Lou is the owner of Cragend Farm with her husband Shaun, and deals with everything from Holiday Accommodation inquiries to egg collection from the chickens; she is the social media and web design finger-tapper.
The compost has been made with straw manure, chicken manure, blood, fish bone and gypsum. The grain spores of the White Button Mushrooms have been sown in the compost and newspaper has been laid over them to keep them moist for 2-3 weeks.
Find Out More About Cragend
Cragend Farm has a interesting and diverse history, from technical innovations to historic buildings. Tied in closely to the neighbouring Cragside Estate home of Victorian inventor and industrialist Lord Armstrong.