🌾🍂🌸🪲🌱🪱 I know harvest is not quite going to plan 😬 but if you can make it along to the farm on the 24th Sept you’ll be most welcome 🧁☕️ with tame ecologists on hand to help and inform on the new biodiversity audits for 2025, all welcome, booking via the link below 👇

Only on the Outer Hebrides…

Up early to go dipping in the Atlantic Sea with fellow Scottish Agritourism colleagues. Immersing ourselves in Island life. Nice change for the North Sea dipping at Lunan Bay.

Day2 @agritourismMF learning journey: A truly authentic crofting experience at newly launched @longislandretreats in South Uist, Outer Hebrides. This agritourism biz will feature in BBC Scotland Designing the Hebrides TV program next month 🙌 #scottishagritourism

Grt start to our Agritourism Monitor Farm learning journey to North Uist, mtg Skyeskyns - sheepskin specialists Scotland, Isle of Skye, from owner Jessica Hartwell. Learned about start-up of business, visitor demand, and future expansion. Scottish Government Scottish Enterprise Scottish Rural Network SkyeConnect, the tourism management organisation.

Delighted to collaborating with Edinburgh Zoo to supply their Highland Wildlife Park our Scottish Cashmere goats, from our high health status herd to promote the breed & their sustainable Scottish Cashmere story, along with providing educational workshops for their visitors.

Inspiring visit to community run #UistMill as part of @agritourismMF learning journey, who raised £1M in grants to create the infrastructure to convert homegrown fleeces to premium yarns on the #OuterHebrides. Such a determined team. #scottishagritourism

Home sweet home.

Day 2 of Agritourism Monitor Farm learning journey to North Uist started with visit to North Uist Distillery Co., followed by farm tour from DJ & Lindsay (Long Island Retreats), a customer service workshop & stop at the new farm shop at Long Islands Retreats, ending with a delicious BBQ.

Day3 @agritourismMF learning journey #OuterHebrides Visited an excellent example of a responsible agritourism business complementary to its location on a nature reserve in North Uist #balranaldcampsite #scottishagritourism

When you find out that a professional tour guide has booked one of your first farm tours 😱 Then she leaves you this review 🥳

Excellent ad campaign. Time to line up Andy Murray and #EwanMcGregor for the Scottish version, VisitScotland News? youtu.be/dRID0fo-2FQ

Super final day of Agritourism Monitor Farm learning journey to North Uist. Started with visit to local business Uist Wool for tour, then onto Balranald for lunch & tour, followed by visit to Clachan Sands Campsite, due to open 2025. It was then back to mainlnd on CalMac Ferries.

As the season changes from Summer to Autumn, our Cashmere goats enjoy browsing the last of Bay Willow Herb and other invasive forage before it dies off. #autumn #scottishcashmere #cashmeregoats

Imagine feeling the softest, cosiest Cashmere. Then triple that experience & you might get close to how it feels to stroke our Cashmere kids. As the seasons changes, our goats start the miraculous, natural process of growing their winter Cashmere undercoats.

Bringing in our goats to clean up these recently harvested wheat fields. Every autumn after harvest, our goats are put to work weeding these stubble fields before sowing. This natural weed control helps reduce our chemical inputs. The goats love the new diverse forage too.

Targeted browsing of invasive weeds by our goats today. They ignore lush grasses and clover preferentially eliminating thistles. Look how they enjoy devouring them! Low input pasture improvement in action. Ideal for complementary grazing with cattle.

Early morning goat therapy. The sound of our Cashmere goats nibbling brambles The calls of pink footed geese overhead. The scent of apple mint and sea air. Autumn is most definitely here.