Boghead is owned by Thomas and Fiona Jackson and is also home to their son Ewan, 5 dogs, Glen and Red who are both working sheepdogs , Storm, Rum (known as Bert to his friends) and Jasper the working Cocker Spaniels and Harvey the Ginger Cat.
Thomas is from generations of farmers and runs the Aberdeen Angus beef herd (our local breed which originated in Alford)and a flock of Vendeen sheep on the farm and Fiona works for the NHS in the Jubilee Hospital in Huntly. Ewan works at Linnorie Firewood in Huntly and helps out on the farm when needed.
We moved up from Gloucestershire in September 2012 and spent the first four years removing the old farm buildings that had been errected in the 1950s and putting up some modern farm buildings before restoring the old steading and converting "The Stables" into your holiday accomodation.
We have spent quite a lot of time and effort to improve the farm so it is both efficient to run but also a haven for wildlife having improved the woodland area we took over, planted more small areas of woodland and some new hedges. We also grow .4ha of a bird feed crop each year to feed the small bird population that lives on the farm as well as providing habitat for House Sparrows in the farm building and host Swallows and House Martins in both the old and new buildings.
Our impact on the environment is very important to us and we have a strong green policy and a Gold Environmental award to prove it.