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Welcome
to Hoardweel Farm!
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In the most
picturesque fairytale setting, Hoardweel farm nestles
in the valley that carries the famous salmon river the
Whiteadder, a major tributary of the Tweed.
At first sight, the
view of the farm takes your breath away and one almost
expects a friendly hobbit or a character from the
Tales of Narnia to appear beside you!
However, apart from
the view, this is no fairytale landscape but a working
and busy farm steading on the A6112; the road that
leaves the A1 at Grantshouse for Duns in the Scottish
Borders.
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David and Elaine Stebbings and their
three daughters, have farmed the 500 acres at Hoardwheel since
1991 and a further 500 acres of land nearby at Burnhouses.
On this hill farm they breed and rear
the finest beef cattle, sheep and pigs organically, becoming certified
by the Soil Association in 2000.
All their animals are grass finished
and they grow their own crops of barley, oats, beans, kale and turnips
as winter forage for the animals.
< David and Elaine with their
Shorthorn Cattle
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The Cattle - the breeds
of cattle bred at Hoardweel Farm include the well known Highland Cattle, Aberdeen Angus and
the rarer breed the Shorthorns. In the wintertime the Shorthorns, and sometimes the
Aberdeen Angus, are brought in
when due to calve and then housed in comfort in the warm dry sheds. Whereas the
Highlands much prefer to live and calve outside throughout the
year, managing to
cope unaided and living very well!
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The Sheep on the farm
are the pure bred Scotch Blackface and Scotch Mules (a Bluefaced Leicester crossed with
Scotch Blackface) The Scotch Mules are bred to either a Suffolk or Texel Ram.
These ewes are always brought in to the sheds for lambing and
turned out to graze when their lambs are old enough. The pure bred
'Blackies' prefer to live and lamb outside throughout the year, a
lifestyle they've enjoyed for many generations.
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| The Pigs bred at Hoardweel
Farm are the rare breed
Berkshires. They are always born, reared and finished outside in the
fields on
the farm. Living a free range lifestyle, they can sleep in cosy arcs with
plenty of straw bedding, and are free to wander the
fields rooting around as happy pigs should do! They are all very docile
and friendly, including boars and produce the deliciously tasty and beautifully marbled
meat that the breed is so famous for all over the world. |
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| Beef,
Lamb and Pork
All the meat produced at Hoardweel
Farm is
traditionally hung for a minimum of twenty three days for the
best of flavours. Then its professionally butchered locally, prior to fast
freezing. The beef, lamb and pork, from sausages, bacon and
burgers, to special cuts and joints or even a whole or half
lamb or pig for your freezer, can be supplied.
You can visit the farm to buy your
meat or place an order by telephone for local delivery. Just call Elaine on -
Tel:
01361-882844
or Mobile: 0791-9856473
Or to
e-mail her at Hoardweel click
here!
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Telephone:
01361 882844
Mobile:
0791-9856473
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