The Farm
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, […]
3rd July 2019
For hay fever suffers, this has been a very difficult week, but with hay making taking place both here and on neighbouring farms, together with cooler […]
29th June 2019
An interesting week on the farm, though more about visitors and finance. The move of the young cattle to the back of the farm, together with […]
18th June 2019
There is a view that the English start and end every conversation with exchanges about the weather. In these notes I try to avoid that. But […]
12th June 2019
Thoughts of D-day I can do no other than start with the fact that this week it was 75 years since the allied landings in occupied […]
7th June 2019
Cricket! Calypso music was in my head on Thursday morning, and in particular the words ‘cricket lovely cricket’ as the first match of the World Cup […]