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3 July 2023

In the news

From time to time we attract the attention of the press, with journalists keen to help tell our story of Deepdale Farm’s regenerative farming journey. If you would like to know more about us, then take a read or have a listen to some of the below articles and podcasts about Deepdale Farm. Articles and podcasts about Deepdale Farm EDP […]

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Forthcoming Events

 

Open Farm Sunday | Sunday 1st June 2025
OPEN FARM SUNDAY
Sunday 1st June 2025


 

Introduction to Green Woodworking Course | Saturday 7th June 2025
INTRODUCTION TO GREEN WOODWORKING COURSE
Saturday 7th June 2025


 

Introduction to Green Woodworking Course | Sunday 6th July 2025
INTRODUCTION TO GREEN WOODWORKING COURSE
Sunday 6th July 2025


 

Introduction to Green Woodworking Course | Saturday 6th September 2025
INTRODUCTION TO GREEN WOODWORKING COURSE
Saturday 6th September 2025


 

Willow Weaving Workshops - Mini Wooden-Based Baskets | Sunday 14th September 2025
WILLOW WEAVING WORKSHOPS - MINI WOODEN-BASED BASKETS
Sunday 14th September 2025


 

Introduction to Green Woodworking Course | Sunday 12th October 2025
INTRODUCTION TO GREEN WOODWORKING COURSE
Sunday 12th October 2025


 

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Organic arable farm on the beautiful North Norfolk Coast. Managed for wildlife and building soil health.
Rural craft workshops

For Open Farm Sunday, all ages are welcome to have For Open Farm Sunday, all ages are welcome to have a go at green woodworking with Richard, who runs our courses at Deepdale.

He will be on his beautiful pole lathe, turning logs of fresh wood into something useful.

Open Farm Sunday, 1st June, 10am -4pm. Free for everyone, all information and booking link in our bio.

Have a go, or watch the professional, the choice is yours.

We have four more dates this year for our 1 day Introduction to Green Woodworking course. Open Farm Sunday is the perfect chance to have a go at this rural craft.

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Our neighbour Bessie, a working cobb, was a real h Our neighbour Bessie, a working cobb, was a real hit at Open Farm Sunday last year. Celia and Sue will be bringing her again to show off her working skills. If all goes to plan she’ll be joined by her pony friend Summer. 

Come and watch them demonstrating their skills, with a chance to pat them too.

Open Farm Sunday, 1st June, 10am-4pm at Deepdale Farm. It’s free for everyone. All the information you need and the booking link is in our bio. 

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We have a number of barn owls that hunt Deepdale’s fields. At Open Farm Sunday you can unpick an owl pellet to discover more about their diet. What will you find?

We support them by providing owl boxes to nest in. These are monitored by licensed individuals, and if the brood is successful the owlets will be given rings to show when and where they hatched.

Our hedgerows, field margins, beetle banks and even the farmyard itself all provide ideal habitat for their favourite food sources, small mammals. It’s always special to see the barn owls surveying their hunting ground. 

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#northnorfolk
Green Woodworking Courses We have a further 4 dat Green Woodworking Courses

We have a further 4 dates for our Introduction to Green Woodworking courses this year. 
Sat 7th June
Sun 6th July
Sat 6th Sept
Sat 12th Oct

We get great feedback about how patient and encouraging Richard is as a tutor. This is a chance to learn a new skill, have a go at this rural craft. It’s a one-day course, from 10am-4pm. The wood and all the tools required are supplied.

Gift vouchers are also available.
Book via the link in our bio.

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#ruralcrafts 
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Rain, or lack of… Don’t let the dark clouds fo Rain, or lack of…
Don’t let the dark clouds fool you. They resulted in a few drops yesterday and 4mm overnight.

Rainfall totals:
March: 11mm
April: 22mm (17mm of this was on 15th, over 3 weeks ago)

We are lucky to have irrigation as an option but it’s time consuming and labour intensive. It would be so much easier if it fell from the sky for free, but no rain in the forecast at all.

We have the bare minimum of irrigation kit now, as post root crops we sold most of it as we didn’t expect cereal crops to require it. But 3 out of 4 years now, we’ve used it.
Who wants to visit the farm? We are hosting our Who wants to visit the farm? 

We are hosting our Open Farm Sunday on 1st June, 10am - 4pm. It’s a free event suitable for the whole family. 

This is the last Sunday of May half term. So whether you live locally or you’re holidaying on the North Norfolk Coast, come and visit our working farm. Please pre-book your place, to help us plan for appropriate numbers.

Open Farm Sunday aims to connect people to farming and food production. On the day you can expect lots of activities in the farmyard plus a guided walk departing at 11.30am. 

🚜 Climb up into a combine to imagine the view come harvest time
🦉 Unpick an owl pellet to discover what our resident barn owls feast on
👩‍🌾 Admire the views of Scolt Head Island as you tour the farm on foot, and learn about our farming practices.
🪵 Have a go at green woodworking and see what you could create
🏞️ Learn about the support that Norfolk Rivers Trust provides to farmers
🦇 Discover the nocturnal world of bats with Norfolk & Norwich Bat Group
🐦‍⬛ Find out about the birds that call our farm home with the Iceni Bird Monitoring Group. As well as information in the farmyard there will be a bird ringing demonstration at 8.30am
🌾 Discover where our grain goes to and what food it becomes
🐴 Meet Bessie, a working cobb, and possibly her friend Summer
🩲 Find out what happens when we ‘plant our pants’!

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#brancasterstaithe
#northnorfolk
#OFS25
#openfarmsunday 
#northwestNorfolk
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#openfarm
#farmwalk
Whole Farm Tree Plan Trees, trees, trees… woodl Whole Farm Tree Plan

Trees, trees, trees… woodland, hedgerows, scrub and hedgerow trees. Newly planted, veteran, coppiced and those still on paper.

We were fortunate to be part of the @soilassociation pilot scheme for their Whole Farm Tree Plan project. On Wednesday evening you can hear me, Anna, discuss Deepdale’s involvement as well that of an upland livestock farmer from Northumberland. The webinar runs 6-7.30pm and the Soil Association team will explain the concept as well as the method of creating a functional treescape assessment.

Sign up via the Eventbrite link in our bio. There will also be a recording of you can’t make it in person.

#wholefarmtreeplan
#burnhamdeepdale 
#treesonfarms
Experimentation! For the first time this year we Experimentation!

For the first time this year we are drilling one plot with a  bicrop of oats and peas. 

This means the seed is mixed in the drill so there is no specific spacing of the different plants.

Not only does this increase plant diversity in the field, but the peas, which are legumes will fix nitrogen in the soil, therefore aiding the growth of the oats.

Let’s see how it goes!
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