| Our
Environmental Stewardship Scheme
As
well as growing potatoes and other crops we are trying
to do our bit to help the countryside and the environment
in an effort to reduce the threat of global warming.
We
have created wetting up and wild flower meadows and pollen
and nectar strips , the purpose of these meadows and nectar
strips is to encourage nesting and wading birds such as
Lapwing, Curlew, Snipe ,and a host of other wildlife such
as Roe Deer Hares and many more small animals Bees and
other insects.
We
have also planted 7 acres of broad leaf woodlands with
native trees such as Oak, Aspen, Birch, Ash, etc and here
and there Hawthorn and Gelder Rose. all this creates a
good habitat for wildlife.
Marsh Marigolds
- Erecting New Fences- Newly Planted Broadleaf Woodland
Wild Cotton Grass
- Buttercups in meadowland - Wild Flowers in meadowland
| Power
Generation
We
are proud that Npower renewables have gained planning
permission to build four 2.5 megawatt wind turbines
on our farm, this will help in our quest to help
combat global warming and produce clean energy
with no pollution to the atmosphere, work is expected
to start in the near future and we will post pictures
of the progress on this page. (Hellrigg Wind Farm,
)
Site
Statistics:
Number of Turbines 4.
Installed capacity of project up to 10 MW. Number
of average homes supplied, Around 4000 homes each
year based on an annual electricity consumption
per home of 4700 kwh.
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| MESSRS
SCOULAR
Park
Head Farm, Silloth, Cumbria. CA7 4PZ
Tel. +44 (0) 16973 320 80
E-mail
:- seed-potatoes.co.uk
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