At Cricketer Farm there is one thing we definitely cannot make our cheese without – the freshest West Country milk, and we get this from a group of selected dairy farmers, like Debbie and Andrew Lewis from Hartland View Farm on the edge of Exmoor in North Devon (in the photo above). Their family have been farming in the area for over 50 years so you could say they are the experts in their field!
Without milk from the Lewis family and other carefully selected farmers, who work very hard to supply us their delicious milk, we couldn’t make our award winning cheese, so we thought that it was important to tell you a little more about what they do, how they look after their animals and how ultimately they produce the milk to make our cheese. First up, it’s harvest and time to prepare for winter!
Jo.
So over to Debbie…………………….
August is a very busy time at Hartland View Farm, as it is the time for harvest and so some more good weather would be very much appreciated. We have been collecting straw from all the neighbouring arable farms which we will then use for bedding the animals in the winter. Our cows have been enjoying the sunshine on their backs which is great to see after the inconsistencies of recent summers. From 1st April to 1st October our herd are out grazing in the sunshine all day which they love, and we now have all the straw we need to keep them warm and dry come the winter months as well!
Debbie.
