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29th July 2020

Bales and barns

“Aging is an extraordinary process whereby you become the person you always should have been.” It would be absurd for me to claim that David Bowie […]
22nd July 2020

Our first cut for haylage

Watching Sibley bat reminded me very much of watching a Test Match at Old Trafford in the dim and distant past – perhaps 1980? – when […]
13th July 2020

Peaceful mothers and calves

Knowing that Nicki would comment on last Saturday’s AGM, I said nothing about it. I attach at the end of this note a copy of the […]
24th June 2020

Rain, and plenty of it!

At last we have had a goodly amount of rain. For the time being at least, the great cracks in the ground have closed, and if […]
17th June 2020

Young heifers and swings!

I am very conscious that these notes are primarily written to ensure all interested parties are kept up to date about life on the farm. As […]
10th June 2020

Light rain!

Yet another week dominated by the bungling affairs in the United States, and here at home the Bank of England warning that plans should be in […]
3rd June 2020

Volunteers!

Having sadly accepted that Clement would be our only young European volunteer this year, we were very pleasantly surprised to be approached by a young French […]
27th May 2020

Sunshine

If there was one television programme that had a cult following in Saskatchewan during the winter it was the weather forecast. Putting to one side a […]
20th May 2020

A picture of green

How to describe this week? Well it has passed without major disaster, though if we do not have rain soon, one could be looming. The warm […]