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Sumners Ponds - The Farm
Sumners Farm is a working farm with a beef herd of 40 cows
and their calves that are kept for a year before being sold
on. We have one Charolais bull, named Derek, and the cows
are a mix of Charolais (white), Herefords, (black or red
with white faces), Aberdeen Angus, (black) Simmentals, (various
colours with white faces) and Belgian Blue (grey fleck).
We
have recently embarked on a scheme to improve the woodlands
on the farm through coppicing and thinning and with 3 hectares
of new tree planting. There has been no fertiliser used on
the grass for many years in order to reduce fertility and
eventually establish meadow grasses, flowers and herbs. We
have created some pretty walks through the woods on the farm,
particularly beautiful during the bluebell season, and we
ask that you do keep to the paths provided. Wild orchids,
marsh marigolds and garlic also grow in the woods and watercress
in the streams.
Whilst we hope that you enjoy all the footpaths
on the farm we do advise that if you have dogs or young children
you look for alternative routes to cross any fields where cows
are grazing. |
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A
plan of the site. Click to enlarge |
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