Baddinsgill Farm

SELF ISOLATION BADDINSGILL STYLE
City and town centres may be empty this weekend but Baddinsgill is busier than any other time in living memory (the photo is misleading!).
We've had the pleasure of sharing our hills with dozens and dozens of walkers and cyclists today. Without exception everyone has greeted us with a friendly smile and a wave (while respecting social distance). It's so nice to know that people seek the beauty and positivity of our countryside in times of dif...ficulty, and that by looking after it we are contributing to a happier, heathier community.
Thank you to everyone who remembered to close gates and keep their dogs on leads. We look forward to welcoming you back soon!
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MODEL CAMPERS
We couldn't quite believe it on Saturday night (dark, January, Scotland, yellow weather warnings for wind and rain....) when a group of lads from Manchester knocked on our door saying that they were looking for somewhere to camp. We honestly thought they must all be off their rockers, but they survived and more importantly they were absolute model users of the countryside.
By 9am the next morning their campsite was immaculate, there wasn't even a hint of a scor...ch mark from their fire, or the tiniest bit of litter. You wouldn't have known they were there.
They were polite and friendly to everyone who crossed their path and we're delighted to see from their photos that they obviously had a great night despite the awful weather. Thank you for being so considerate, you're welcome back anytime!
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🍖📦ORDER DEADLINE TODAY📦 🍖 A quick reminder that our first order deadline of the year is 5pm today. Josie is out gathering the lambs as we speak so let us know asap if you'd like any.
Lamb will be ready for collection from the farm on Wed 22nd January. Couriered deliveries will arrive on Thursday 23rd.
... Order now ➡️ ➡️ ➡️ www.baddinsgill.com
Photo credit Jacek Hubner
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If anyone is planning to take a walk/cycle/ride around the farm tomorrow (in spite of the foul weather warning!!!), please be aware that the drive in to Baddinsgill house will be closed for public access. There will be signs up to advise also. Walkers can go down to the Lyne to cross the bridge, which is now open.
The road up to and beyond the reservoir is still accessible.

HAPPY NEW YEAR...WE'VE GOT SOME EXCITING NEWS! We hope that 2020 brings you peace, joy, and lots of delicious, environmentally-friendly, locally-sourced produce!
We're really kicking off the new decade in style - by featuring on the telly no less! We'll be appearing in an episode of Farmer's Country Showdown on BBC One, 3.45pm, Friday 17th January. Make sure you tune or, or catch it on iPlayer, to get an inside look at all aspects of life on the farm, follow us as we attend t...he British Farming Awards, and laugh at us as we forget how to speak basic English.
In other news, our first pre-order deadline of the year is fast approaching. If your freezer has been hit as hard as ours has over Christmas you'll definitely need to restock!
ORDER DEADLINE SUNDAY 12TH JANUARY Lamb will be ready for collection from the farm on Wednesday 22nd January.
Order now ➡️ ➡️ ➡️ www.baddinsgill.com
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✨🎄 INDIE ADVENT🎄✨ It's the final day of our Indie Advent Calendar. We hope that you've enjoyed learning about a wide range of independent businesses. Today we want to take the opportunity to celebrate our very own independent business, Baddinsgill Farm, and to thank all of our wonderful customers for their support, enthusiasm, and help over the past year. We couldn't do it without you! Merry Christmas from the whole Baddinsgill team!

✨🎄 INDIE ADVENT🎄✨ Another bit of shameless self-promotion today as we celebrate our resident forestry business, Treeline Woodlands Ltd. Treeline is a family-run forestry business run by husband and wife team, Gavin and Elaine Marshall, their son Nick, and assisted by a dedicated and enthusiastic workforce. The company offers a wide-range of forestry management and contracting services including harvesting, planting, and grant applications, as well as supplying high quality wood fuel across Southern Scotland, including the Borders, Edinburgh and the Lothians.

✨🎄 INDIE ADVENT🎄✨ We've got a slightly unusual offering behind the Indie Advent door today, Extraordinary Africa, an Edinburgh-based bespoke safari company. They create unique African adventures, hand crafted for each traveller- including families, mountain bikers, horse riders, honeymooners, or those just looking for a special adventure. Check out their Insta or Facebook for some true escapism.

✨🎄 INDIE ADVENT🎄✨ Nestled behind today's Indie Advent Calendar door is The Penicuik Storehouse. If you like to shop local and enjoy sampling produce from smaller suppliers you'll definitely enjoy a visit.
The Storehouse has been operating a pop-up shop since November 2017 selling lots of good food and household products focusing on being organic, local and sustainable where possible.

✨🎄 INDIE ADVENT🎄✨ We're staying very close to home today for our Indie Advent Calendar. Presenting A Squared Digital, run by our very own Andy, a contract and freelance digital designer for mobile and web. Not only did Andy design our own website and all our packaging we use for our lamb boxes, but he also produces loads of other amazing websites for clients all over the world.
http://www.asquareddigital.co.uk/

✨🎄 INDIE ADVENT🎄✨ A shout out to BM Excavations Ltd in our Independent Business Advent Calendar today. This specialist excavation company did a fantastic job creating a yard and upgrading one of our tracks earlier this year- they've got some very pretty kit too!

✨🎄 INDIE ADVENT🎄✨ Another local indie business to celebrate in our Indie Advent Calendar today, Pasture Poultry is run by the lovely Katie, who sells truly free-range, corn-fed chickens just down the road from us. It's so nice to be able to get really good quality chicken, and to know that they've been properly looked after.

✨🎄 INDIE ADVENT🎄✨ One week until Christmas Eve! Argh! How did that happen??? Better get those last bits of Christmas shopping done asap- and what better place to start than MAiK Lifestyle? MAik is owned and run by our pal Cat Thorogood. She sells a beautiful selection of ethically made homeware and accessories, believing that manufacturing should be done responsibly, to look after the environment and the people involved. To add the cherry to the top of the cake, she has even carefully developed and sourced her packaging to ensure that all elements are biodegradable and recyclable, even the tape is paper!

✨🎄 INDIE ADVENT🎄✨ A slightly different offering in our Indie Advent today- we present to you the Friends of the Pentlands. This wonderful organisation work to protect and enhance the Pentland Hills for both the immediate and long term future. They do everything from guided walks to unclogging drains, and building bridges to maintaining paths so that the 600,000 annual visitors to the Pentlands can continue to enjoy this beautiful landscape. We work closely with them to help ensure that public access to Baddinsgill is properly maintained.
Each year they produce the Friends of the Pentlands calendar- we've just been gifted an advance copy, and Baddinsgill features! If you want to help support them you can order your very own copy by contacting them through their website: https://pentlandfriends.org.uk/

✨🎄 INDIE ADVENT🎄✨ This festive Sunday we're showcasing yet another awesome indie business run by some good friends of ours. Argyll Campers builds and converts amazing campervans- perfect for exploring the great outdoors. If your New Year's resolution is to get out more you should definitely check them out!

✨🎄 INDIE ADVENT🎄✨ Today we celebrate another local independent business that is very close to our hearts, Lifelong Yarns. They are one of the first companies to offer knitters and crocheters luxury yarns spun from the fleece of the Scottish Blackface sheep (including our own). Grown and spun in the Borders of Scotland, their yarn blends are designed to create garments which last a lifetime, and result in wools that are good for the knitter, good for the shepherd, and good for the environment.