Irelandscapes | Scrabo Farmer Interview - N Irish Farming Scenes @Irelandscapes | Uploaded March 2024 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
Thank you to Ian for being a great host to Irelandscapes literally when we met at one of his fields on Scrabo's hillside fields overlooking Strangford Lough.

This is a mixed farm of arable and livestock. The unique influence here which assists both animals and crops, is a microclimate availing of local land and sea conditions on a sheltered, South facing slope. The lower fields are legendary for high yield crops in exceptionally fertile glacial till soil and some of the big supermarket chains best produce comes from this area. If you like carrots, parsnips, potatoes and leaks - this is the land to see them grow.

Ian's farm is a multi-generational family affair with the land. He's part of the land now himself and it shows in the ease with which he carries out his daily duties on the farm.