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26th February 2020

Natural England Conservation Award

I wanted to add a precursor to this weeks farm news. Farmer Adrian, on behalf of the Rush Farm team has received an award in recognition […]
19th February 2020

Webbed toes would make sense!

Tediously I have to begin these notes by referring to the weather which has all but dominated our lives this week. The wind has caused few […]
11th February 2020

Clean sheep, but not for long!

I suppose it is typical of our climate that after a week of drying winds, cold nights but warmish days, all was undone at the weekend […]
29th January 2020

Field drainage week!

In terms of matters to report, there is not a great amount to share either as regards sheep or cattle. The winter-feeding regime continues, and the […]
15th January 2020

A lake in field 6!

A rather subdued week on the farm. The RPA continues to be negatively robotic. Tim’s mother has not been well, and this has impacted on us […]
8th January 2020

New year, new life

Despite it being the holiday period, life on the farm has not been static. Moreover, a period in which we had little rain and warm days […]
18th December 2019

An agile cow!

What a totally dismal week this has been. Two classic lines have gone around and around in my head: One from childhood memories of hearing the […]
11th December 2019

Rainbows after the rain

This week, as far as the farm is concerned, has been very quiet. This in part because feeding and checking the animals takes most of Tim’s […]
3rd December 2019

Contented animals

Since the less said about the weather the better, I thought I might comment on changes in the birds we see and the song we hear. […]