The Farm
7th September 2019
What an unusual start to the week! A Bank Holiday coinciding with good weather after a scorching weekend. Thank goodness the two fields that had been […]
30th August 2019
A quite extraordinary week ending with the majority of the family going to the Chipping Camden Music Feastival to man an Ulula stall. In between whiles, […]
21st August 2019
On Wednesday morning it really felt as though winter, not autumn had come. Steady rain out of a uniformly grey sky, and a chill that tempted […]
14th August 2019
In Ireland, August was, and may still be, regarded as the first month of autumn, and this followed the Celtic calendar. On that basis we should […]
9th August 2019
Bats! I have shared in the past my attempts to deal with bat incursions into the house. I admit my fondness for bats sharply diminished many […]
1st August 2019
This has been a rather inactive week on the farm, at least. Certainly, the temperatures militated against moving stock, and hardly encouraged human activity either. This […]
25th July 2019
At this time of year, the verges in the lanes around the farm are a mass of the creamy white flowers of the meadow sweet. On […]
18th July 2019
I have managed to say little about the cricket World Cup but at this stage of the competition there can be no excuse for ignoring it […]
11th July 2019
A week in which the hay bales were collected in, the garden transformed, critical farm financial matters dealt with, the delivery of the wool booked in, […]