Copper Meadow B&B

2011-11-16T14:31:00.000-08:00

Just returned from the Farm Stay AGM in Northumberland, lovely to catch up with old friends. This is the nearest I will get to a great wall love to go to the Great wall of China but Hadrians Wall will have to do at the moment.

2011-10-07T02:37:00.000-07:00

The new web site is up and running,it looks good, at last the grandchildren go home today, it has been a bit of a juggling act geting breakfast for guests and getting them off to school, common complaint is we don't do that at home, when with me Granny's rules rule ok.

Farm update

2011-08-15T06:57:00.000-07:00

It seems such a long time since I posted a blog,

the garden is at last taking shape, and the water feature is much admired by my guests.

The last of the silage is being done at this moment, that will be the 3rd cut, it will just leave one field of wheat to cut, the rest of the corn has either been crimped or put into the whole crop pit ready for the winter feed for the cows.

Rams go to market on Wednesday, and we say goodbye to daughter Fiona and Max and Amy as they make their way back to Hong Kong, not before I get all 7 grandchildren together for a photo something that I have been trying to do for ages, I had hoped they would do something for our 40th anniversary, but it is left up to me to sort, so fun and games tomorrow as I am sure that Sam would rather be out with Grandad on the farm.

Men and Gardening

2011-04-19T13:14:00.000-07:00

How is it that when the men get into the garden, everything seems to have to be done with the digger. My dear husband of nearly 40yrs decided to dig the foundations for the wall to be built outside, it will be lovely when it is done. But first of all their is a bit of hedge in the way, so as not to open the garden up too much to the road they just pushed the piece of hedge concerned inwards. Now we shall either have a lovely green piece of hedge, or as I suspect a brown dead looking piece, unless that is of coarse unless it rains, which at the moment seems highly unlikely.
I must admit the visibility outside is better, I hope that the Jenny wrens will return tomorrow. I will post a photo tomorrow.

Garden update

2011-04-13T11:18:00.000-07:00

Tuesday 12th The weather has been lovely again, Sam and Grandad have been getting the ground ready for some grass seed, we may have some rain, the plants will be very glad. Grandad started to draw his pension on the 12th, so he needs all the help he can get. We are off to see Shaun the sheep, in Plymouth. Why not stay on a farm, with Farm Stay, and get a Shaun activity pack for the children or grandchildren.

Garden works

2011-04-07T04:50:00.000-07:00

At last work on the garden has started at Copper Meadow we have had lovely weather, Ruby wedding celebrations at the end of the month so everything is full steam ahead. Picture of the work so far using all our granite.

Winter Weather

2010-12-07T14:14:00.001-08:00

The weather has been like a picture post card very very frosty, not like this photo that was taken in February, I am glad to say, it makes it so hard to get around and feed the animals if their is a lot of snow. I have just had this photo printed for our Christmas Cards, the trouble is what to do for next year.

2010-10-25T08:16:00.000-07:00

Saturday 23rd October, and the in lamb ewes went to market, the shepherd is not getting any younger and it was time for the hard work of lambing to be passed to someone else, so all the in lamb ewes were sold, after a very busy week of carding and trimming so they looked their best they went to new owners from Northern Ireland, Yorkshire, and Wales.

Silage time

2010-07-07T04:17:00.000-07:00

Another good crop of silage is under wraps, what lovely weather we had. Every one is very pleased. Time now to sort the sheep it is the time of the year for the ewes to be put with the rams, if we hope to lamb at the beging of December, as well as a herd of dairy cows we also run a flock of pedigree charollais sheep.

Update on the farm

2010-07-05T06:07:00.000-07:00

Well here I am in blog land thanks to my tutor Tom. The weather here in Cornwall is lovely hence the men of the farm have silage fever, what is that I hear you say? well it is a disease that farmers get when they don't know whether to cut silage or not. We have heard every forecast going, thankfully the decision has been made we are cutting today, and the contractor will be with us tomorrow to pick it all up, and another pit full of winter feed for the cows will be safely in. I joke about them not knowing what to do, but the weather is all important, as the better the silage then hopefully the milk production will be good in the Winter, and we will need to buy less concentrate feed for the cows, and this helps the cost of production.
Grand children to pick up from school, and cooking to be done ready for tomorrow.

Welcome To My Blog

2010-06-24T10:08:00.001-07:00

Copper Meadow Bed & Breakfast Accommodation at Trevadlock in Cornwall is an idyllic setting within 450 acres on the edge of Bodmin Moor just 1/2 a mile from the A30. Trevadlock is a working dairy farm offering peace and tranquillity in a rural location, perfect for a holiday with a relaxing atmosphere.

Our bed & breakfast accommodation is convenient for both the north and south coasts and ideally situated for touring Devon and Cornwall easily.