. And I can now report that it has been everything that we had hoped and more. Thanks to Mike Seeley …
Spring comes early
So here we are not halfway through March and spring is really happening. Buds are opening, bats are flying, daisies are flowering, the grass is starting to grow and the pond is a soup of frogspawn while insects and birdsong …
Meet the new Babies!
Here at Southlands Farm our Labrador and Sporting Lucas girls have been busy producing puppies! Firstly Widget had four puppies then Gasket had eight excactly a week later. As you can imagine life has been rather busy with 12 …
Alfies new house!
Alfie our little Shetland pony has moved into his new house. He now has Woody and Ozzie the goats and the chickens for company! I think he is enjoying having friends and it is lovely having him nearer the house.
Dexter Beef hits the big time!
Raymond Blanc:How to cook well tonight 8 pm BBC2 and what’s on the menu as the finest of meats DEXTER BEEF….what more can I say except come and get yours here at Southlands Farm shop ! X
Our First Rare Breed Dexter Beef Boxes!
A very big THANK YOU to all those who have purchased our first Rare Breed DEXTER BEEF BOXES. They were so well received we decided to sent off one more so there is the opportunity for four more beef boxes …
Citroen HA van
Anybody out there an H van nut, or knows someone who is? We need to find a new home for this piece of classic art. There is most of another set of panels and the motor was good. Any ideas …
Wern’t we the lucky ones!
One of our guests is a really keen fisherman and comes to stay to enjoy the great local fishing on our doorstep. He and his son had a really successful and enjoyable days fishing and caught six fantastic trout. They …
Southlands Farm Dexter beef and Kune Kune sausage beef olives!
We have just collected a new batch of our own delicious rare breed beef and sausages. I was recently reminded of a recipe Mum used to make for us ‘ Beef olives’ and so I set too to reconstruct her …
Keeping up appearances
the suppliers of the lights were no help either. So after a little lateral thought
Electric Aga here we come!
With the installation of our new electric turbine we decided it would be a good idea to have an electric Aga rather that oil fired one.We did a great deal of research and eventually found a company( who had also …
Off to a new home!
Today some of our Dexter cattle set out on a journey all the way to Kaithness! The Kay family already have some Southland’s Dexter’s and it is lovely that Sparkle, Fiesta ,Sunshine, Djokovic and Robson have gone to join their …
New eco welly washer!
I am rather pleased with my new welly washer. The best thing is we now use the soapy water left over from washing the cottage floors to pour in the welly washer resulting in nice shiny boots that smell good …
Enjoy
Come here to unwind and do as much or as little as you like. There is plenty to keep you occupied in this beautiful area:
- Long walks in stunning nature reserves & beaches
- Well behaved dogs are always welcome
- We have stabling and fantastic rides
- Relaxing in the local pub
- Browsing in the tempting local shops
- Learning a new hobby on one of our courses
Our Green Credentials
Here at the farm we care deeply about reducing our impact on the environment and helping our guests to do the same.
We’ve built the cottages to be as environmentally friendly as possible. This includes using renewable energy, composting, growing our own food, supporting local producers, and plating one hundred trees!
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