The Farm
21st February 2018
Although last week might have started somewhat alarmingly, it ended peacefully, despite the earthquake’s best efforts to alarm some of us! Tractor crisis resolved The week […]
14th February 2018
Last week threatened to be both peaceful and uneventful… until the clutch on the tractor failed. Only having the one tractor has always been a source […]
6th February 2018
It has been a quiet winter’s week on the farm. The animals seem content and in good condition, the pastures dried out a little during the […]
29th January 2018
This last week, the weather alternated between rain and dry – as evidenced by the state of the level of the ponds in field 8 – […]
23rd January 2018
Last Wednesday there was a much activity in the barn, which was in contrast to what was otherwise a quiet week in winter on the farm. […]
16th January 2018
What a difference the sun makes! For most of the past week we lived in a damp, grey and foggy world, and the idea of this […]
8th January 2018
Happy New Year! Well, after the snow came the melt, and inevitably, the river overflowed its bank and we had flooding. As the ground was still […]
11th December 2017
Well the white stuff has finally appeared! Great excitement for some members of the family, while Anne and I are banned from leaving the house! This […]
4th December 2017
Just before midnight on Tuesday night, we became the latest, and sadly not the last, victim of a serious spate of rural crime in the local […]