Dad has given us the use of one of his crofts along the road. I should state now that this ground has been on set aside for the last 5 years and hasn't been used for crops for 50+ years!
this year will be very different, using his old fordson major tractor we have begun work prepping the soil for tatties. Its been a real eye opener, who knew it would be so difficult to get a plough for a start...lol and the tattie lifter we purchased from a friend has one in the scottish museum! Anyway, after ploughing, harrowing several times and me physically lifting clods, we are getting there and ordered the obligatory kerrs pinks and a few golden wonder and duke of yorks to see how they cope with the soil.
the best bit so far is the amount of people that have said how nice it is to see someone taking the time and making the effort to do something with the ground when we are surrounded by miles of neglected grazing.