The hay field has previously been "improved" with farm slurry, ploughed and set down with Italian rye grass. It is slowly reverting with large areas of Yorkshire fog and other native grasses.

This field is currently used for hay, with the aftermath being grazed by the sheep. The other field has been divided into four sections with another three small paddocks. They are developing into wildflower meadows. One of the paddocks had been stripped of its grass and topsoil. It had been reduced to a muddy patch by our predecessor's pony, but burst into flower in the early summer. Little by little the flowers are spreading into the other paddocks and the main field.



Here is a close-up photograph of the wild flowers on the tennis court paddock.