The Farm
10th October 2016
Yesterday, wisely or not we decided to buy a new bull rather than struggle with AI. Called Bacchus he is almost 4 years old, meets the […]
4th October 2016
After a very wet and chilly Saturday, today is bright and sunny if not very warm. In fact, the weather this week has been behaving rather […]
30th September 2016
It’s deadline day and your final chance to invest in the biodynamic farm that inspired The Archers. So, to help you make the right decision we’ve […]
26th September 2016
Autumn is very definitely with us. The hedgerows are heaving under their heavy load of delicious blackberries, and the leaves of the chestnut trees are changing […]
19th September 2016
A typically odd week on every front including the weather for after three days in which it was almost too hot, now suddenly it’s time for […]
16th September 2016
Tonight the skies were blue before sunset, and a mini heat wave is forecast. How life swings – only yesterday we were fretting that the pastures […]
12th September 2016
It was TB testing last week, and on Friday we faced the depressing news that three of our bought-in heifers were IR’s or to be more […]
12th September 2016
Having spent the bulk of my working life on ‘red alert’ as I navigated my colleagues and myself through an uncertain and only too ready to […]
5th September 2016
As I write this our sitting room is occupied by a gaggle of grandchildren and their parents and the noise level is amazing – but we […]