Land in your area 2020: Scotland >More in
In a year of uncertainty and indecision, the Scottish land market was no exception, with landowners stalling when it came to making the tough decision to sell.
Compared with 2019, acres publicly launched were down 57%, while farms publicly marketed dropped by just over half, according to Strutt & Parker data.
Average values saw a small boost, with arable land up 4% and pasture prices rising 11%.
Supply to rise
Prices have been resilient despite all of the issues connected with Covid-19, the wider economic impact of the pandemic, and also concerns over future subsidy, trade and policy changes following Brexit.
Some restaurants serve food grown on local farms. Eric and Jill Skokan moved their restaurant, Black Cat Bistro, to their own farm at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic. Some restaurants compost. The Skokans are using compost to help heat the dining cabanas that have kept guests at their farm cozy all winter.
These are just a few of the things that the Skokans have accomplished over the past year that recently earned Black Cat the Virginia Patterson Business of the Year award from the Boulder Chamber. Just about the only thing they haven t done is reopen the dining rooms of Black Cat Bistro and its sibling, Bramble & Hare, both on the Pearl Street Mall in downtown Boulder. But that could happen soon, too.
Coloradans have always enjoyed après al fresco and snacking on sunny patios, but 2020 brought myriad new ways to dine outdoors for intrepid and safety-conscious restaurant-goers. From polycarbonate greenhouses and plastic igloos to engineer-built private dining pods and mountain-town gondolas, here are some of the very best and most comfortable ways to eat and drink outside right now.
Metro Denver
Patio and igloo dining at Ace Eat Serve. Photo courtesy of Ace Eat Serve
Picture it: Sipping on a ceramic cup of hot junmai sake or an icy pint of Left Hand’s Milk Stout Nitro by a fire pit or inside a translucent igloo as an eye-smiling masked server sets down a sizzling wok filled with crispy lobster, prawns, and sweet potato noodles tossed in a miso-butter-chile sauce. You’re at Ace, of course, where there’s free live music on Saturday afternoons, prizes for Denverites outfitted in their finest retro ski attire, and chef Thach Tran’s tender soup dumplings and curries, which w
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