The Farm
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 […]
6th April 2016
Not only is the sun shining but it is warm enough for ‘Boots’ to be in shorts! A rather unusual week in that calving rather than […]
28th March 2016
Easter Monday and, for the moment at least, the rain has stopped and the sun is shining. The big news is that both lambing and calving […]
21st March 2016
A cold, grey but dry week means that though our pastures are much drier the grass has not been growing and lambing has begun – with our […]