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Young tomato plants delivered
In January at Sweet Red Balls we take delivery of our young plants. The plants are carefully unloaded and then placed on the specially designed growing slabs made from ‘rockwool’ by our trained team of ‘Growers’. Within in a matter of days the plants...
HRH Princess Royal officially opens the glasshouse
HRH Princess Royal meeting the shanks family and a few of the children from Denholm primary school welcoming the princess into the glasshouse.
Running on renewable energy
At Standhill Farm we pride ourselves in the use of renewable energy. We take delivery of wood arriving from a local forestry which we chip and dry, we also source waste wood from local sawmills, which we then dry on site. The chipped wood is then fed...
March 2019
The tomato plants are showing significant growth.
Pollination
The Bees have now been introduced into the Glass House.
