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We farm soil, grass, livestock and crops — in that order. Grass-fed beef • Outdoor pigs • Arable & seed crops
Cover crops, fewer inputs, more biology.

We grow seed and bird food, compost waste
and sell food direct when it’s ready. Not perfect...

29/10/2026

Management doesn't fetch. Management delegates.

I saw where the ball went. I've chosen not to get involved. Somebody in this organisation has to keep their standards up.

— Mavro, Farm Manager

28/10/2026

Same ingredient. Rather different mince.

Our homegrown beef mince looks quite different from the neat little spaghetti strands you often find in a supermarket tray.

The texture depends on how the beef is minced and handled. The colour is partly down to oxygen and packaging: beef can naturally look darker or more purple, while exposure to oxygen makes it brighter red. Brightest doesn’t necessarily mean best.

What makes ours special starts long before the mincer. These are cattle born here at Lower Blakemere Farm, with beef dry-aged to develop its flavour and prepared by Griffiths of Leintwardine. No added water. And we can tell you exactly where it came from.

Good mince deserves good beef. Even when its final destination is a Tuesday-night cottage pie.

We farm it. You eat it.

27/10/2026

Morning briefing from the top floor 🐾

Farm Manager here. Every good manager needs a vantage point, and mine is the farmhouse stairs by the big window. From up here I can see everything: the yard, the rain, the fields, and anyone who thinks they can sneak past without giving me a biscuit.

Monty says he's "researching farm machinery". It's minitrucks. It's always minitrucks. Fern is meant to be listening but is mostly looking for crumbs. I've had to run the whole meeting myself, as usual.

Report as follows:
🐄 Cattle: out on the grass, doing their job beautifully. I approve.
🌧️ Weather: wet. I'm staying inside. That's called delegation.

If you'd like a taste of what all this careful supervision produces, the Beefy Boxes, Piggy Boxes and Sausage Boxes are what my team are busy with. Just send us a message. I'll be up here keeping an eye on things.

Mavro
Shar Pei. Farm Manager. Not coming down until it stops raining.

27/10/2026

25/10/2026

We nearly decided not to plant wheat at all.

We’ve had some serious conversations about whether to plant anything at all this autumn. Wheat and other crops have had a hard time covering their costs, and after the year we’ve had, it’s a fair question.

But when we looked at the budgets, leaving the ground bare could cost us more. The fixed costs are still there, and the weeds won’t politely wait for us to make up our minds.

So Monty is drilling wheat for seed. Our approach is regenerative farming: keeping inputs low and not chasing yield for yield’s sake. We need a reasonable weather pattern, manageable pest pressure and, above all, for our soil biology and soil improvements to start working for us.

There are no guarantees in farming. This is the decision that makes sense for us now.

25/10/2026

Farm Manager here. Yes, I'm on the bed. No, I don't need a reason. I've got the best view of the yard from here and somebody has to keep an eye on Phil.
See what I'm managing, link in the comments 👇

22/10/2026

🥩 Little Box. BIG Beef Energy.

Proper Herefordshire beef, born and reared right here at Lower Blakemere Farm. ❤️

From juicy steaks to slow-cooked favourites, our Little Beefy Box brings farm-to-fork goodness straight to your freezer.

🐮 Around 5kg of delicious beef
🚜 From our farm to your doorstep
❤️ Supporting real British farmers

Fancy filling your freezer with the good stuff?

👉 Meet your Little Beefy Box: https://www.lowerblakemerefarm.co.uk/products/little-beefy-box

22/10/2026

Right. Introductions.

I'm Mavro. Shar Pei. Farm Manager at Lower Blakemere.

Phil thinks he's in charge. Bless him.

My duties are yard inspections (daily, whatever the weather), quality control on anything edible, and supervising the humans, who need a lot of it.

I'll be keeping you posted on the cattle, the pigs and the mud. Mostly the mud.

The Beefy Boxes and sausages are on the website, link in the comments 👇 I've checked them personally.

— Mavro, Farm Manager

21/10/2026

Reviewed this year's accounts. Too many sausages going to customers, not enough to management. Changes are coming.
Piggy and Sausage Boxes ready mid-November, while I still allow it. Ordering link in the comments 👇
— Mavro, Farm Manager

21/10/2026

A bit of rain wasn’t going to stop this lot finding out where their food comes from! 🌧️🌱

It was lovely to welcome Ruby Class from Clehonger CofE Primary School to Lower Blakemere Farm. They were interested, full of questions and very happy to get close to the soil — worms included!

We explored what’s beneath our feet and what we’re trying to achieve: more organic matter and a thriving community of fungi, bacteria and other soil life to help grow our crops.

We saw the drill and the cattle, and talked about selling beef nose to tail — using the whole beast and showing proper respect for the animal by making every cut count. There were worms to feel, too, and a chance to see the Harvest Project in action with their quails.

These visits matter. Food makes far more sense when you can stand in the field, meet the animals and talk to the people producing it. And the children’s questions give us plenty to think about as well!

A big thank you to Flo from Herefordshire Food Alliance for organising it, and to the children and teachers for getting stuck in.

If your school would like to visit a real, working farm, get in touch. Farmer Phil’s always happy to talk soil — you may just need to tell him when the bus is leaving! 🚜

Address

Lower Blakemere Farm
Hereford
HR29PX

Telephone

+447966287939

Website

http://www.lowerblakemerefarm.co.uk/

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