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Farming In The Field Education Aim to achieve possible voluntary or employment in argriculture, animal or plant care.

One to one work experience tailored specifically for the age, abilities and interests for active assisted needs individuals who have a genuine interest in farming. Johnny and Keiran our pet donkeys are team members to facilitate eye contact with wheelchair users. Our aim is train them with your help from all our visits to drive a cart hopefully with wheelchair access.

Team work.* Stuart showing Craig and Harvey how to trim our gimmers hooves.* Harvey and Craig cutting their cabbbages to...
07/10/2026

Team work.
* Stuart showing Craig and Harvey how to trim our gimmers hooves.
* Harvey and Craig cutting their cabbbages to take home.
*Harvey planting a fig tree to replace a dying pear tree.
* Craig drying our onions inside.
* Harvey training our gimmers to come to their gate to be loaded onto our trailer.
* Craig drying our honesty seeds from our garden.
* Harvey securing Dotty in her arc to allow us to move our gimmers out of her field after grazing it.
* Harvey digging our potatoes inside before severe frosts.
* Harvey tearing off the leaves from our beetroot to store inside.

When a friendly face arrives to give Craig and I a hand to set up gates so we can train our gimmers to come to their fee...
11/09/2026

When a friendly face arrives to give Craig and I a hand to set up gates so we can train our gimmers to come to their feed trough to then load them onto a trailer.
Lifting spuds not grown in an ideal location as the water run off from the polytunnel has created conditions that attracted slugs! Enough for seed potatoes to plant next year and to sample for our tea a few evenings.

Harvey revising his cart training with Johnny and Kieran.Harvey and I learning how to assess what ewes to keep for futur...
09/09/2026

Harvey revising his cart training with Johnny and Kieran.
Harvey and I learning how to assess what ewes to keep for future breeding with checking their udder, their teeth and previous history of lambing and mothering abilities whilst trimming their hooves with Stuart and Aileen.

What a job list for Craig to do in the heat !- Moving his baas with the help of Barry to move them in and our gates in o...
14/08/2026

What a job list for Craig to do in the heat !
- Moving his baas with the help of Barry to move them in and our gates in our trailer.
- Power washing our trailer and his mum.
- Feeding himself, Max, Brea and Dotty our peas, pea pods and pea plants.
- Putting ointment onto Johnny's insect bites, training both our donkeys with their saddles on to be ridden by our family and poo picking.
- Taking Max and Brea to Marykirk river to throw their ball into the edge of the river for them to exercise but remain cool.
- Putting up our gates to protect our ends of polytunnels from our baas and cleaning their water trough.
- Cutting all the stems off our tomatoes as they are showing signs of blight following cutting down our potato stems showing the same previously.
- Feeding our tomatoes and figs.
Picking our apples, tomatoes and courgettes for Craig's and our families.

Thank you to the Kincardineshire Lieutenancy who invited me to attend the King's Garden Party at Holyrood on the 30th Ju...
31/07/2026

Thank you to the Kincardineshire Lieutenancy who invited me to attend the King's Garden Party at Holyrood on the 30th June to represent my team and who wrote a letter to each of my students.
Craig attended as a pupil of Carronhill School who I was business partners with from 2019 until 2022 providing weekly class visits. He started his weekly work experience in 2023 due to his keen interest in farming.
With his highly infectious and outgoing approach to life, he has melted many farmer's hearts along with his hard work and enthusiasm to learn what it takes to become a farmer or a shepherd.
He was presented with a shepherd's crook with his name carved on the handle, such a special gift that he and his family very much appreciated.
With his fellow students making a huge impression on the local community, we have gained mentorship from Stuart and Aileen Donald, Ian Grant and his family and Alistair Thow. Through caring for their sheep, learning to lamb, helping them during their lambing, clipping and preparing their lambs for the market. We now look forward to starting our own flock together.

Productive day for Craig.Picking peas and broad beans.Feeding, trimming and training tomatoes.Pulling onions.Picking bro...
24/07/2026

Productive day for Craig.
Picking peas and broad beans.
Feeding, trimming and training tomatoes.
Pulling onions.
Picking broccoli, kale, lettuce, rocket and pak choi.
Grooming and training Kieran and Johnny.
Feeding and checkimg the health of Dotty and the gimmers.
Walking Brea and Max as a new adventure.
Trimming and training our fruit trees.
Picking our first apple before naughty Max eats it !

Thank you to the Kincardineshire Lieutenancy who invited me to attend the King's Garden Party at Holyrood on the 30th Ju...
17/07/2026

Thank you to the Kincardineshire Lieutenancy who invited me to attend the King's Garden Party at Holyrood on the 30th June to represent my team and who wrote a letter to each of my students.
Liam achieved so much during his weekly work experience from July 2024 until March 2026.
He cared for and trained our donkeys, Johnny and Kieran, to be ridden by our family and to pull their own cart.
During learning to be a sheep farmer, he selected names beginning with A for each lamb so Craig could try to attempt to verbalise their shortened names via their facial markings.
He bonded with our student's dog, Brea, through spending a lot of his time petting, training and exercising her and her step brother Max.
He made a tough decision, shared with me, to put down our pig, Pinky, to prevent her from further suffering from her injured leg that demonstrated him being brave and accepting what needed to be done.
I wish you, Liam, all the best in the future in achieving further happiness and gaining even more independence.

All in a day's work for Craig helping my nephew, Ian Grant, and his family, to shear their ewes and tups yesterday.
08/07/2026

All in a day's work for Craig helping my nephew, Ian Grant, and his family, to shear their ewes and tups yesterday.

Thank you to the Kincardineshire Lieutenancy who invited me to attend the King's Garden Party at Holyrood on the 30th Ju...
03/07/2026

Thank you to the Kincardineshire Lieutenancy who invited me to attend the King's Garden Party at Holyrood on the 30th June to represent my team and who wrote a letter to each of my students.
One of my students undertook his work experience from April 2024 until May 2026 having demonstrated a keen agricultural interest especially in livestock and agricultural machinery. He helped handling of Aberdeen Angus cows and bulls along with weighing and selecting lambs that were sold at the mart.
Through visits to local tractor garages, he learnt about engineering and mechanics as well as all the parts needed in the storeroom.
He met the local Agricultural Apprenticeship leader from Ringlink and gained an insight of what he needs to do to apply for an apprenticeship in the future.

Ducking between the showers is all in a days work for Craig today.Dotty making sure that Craig is thoroughly cleaning he...
26/06/2026

Ducking between the showers is all in a days work for Craig today.
Dotty making sure that Craig is thoroughly cleaning her water trough.
Removing dockens and thistles before they seed in our rhubarb.
Still brushing out lots of hair from Johnny and Kieran.
Checking that the thistles, nettles and dockens are dying in our grass fields currently not being grazed.
Adventures at Marykirk river with Brea and Max.
Noting the first pods on our peas.
Transplanting our courgettes to larger space in our polytunnel.
Weeding our cabbages.

Address

Burn Of Balmakelly Farm
Laurencekirk
AB301UQ

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 4pm
Tuesday 9am - 4pm
Wednesday 9am - 4pm
Thursday 9am - 4pm
Friday 9am - 4pm

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+447708438445

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