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Winter Thoughts

December 23, 2024 February 4, 2025 Journal

This time of year invites contemplation, candlelight and connection. Contemplation The festive period can often give us a little more...Continue reading→

Halcyon Days

December 16, 2024 February 4, 2025 Journal

I am not a photographer, but I do love taking photographs of our lives at The Lint Mill. I don’t...Continue reading→

Much Ado About Mutton

November 18, 2024 February 4, 2025 Journal

(With apologies to Bob Kennard whose book title I have borrowed. ) We have been breeding sheep since we moved...Continue reading→

The Last Days of Summer

October 18, 2024 February 4, 2025 Journal

As I write this month’s journal entry, I am aware that I began last month’s journal entry with a moan...Continue reading→

Summer at The Lint Mill

September 16, 2024 February 4, 2025 Journal

As summers go, 2024 has on the surface, been a disappointing one. After such a wet spring we were feeling...Continue reading→

The Lint Mill Wins An Award

August 16, 2024 February 4, 2025 Journal

We are thrilled to have been awarded a Food and Farming Sustainability Award from RBST Scotland. The Lint Mill is...Continue reading→

I Just Want to Buy a Chicken

July 21, 2024 June 6, 2026 Journal

We enjoy eating chicken and have always bought free-range, organic birds. The plight of the factory-produced bird has been well-documented...Continue reading→

The Darling Buds of May

June 16, 2024 March 14, 2025 Journal

The seemingly endless dark grey, leaden skies and rainy days that have characterised much of the early part of this...Continue reading→

21 Ways to Rewild Yourself

May 16, 2024 April 11, 2026 Journal

Rewilding has become a very controversial term over the past few years. Ask any farmer round here about the reintroduction...Continue reading→

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THE LINT MILL

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The Lint Mill
Carnwath
South Lanarkshire
ML11 8LY

‘Wild Boar with molasses, white beans, brown sugar ‘Wild Boar with molasses, white beans, brown sugar & mustard’
One of our favourite recipes from Gill Meller. It’s a real winter warmer and although we don’t really need an excuse to cook this, the dropping temperatures make it a real winner right now. 
It’s perfect made with our rare breed, organic pork. The flavour is deep and delicious through  our slow rearing, outdoors. 
Why not order your pork now and give it a try. You will find a price list on our website (link in comments) or you can send us a message from here. 
#slowfood #winterwarmer #rarebreed #porkasitshouldbe 
@soilassociation @rbstrarebreeds @gill.meller
We’re making live apple cider vinegar (ACV) today. We’re making live apple cider vinegar (ACV) today. To be honest, we’ve never had great success with our first apple trees (something to do with our Hebridean sheep ringing the young tree bark years ago) but slowly we have replaced the trees and they are doing much better. The small crop we have from our old trees are all heritage varieties and they make lovely raw cider vinegar with the ‘mother’. It’s a useful thing to do with them as we use it a lot in cooking and often put a splash in the hens’ water to help with their digestive health. Still, it’s lovely to pick and eat one straight from the tree while on a walk. 
#acv #heritageapples #freshfromthetree 
@soilassociation @nffnuk @greentourism
We’re loving listening to this podcast this mornin We’re loving listening to this podcast this morning. There are so many familiar moments for us and cattle chat that makes us really want cows! I’m busy writing my talk for @scottish_smallholder_festival so I’m tracing our journey into small-scale farming. Like @nikkiyoxall our regenerative story really begins with meeting Rob Havard @phepsonangus in 2018 at a @soilassociation  event called ‘Buzzing about Grassland’ and they both get creditable mentions in our journey. This, like lots of Rob’s podcasts @calltotheland is well worth a listen. 
#regenag #grassfed #changingthenarrative #sharingstories #Iwantacow
@phepsonangus @rottal_land_and_livestock
How nice to wake up to this review this morning. W How nice to wake up to this review this morning. We meet the very loveliest people through our B&B. It’s one of the reasons we love doing it. And when guests appreciate all we try to do here, it makes it even more special. 
#b&b #specialguests @sawdaystravel @soilassociation @greentourism
We love our rare breed Shetland Geese as a gaggle We love our rare breed Shetland Geese as a gaggle but we’ve now sold three breeding pairs. It just means we can have more gorgeous goslings in the spring 🪿🪿
rbstrarebreeds #rarebreeds #shetlandgeese
We’ve made our favourite elderberry medicinal syru We’ve made our favourite elderberry medicinal syrup for the winter months ahead. If you’d like to know more about it, read this blog entry I wrote during the pandemic: link in bio. 
#foraging #elderberries #immuneboosting
We’ve made our favourite elderberry medicinal syru We’ve made our favourite elderberry medicinal syrup for the winter months ahead. If you’d like to know more about it, read this blog entry I wrote during the pandemic: https://thelintmill.co.uk/foraging-in-a-time-of-coronavirus/
#foraging #elderberries #immuneboosting
A hugely successful and well attended conference. A hugely successful and well attended conference. We had a great day. 
#farmingforthefuture #scottishagrecologypartnership #conference #sustainability #partnerships
Sunday lunch, sorted. Our rare breed mutton, roas Sunday lunch, sorted.
Our rare breed mutton, roasted slowly on a bed of herbs and whole garlic, finished with flaky sea salt and black pepper. Simple, and full of flavour.
You don't need to buy a whole or half lamb. Just pick the one joint you want for Sunday, or a pack of chops for midweek. Every cut comes vacuum-packed, labelled, weighed and priced, ready for your freezer and collected from the farm.
Message us to order.

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