Matson Ground Farm & Holiday Cottages

Sheep jobs in the sun ☀️

After a busy lambing the pace slows a little on the farm. Sheep work at the moment includes treating them for flies, giving a vaccination against clostridial infections and dosing with a vitamin supplement. When you’re staying here you’ll see and hear daily farm life all around you. #sheep #LakeDistrict #Cumbria #Windermere #OrganicFarm

🍂 Autumn scenes from Matson Ground. Is this your favourite time of year to visit the Lake District?

Sometimes you’ve just got to scratch that itch!!

🌳On Sunday we brought together the whole Matson Ground community to celebrate 100 years of stewardship of this special corner of Cumbria. It was a wonderful occasion and opportunity to thank everyone that helps and has helped to make this place what it is. Thank you on another note to all the brilliant Cumbrian suppliers who helped make it such a great day and the local business who generously gave prizes to our charity raffle, which raised over £1,000 for Cumbria Community Foundation

🪧 Dalesway walks 🥾 ☀️ The sun is out this week in the Lakes and there are beautiful, peaceful corners to explore if you know where to look. The Dalesway walking route crosses through the farm so you have miles of countryside to explore from your holiday cottage door. #thedalesway #dalesway #walking #walkinginthelakes #summer #getoutside #englishcountryside #LakeDistrict #Cumbria #Windermere

Who’s ready for a blissful bank holiday weekend? 🙌🏻 Eagle Cottage perched above Glenridding village is an idyllic Lakes getaway for 4. 🦅

Hopefully you’ve just watched the additional Wild Isle hour-long documentary entitled “Save Our Wild Isles” on BBC iPlayer. It sets out some of the solutions that are urgently needed to protect and preserve our biodiversity, including nature-friendly farming. Organic is the best example of nature-friendly farming, and we just wanted to take this opportunity to highlight some of our efforts here at Matson Ground in working with and protecting nature while producing food in a way that also protects our soils and has high animal welfare. Working in harmony with the natural environment as organic farmers, represents a real opportunity to help deliver sustainable food production in the future. #SaveOurWildIsles #proudtobeorganic #wildisles #organicfarming #lakedistrict #organic #farmingwithnature #beltedgalloway #windermere #sustainablefood #naturalenvironment Organic Farmers & Growers

Spring moments of calm on the organic estate. How will you spend your longer days? #spring #weekend #sunday #explore #lakedistrict

Enjoying the gardens in March before another cold snap in the Lakes next week ☀️ ❄️ As the local farmers say ‘March comes in like a lion, goes out like a lamb!’ #march #spring #daffodils #snowdrops #gardens #holidaycottage #lakedistrict #windermere #organicfarm #staycation #escape #explore #nature #weather #weatherwatchers #cumbria #lovethelakes #englishlakes #englishcountryside #cottagegarden

Who would you like to escape with to our Low Cleabarrow cottage? 🪺 Signs of spring are on the way with birds happy in the garden, bulbs peeping through and the warmth of the sun on your back. Low Cleabarrow sleeps 6 people, has a large garden with patio and lots of beautiful traditional features. Plus golf course and Dales Way Footpath on the doorstep. It’s perfect for family breaks or a group of friends looking for adventure in the Lakes. #holidaycottage #break #staycation #holidayhome #getaway #escape #lakedistrict #cumbria #DalesWay #lakedistrictnationalpark #countryside #englishlakes #englishcountryside #farm #organicfarm #walking #hikes #explore #lakedistricthome #spring #snowdrops #daffodils #bluesky

Today is #WorldWetlandsDay You might never think about wetlands but we do! They are such important habitat for a wide variety of species, it’s something we are working on creating more of across the estate. This is one of the newest areas of wetland created as part of our ongoing work with Natural England and South Cumbria Rivers Trust. It was previously an unproductive piece of lowland, prone to flooding. By fencing off areas and opening up drains, the ponds were created and nature flocked in! It’s now a wonderful habitat for birds, butterflies, moths, crayfish, freshwater leaches and invertebrates. #habitatcreation #natureconservation #nature #farmingfornature #wildlife #naturalengland #organicfarm