A small farm with big ideas in the Endrick Valley

Carbeth Home Farm is nestled in the Endrick Valley, between the Stirlingshire villages of Killearn and Balfron. Our mission is to sustainably diversify our business, increase biodiversity and carbon sequestration, and to promote educational and wellbeing opportunities.

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Galloway cattle
Farm Diversification
Lawrence Martin

Championing Native Breeds

Now at the start of a new year, we are looking back at how we have continued to rise to the challenge of regenerative agriculture and looking forward to what more we can do to diversify and still better our impact and contribution to the environment.

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Biodiversity
Zoe Shuttleworth

Wetland (re)creation

In December 2021 and early January 2022, work was carried out to create first a woodland pond and then a field scrape (temporary pond). These are both rare wildlife habitats, that can support a wide variety of wetland plants and animals, many of which are under threat.

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Carbeth
Zoe Shuttleworth

2021 in Review

On the 1st January 2021, Carbeth Home Farm launched its brand new website, where we set out our response to the multiple crises of climate

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The River Endrick in Summer
Biodiversity
Sam Lyth

Summer time – is the living easy?

The summer wildflowers here at Carbeth Farm have been loving the last few weeks of sunny weather and are putting on an amazing display. The birds are busy feeding up and preparing for winter.

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red squirrel
Biodiversity
Zoe Shuttleworth

Northwoods Rewilding Network

Carbeth Home Farm and neighbouring Little Drumquharn have joined Northwoods – a network created by Scotland the Big Picture to support and facilitate small scale rewilding and ecological restoration projects in Scotland.

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Carbeth House with spring blossom – photo by Sam Lyth
Biodiversity
Sam Lyth

Sounds of Spring

As a newcomer to an area it is always a delight to see spring unfurling across a new landscape. Now, with the slightly warmer weather and longer evenings I am enjoying the sounds of spring as I go out on my regular walks. With the Easter holidays just starting there is so much to enjoy on and around the Carbeth Estate it is hard to know where to start.

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Carbon & Climate
Zoe Shuttleworth

All the Fun Guys

Most fungi live out of sight, yet make up a massively diverse kingdom of organisms that support and sustain nearly all living systems. The more we learn about fungi, the less makes sense without them. 

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Biodiversity
Zoe Shuttleworth

What do we want? Dung beetles!

An unlikely rallying call perhaps, but in the realm of soil health, this particular group of insects can provide profound benefits, including improving soil structure and fertility, reducing the parasitic burden in livestock, and increasing carbon sequestration.

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