The Farm
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 […]
6th June 2016
As I write this the sun we have at last seen off the grey skies which seem now the norm for every morning. It has been […]
31st May 2016
Apart from a torrential downpour in the early hours of Saturday morning we have had no rain and no chill winds. Indeed, the problem (if that […]
23rd May 2016
A strange lethargy has crept over us this morning despite the media’s attempts to generate excitement about the coming election. Lambing finally finished on Thursday. Katja […]
25th April 2016
It seems typical that just as the pastures and puddles dry up and the grass begins to grow that the weather suddenly turns cold, grey and […]
11th April 2016
A quite extraordinary week on the farm in that so little has happened! No rush of lambs and no more calves but lots more rain and enough […]