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Merry Christmas and a
Happy new year 2012


Looking over Crookedstane Rig - photo : Lizzie Rose



OPEN DAY

• We had a great open day up at Crookedstane on Saturday November 16th, attended by members of BASH (Biggar Association of Smallholders) and other friends. Jim did a special brew of our famous Zacharry's spruce beer which was enjoyed by all, and Russell distilled some spruce essential oil to demonstrate that aspect of our business.

• All 56 of the turbines on the south section of the Clyde windfarm (three of them on our land) are now exporting power to the grid. SSER are hosting a celebration on Thursday November 24th for all concerned.



August 2011
The turbine blades are now turning!

Turbine blades turn at Crookedstane Rig

turbine blades turn at Crookedstane Rig

turbine blades turn at Crookedstane Rig



May 2011
- major water improvement works begin

Crookedstane - - major water improvement works begin

Crookedstane - - major water improvement works begin

Crookedstane - - major water improvement works begin

Crookedstane - - major water improvement works begin

Crookedstane - - major water improvement works begin

April 2011
- 140 native saplings planted to fill the gap created by clearfelling north of the new forest road

April 2011 - 140 native saplings planted to fill the gap created by clearfelling north of the new forest road

April 2011 - 140 native saplings planted to fill the gap created by clearfelling north of the new forest road

April 2011 - 140 native saplings planted to fill the gap created by clearfelling north of the new forest road

April 2011 - 140 native saplings planted to fill the gap created by clearfelling north of the new forest road

April 2011 - 140 native saplings planted to fill the gap created by clearfelling north of the new forest road


Zacharry's chosen for Los Angeles gift basket!
Leading US lawyer Ira Waldman commissioned exclusive gift packs of Zacharry's No.1 fragrance spray and Scottish spruce essential oil for his annual 2010 gift basket for clients - see his newsletter

From Dec 1 2010 Forestry Purposes LLP www.forestrypurposes.com will be handling all the sales and promotion for Zacharry's Ltd, our spruce by-products business.
EU Organic
Soil Association

Crookedstane Rig is the only UK forest - probably the only forest in the world - registered organic (in our case, with the Soil Association).

Forestry Purposes, our organic spruce products business based at Crookedstane Rig, is undergoing a new lease of life with the installation here of equipment to enable us to distill our own essential spruce oil for bath, beauty, aromatherapy and general well-being/ health use.

Oct 14 2010 - an excellent lineup of speakers at Organic Conferences 'Selling Organic: The Next Chapter' in Oxford.

At the Oxford conference, the new European organic logo was unveiled.
Spring and summer 2010 highlights