Everything we do on the farm is done with nature in mind. We don’t want the way we farm to have a negative impact on the land we are caretakers of. We dont want to simply sustain what is already here (albeit lovely to look at). We wish to actively regenerate this little slice of the Sidlaws that we call home. Increase floral, fauna and fungal diversity, draw down carbon into our soil, actively building topsoil and keeping it as alive as we can- all whilst creating a strong farm business that is high welfare and creates nutritious food for our local community.

We have a flock of Hebridean sheep- brilliant conservation grazers- who rotationally graze some of the areas surrounding the main farm yard, as well as managing our native wildflower meadow in front of the Steading building. Commercially, they provide us with fleece for spinning (which we can hopefully turn into Guardswell jumpers one day)- as well as small scale, ethically reared Hebridean hogget meat boxes- which are sold once a year. The sheep on the most part graze as a “flerd” (flock + herd) with our small number of Shetland cattle. We also have a small herd of Angora goats- who produce the beautiful mohair- that we have spun into little balls of 100% pure Scottish Mohair, as well as blended with the Hebridean fleece to make our own “Guardswell Blend”.

We have great aspirations for the farm- and hope one day to be able to provide highly nutritious, produce boxes (meat, veg, dairy and eggs) to our local community.