Nicki Bainbridge-Clement

11th February 2020

Clean sheep, but not for long!

I suppose it is typical of our climate that after a week of drying winds, cold nights but warmish days, all was undone at the weekend […]
5th February 2020

It’s raining calves!

I am well aware that not all of you read past the farm news, and that some find the poems rather a ‘turn off’. Defensively, let […]
29th January 2020

Field drainage week!

In terms of matters to report, there is not a great amount to share either as regards sheep or cattle. The winter-feeding regime continues, and the […]
22nd January 2020

Our first snowdrops!

Where to start. Perhaps by sharing with you that we now have a date for this year’s Soil Association inspection. It will be on the 18th […]
15th January 2020

A lake in field 6!

A rather subdued week on the farm. The RPA continues to be negatively robotic. Tim’s mother has not been well, and this has impacted on us […]
8th January 2020

New year, new life

Despite it being the holiday period, life on the farm has not been static. Moreover, a period in which we had little rain and warm days […]
24th December 2019

Christmastime!

Aware as I am that not all of you read to the end, I start this week by offering the family’s sincere appreciate to all 2019’s […]
18th December 2019

An agile cow!

What a totally dismal week this has been. Two classic lines have gone around and around in my head: One from childhood memories of hearing the […]
11th December 2019

Rainbows after the rain

This week, as far as the farm is concerned, has been very quiet. This in part because feeding and checking the animals takes most of Tim’s […]