Bee Edge Farm

Welcome to Bee Edge ! Home Sweet Home ! Thomas Sherriff & Co Ltd

Spring drilling almost complete, we will get the last 20 acres of whole crop peas 🫛 🐄 in tomorrow! A few pictures of our spring drilling campaign 🌾! Big thanks to Thomas Sherriff & Co Ltd who kept us going with a demo of the 8RX 370 whilst the hire tractor 🚜 was having some repairs done! KUHN power harrow munching through the acres! Great team effort from all 😊!

FOR SALE: 2021 KVERNELAND DTX 300 CULTIVATOR, 5 LEG (AUTO-RESET), DD ROLLER, LIGHTS. Dm for more information.

This past week we have been busy 🚜💨 putting solid and liquid fertiliser on OSR / WW / WB / WO keeping everyone busy! Travelling surprisingly well 💧! Nearly all autumn 🍂 sown crops have had some N! The ploughs have also been busy - not much spring ground left to go now!

Harrison & Hetherington are today delighted to announce the appointment of Andrew Barrie as Market Manager for St Boswells & Wooler Marts.

Andrew brings with him a wealth of knowledge in the business having learnt his auctioneering craft with Caledonian Marts, Stirling and Lawrie & Symington, Lanark. More recently Andrew ran a very successful logistics franchise business operating 3 offices and employing 15 staff. In August 2023 Andrew sold the business to a management buy out.

Originally from a beef and sheep farm on the outskirts of Biggar Andrew now resides in Biggar with his wife Lisa and 2 children. Andew enjoys sport in his free time particularly football & rugby and being an ex Biggar Cornet continues to follow the Border common ridings on horseback.

Andrew will start his position on Monday 12th February Andrew Barrie 07766017312

Another Christmas 🎄 tradition of purchasing the Turkey 🦃 for the big day 🤩! Well Done StBoswells&WoolerMarts and all sellers - a superb display of local farm turkeys 🦃 and chickens 🐓! A fantastic morning and highly recommended!

A fantastic day at St Boswells Christmas 🎄 Show for the farm. Heifer taking overall Champion 🏆 and Charlie (bullock) taking 1st prize in Cont bullock class. Well supported and an overall fantastic show of cattle ! Dad’s smile 😊 suming up a good day 🤩🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🥩🤩🎄🏆👌! StBoswells&WoolerMarts Harrison & Hetherington

🤩What a fabulous day we have had today 🤩

😂 You have all tired Tom out 😴

🎃 WE ARE OPEN TOMORROW 🎃

🎃 Open from 10 am to 5 pm 👻🎃🧙‍♀️

🎃 NO BOOKING required and NO ADMISSION CHARGE 🎃

🎃 Prices range from £1 to £7 🎃

❗️💥 PUMPKIN 🎃 CANON 💥❗️

🎃 We are easy to find - we are on the right just before going into the village of St Abbs. Postcode TD14 5QF 🎃

🎃 We will be accepting cash 💷 and contactless payment 💳

🎃 We have thousands of pumpkins looking for new homes - we have many varieties to choose from 🎃

📷 Don't forget to bring your camera for some fantastic photos 📷

🍰 Local coffee shops are open ☕️

🐶 No dogs will be allowed in the patch (apart from assistance dogs) BUT there are grass areas around the patch 🐶

🚗 Free car parking available in close proximity to the patch - look out for the sign.

🥾PLEASE REMEMBER to wear appropriate footwear

🚾 Toilets available at the patch

Pumpkins will last for months if stored correctly. Please store in a cool dry place e.g garage or shed. They don't like to be stored in warm conditions! Don't carve your pumpkins too early as they will only last a few days once carved.

🎃🍁 ITS THE 1ST OF OCTOBER WHICH MEANS ONLY 1 THING 🍁🎃!

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🤩💥 The patch is coming together and final preparations will be made this week 🍁🤩

🎃🎃🎃 ST ABBS PUMPKIN PATCH 🎃🎃🎃

The official OPENING WEEKEND at St Abbs Pumpkin Patch will be on Saturday 7th and Sunday 8th of October.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION - please read

🎃 Open from 10 am to 5 pm 👻🎃🧙‍♀️

🎃 NO BOOKING required and NO ADMISSION CHARGE - you may need to queue if the patch becomes BUSY 🎃

🎃 We are easy to find - we are on the right just before going into the village of St Abbs. Postcode TD14 5QF 🎃

🎃 We will be accepting cash 💷 and contactless payment 💳

🎃 We have thousands of pumpkins looking for new homes - we have many varieties to choose from 🎃

📷 Don't forget to bring your camera for some fantastic photos 📷

🍰 Local coffee shops are open ☕️

🐶 No dogs will be allowed in the patch (apart from assistance dogs) BUT there are some lovely walks around St Abbs 🐶

🚗 Free car parking available in close proximity to the patch - look out for the sign.

