The Farm
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 […]
17th August 2016
We have had rather a frenetic week but it ended well. Though today, Sunday, there is a considerable measure of tiredness in young and old alike. […]
8th August 2016
Sunday morning, the sun is shining, the humid air has been shunted off (so the threat of fly strike is reduced), we have had rain, Jupiter […]
3rd August 2016
And still no rain! All the more ironic in that the flooding in our neighbour’s field turns out to be the main water pipe to the […]
30th June 2016
I am writing this on the 29th June. Politics is not something I normally comment upon but the decision of last week to leave the EU […]
21st June 2016
A rather mixed week here in the farm. We have of course been pleased to have the rain together with enough warmth to keep the pastures […]
13th June 2016
A week of sunshine and strangely high temperatures which, with little rain, has meant for this farm the pastures are cracking as the clay dries out […]