Paton Agroforestry

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Paton Agroforestry Incorporating nut and fruit trees into permanent pasture, used to graze our home bred wool shedding sheep.

Aiming to be/prove our carbon negative status and move towards zero plastic sustainable farming. Started in 2010 with two ewe lambs for Anna's birthday, in 2011 she added three ewes and a ram to the group - now hoping for babies in February! We also have six crossbred ewes, raised as orphans in 2010.

Be grateful for small mercies?? 43 rainless days broken by a cheeky 2mm last night….
31/07/2026

Be grateful for small mercies?? 43 rainless days broken by a cheeky 2mm last night….

I try (and frequently fail) to live by the guidance of “if you’ve got nothing positive to say, then say nothing”, hence ...
16/07/2026

I try (and frequently fail) to live by the guidance of “if you’ve got nothing positive to say, then say nothing”, hence my lack of posts recently…! I recognise that others are struggling much more with the heat and lack of rain but that doesn’t make our situation any easier!
One positive I have noticed recently is our newly re-purposed wood store and how we have managed to fill two whole bays with 2+ year seasoned wood, ready to keep us warm next winter. Each holds 11.3 cubic metres and this year will be the first that we actually see how much wood we use, as until now I have had little random piles of wood all over the place and supplemented with a lot of pallet wood and timber from various renovations. Our old lath and plaster ceiling has kept us in kindling wood for quite a while now!
Also grateful that I have the choice that many don’t - do I go out and earn money, then give it to Centrica or the oil companies to keep my house warm, or do I cut out the middle man, gather my own renewable fuel and stay at home to keep the fire burning?

I knew today was going to be a bad day, as I woke up out of breath and heart pounding from a nightmare that my neighbour...
12/05/2026

I knew today was going to be a bad day, as I woke up out of breath and heart pounding from a nightmare that my neighbour had fenced off part of my land and was claiming it for himself! (It says a lot that I actually had to go and check that it wasn’t real…!)
Teddy was Bedfordshire’s first and only tr*******al goat. As our first born, he was castrated and kept - unfortunately this leads to under-development of the urethra in goats and commonly leads to blockages. As a pet, he got the expensive treatment option when this happened and had his urethra re-routed out the back to bypass the blockage. This wasn’t ideal, as he needed regular Vaseline-ing to minimise urine scald and if you ever stood behind him when he peed, you would have to dodge the 3ft long, horizontal jet of urine!
It had become apparent that he was getting blocked up again and today marked the point where it was bothering him and his time was up.
As goats go, he was the most people-friendly we have ever had and we had two very sad children heading off to school today, knowing that he wouldn’t be here when they get home.
RIP Teddy

Hallelujah! 2mm on 25th March was the last time we saw any wet stuff…
03/05/2026

Hallelujah! 2mm on 25th March was the last time we saw any wet stuff…

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2 Ravensden Road
Bedford
MK442QS

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