BLOG: the wood is an extraordinarily beautiful place to take a walk
Another reasonably peaceful week here at Rush Farm – the animals appear well and content, the weather has been reasonable, and Tim has been able to get on with some […]
NEW BLOG: a new heifer calf and good pastures to enjoy
I am happy to report that last week was a further good week for the farm. Our Demeter inspection went well – the inspector was content with our paperwork and […]
NEW BLOG: our first frost arrives
I am happy to report on another pleasantly peaceful week – if you discount the excitement when a digger found the mains water pipe on Thursday afternoon! Very positively, the […]
BLOG: It’s time to reduce our breeding flock
I am happy to report that last week was a peaceful week on the farm! Tim has continued with the tiresome but necessary job of topping fields. There has been […]
BLOG: Herculean strength was needed to free a calf stuck in the mud!
As is so often the case, the week has had the odd highs plus several lows, and, one dramatic moment. Sackcloth and ashes time… Last week I was guilty of […]
BLOG: What is big, red and eats rocks?…read on to find out!
Being British, I obviously have to start with the weather, which has been dominated this week by airflow from the Atlantic. The hurricanes which have been devastating the Caribbean region […]
NEW BLOG: Cattle given the all clear in annual TB test
Bank Holiday Monday, against all tradition, was almost unbearably hot, and the forecasters were suggesting we might have that kind of weather for several days – what a joke! By […]
NEW BLOG: meet Francesco and Marco, our Italian volunteers
At this time of year there is little bird song in the mornings other than the doves, whose cooing comes straight down the chimney! Today, however, at 5.40 am, for […]
Preparing for Autumn; feed, bedding, market & TB testing approaches
Good news! Arrangements having been made to buy in organic feeding straw and bedding straw, and with the prospect of being able to buy 20 acres of organic grass for […]
French volunteer farewell blog; all the good things have an end!!
Hi everyone, we are 4 French wwoofers; Soukaina, Cherine, Oceane and Anne-Celine. The four of us are engineering students (2 in agriculture and 2 in mechanics) from Lyon or Toulouse!! […]