🥾PLEASE REMEMBER to wear appropriate footwear

🚾 Toilets available at the patch

Pumpkins will last for months if stored correctly. Please store in a cool dry place e.g garage or shed. They don't like to be stored in warm conditions! Don't carve your pumpkins too early as they will only last a few days once carved.

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🎃🎃 WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU ON THE PATCH 🎃🎃

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Well that’s all the pumpkins 🎃 cut ✂️ and some of them put away for safe keeping for when we need them 🙈! It’s not long now until our opening 🤩 weekend of the 7th and 8th of October 🍁 when we will be opening our doors 🚪! A big thank you to everyone who has helped us cut them all - not an easy job especially with the weather ☔️🌧️💨!

We have been busy this week drilling wheat 🌾! KWS UK Pallidum being drilled today! Thomas Sherriff & Co Ltd 6215 and the Scot Agri Horsch Pronto munching through the acres!

A cracking day 😎☀️💨 to be chomping through the Oilseed R**e with both Rickerby Ltd combines. Moistures between 8 - 11%! Let the fine weather continue!

Here we go !!!! Harvest 2023 kicked off with Pearl Winter Barley 🌾 for Simpsons Malt Limited! Coming in at 18% ! Catchy forecast going forward so good to make a start! 🤠

It’s safe to say I am pretty chuffed to be in the final three of the Mixed Farmer of the Year Farmers Weekly Farmers Weekly Awards! Thank you 😊 to whoever nominated me (still no idea)! This one is for the team who make the wheels turn!

Spring drilling 2023 is completed ✅!
Celebrating 🥳 with a walk on the beach 🏖 with the dug 🐶!
Scot Agri Horsch Simpsons Malt Limited Thomas Sherriff & Co Ltd

We made a start to Spring Drilling 2023 yesterday with some LG Diablo going in for Simpsons Malt Limited! The new Horsch Pronto Scot Agri making a cracking job on some ex sprout ground! Thomas Sherriff & Co Ltd 6215 🚜 of dreams quite happy on the front!

T0’s are go! Graham WW drilled on the 1st of September ready for its spray! Let the spraying commence!

Well Done to all the young farmers who participated in the overwintering competition! A fantastic show of cattle !

What a cracking week 😃! Pearl WB for Simpsons Malt Limited looking 👌 in the☀️ with Basil 🌿🐶! Purchasing store cattle 🐮 on Thursday StBoswells&WoolerMarts - local YF Border Federation of Young Farmers had their show of overwintered cattle (sisters partner coming 3rd 🥉 with his bullock 🤩)! Well Done too all those who entered, a fantastic show of stockmanship and hard work in presenting the cattle. 1st dose of nitrogen onto the WW along with the new drill 🚜 arriving Horsch and Scot Agri ! Let Spring begin!

Delighted to be a new focus 🧘🏻‍♀️ writer in the Farmers Weekly arable section! First article in this weeks!

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🤩Well what a fantastic morning as we reach £1000 for Radio Borders Cash for Kids selling our mini pumpkins 🎃 🤩

Leo from Bolton bought the 1000th pumpkin 🎃!

Thank you to everyone who has bought one so far 😊!

‼️ MONDAY 17th OCTOBER ‼️

‼️ We are closed ‼️

Due to high winds being forecast we have decided to close the patch to keep staff and customers safe.

We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

Please share! A fantastic opportunity to get involved and meet new people within the industry 👍🏻

📢There’s still time to get your applications in for our business skills competition!

📈We’re looking for young agri-business managers (18-25) open to developing their skills and widening their networks. There’s also a £1000 cash prize at stake!

⏳Deadline: Friday 7th Oct.

💻Details on how to apply: https://bit.ly/3BXo3rl
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Business Skills Competition has £1000 cash prize and prepares next gen managers The AgriScot Business Skills, sponsored by NFU Mutual and supported by SRUC, looks to support aspiring young professionals by providing them with…

Cracking trade yesterday 👌

Mum has run the The Old Smiddy coffee shop for 35 years on her family farm just outside of St Abbs. On Monday she closed the doors for the last time to take on a new challenge! She has employed 3 children, 3 nephews, 3 nieces and many truly wonderful people who have helped her over the years! We couldn’t be more proud 😘!