The Stapleford Estate

✨🎄Wishing you all a healthy and happy Christmas and New Year, from all at Stapleford Estate🎄✨

@AngliaGrainSeed on site today to clean spring Linseed. This will be drilled as a companion crop in our spring Oats and Barley as part of our SFI commitment. Linseed has a deep roots which will leave the soil in a better condition for our crops in Spring 2024 and beyond 🌱

🍂Some autumnal works… 🌳Palmer hedgelaying have successfully rejuvenated an overgrown and dilapidated hedge and Duffin Contractors have planted a new hedge to connect two ancient ones The hedges will now grow back healthier, creating a fantastic wildlife corridor🐦‍⬛🐞🦋🐜🌿

We're delighted to be launching our Corporate Days ready for Spring 2024 🗓️ 🌳 They will be jammed packed with county pursuits, stunning scenery and, thanks to the team at Hoggy’s Grill, incredible food 🍔 Get in touch to find out more! 📩 @Hoggy602 @HoggysG

🌦️Our cover crops are looking lovely and are doing a great of protecting the fields from soil erosion during this extreme rain fall ☔️ They also help to improve soil structure and fertility 🌱 Pictured below you can see: 🌿Fodder radish 🌿Tillage radish 🌿Phacelia @OakbankGame

Rutland Water Nature Reserve, home of the iconic Rutland Ospreys, marked a milestone this year, celebrating the historic success of the 250th successfully fledged osprey chick, shorturl.at/CIKNR Video footage from a previous season kindly shared by Samuel Mercer

Thank you to Keith Cook Training Limited for delivering ATV Refresher Training for some of the team today, all passed with flying colours 👏🏼

📣 Exciting News!📣 We are thrilled to be working with Hoggy’s Grill to deliver some exceptional events throughout 2024 Keep your eyes peeled for more information coming soon...👀 @HoggysG

Stapleford Salute to the 1940s is back for 2024! We are on the look out for trade stalls, food vendors, reenactor and display groups who can help bring this event to life! Application forms ⬇️ Reenactors and Displays: forms.office.com/e/TphE54htpS Trade Stalls: forms.office.com/e/vaJajuLQVQ

Here’s our little #Harvest23 Summary: 🗺️ 2000 acres harvested 🌾 6000 tonnes in the shed ⏰ 289 hours and 36 minutes done in the combine 🌧️ 84.89ml of rain to contend with over the 7 weeks (🤯) 🚜 With cultivation and mole ploughing well underway, it’s autumn drilling next 🚜

While the combine has been running flat out, we've been keeping up with the next jobs starting with cultivation 🚜 We break up the stubble to prepare next years seed bed. Minimal cultivations, keep costs down, protect the soil's flora and fauna and keeps the carbon in the soil🌱

Some beautiful floral displays at St Andrews Church, Whissendine for their flower festival 🌺🪻 Some of the displays even included some Stapleford wheat, oats and barley, it’s never looked so pretty! 🌾 Make sure you head down to the Produce Stall tomorrow 🌱 🍅🫛

🚜 It’s long days, long nights and battling with the weather 🌧️ but you can’t complain about countryside views like that on a summers evening 🌅 #Harvest23

☀️FINALLY SOME SUN☀️ A tricky harvest so far with all the rain we have had 🌧️ We’re grateful to have finished the Barley and are now making great progress through the Wheat 🌾 Hoping we have this glorious sunshine with us for a little while yet! 🚜☀️ #Harvest2023

Will you be receiving one of our winners rosettes at our Salute to the 1940s event this weekend? 👀🏵️ Get your outfits and dancing shoes ready! 🕺🏽🪖👠

Ahead of this weekend, here's an intro to who will be joining us... Bomber the Shire Horse! 🐴 🔹Stop by to hear all about Bomber at the following times: Saturday - 11am, 2.30pm. Sunday - 2.30pm 🔹Learn how shires were used on farms during the war to keep Britain alive!

Come and join us for our annual Salute to the 1940s! There is something for all the family at this one: 💥Battle Demonstration - with Stuart Light Tank! 🐴Bomber the Shire Horse 🚂Miniature Steam Railway 👗40s Fashion Show 🎷Live Music 🍦Lots of food, drink and ice cream

#Harvest2023 is underway with the first full day in the Barley today 🌾 The combine is still going this evening while it’s dry enough 🌝 Hoping these beautiful, sunny evenings stick around to help us get the work done this summer 🚜

At our Salute to the 1940s event next weekend we are running a raffle on the Saturday to raise money for @LOROSHospice This fabulous @JohnDeere pedal tractor and trailer worth £100, has been kindly donated by @BenBurgessAg (Oakham Branch) - Thank you! 🥹🚜