The Farmers Mart Feb/Mar 2015 - Issue 38 | Page 48

Garfield House Farm my sheep numbers had grown to 200 ewes including Clun Forest X and Border Leicester X put to the Suffolk tup. I also ‘My landlords increased my tenanted land to 240 acres during the years that followed and I started with suckler cows around 1993-94’ She has a smallholding and grew up to 20 acres of barley I built up some stock there for feed, though it has to be as well as earning an income said not very successfully as selling frozen food. When I was the land wasn’t suitable. I also 25, I took the tenancy of Lower grew three to four acres of Hand Bank owned by Yorkshire potatoes.” Water. It amounted to 80 acres John and his partner Fiona and had been run by an old (Hall) got together in 1994. chap who had just retired. It They now own the acreage they was 1975 and I started with have to the north of the main 80 ewes and 40 young beef road that splits their farmland calves. in two. They built a new “My landlords increased farmhouse and farm buildings my tenanted land to 240 acres during 2001-2006 and gave during the years that followed their farm a new name, Garfield and I started with suckler cows House Farm, in recognition of around 1993-94. By this time the work carried out by their architect, Garfield Jones. DOMESTIC • COMMERCIAL • INDUSTRIAL • SECURITY ALL ASPECTS OF ELECTRICAL CONTRACTING “Today, we have a flock of 80 pedigree Suffolk ewes and they lamb in the first Town gate Technologies Ltd weeks of January. We do a RENEWABLE ENERGY SOLUTIONS synchronisation and AI job in early August and that means they all lamb within seven Towngate Technologies help you secure your energy future by designing and installing Solar Photovoltaic (PV) & Wind Turbine systems, which generate clean and efficient electricity. or eight days starting on 8 Towngate Technologies are proud to be associated with John and wish him luck in the future. January. We Signet record the Contact us on 01226 767 909 or Call Matthew Crossfield 07766 148278 E: [email protected] | www.towngatetechnologies.co.uk 1984. We take an eight week APPROVED INSTALLER CONTRACTORS HEALTH & SAFETY ASSESSMENT SCHEME Accredited Contractor 48 Feb/Mar 2015 www.farmers-mart.co.uk flock and have done so since record on 8 March and also a 20 week record. We normally have around 150 lambs and