Blog: Follow my leader through the Wild Garlic in the Wood
A very wet wood The farm is so very wet, the heavens so grey, and the fields, though now well grassed, are puddled wherever a vehicle has passed – hardly […]
Blog: Our first ever twin calves
The really exciting news of the week is that the farm has had its first twin calves. Both are heifers, and both seem well, as does the mother who had […]
Blog: Higher Tier Stewardship fits our practice and beliefs
And still it rains! Ridiculous weather, on Wednesday for example, we had driving rain and sleet followed in the afternoon by warm sunshine. So, we remain between a rock and […]
Blog: Five unexpected lambs arrive early!
It’s daffodils time ‘It’s daffodils time’ – a phrase which I felt just had to be used – with its undertones of the film ‘The Producers’ from Mel Brooks, and the song […]
Blog: a triumphant week on the farm!
In many ways, this last week has been a triumphant week on the farm. Our Soil Association inspection went well, and while done very thoroughly, was also a very good-humoured […]
BLOG: Clean bill of health for our cattle!
A good week on the farm has been had! The results from the tests show the herd is free of both BVD and Johnes Disease, so our cattle health status […]
BLOG: Snowmageddon
What an interesting week we just had! Bright, sunny and cold for the first part of the week then high winds and snow. Once or twice we were reminded of […]
BLOG: Welcome Beatriz, our first WWOOFer of the year! Soon to meet cows up close for the first time…
The first cows will soon be out to grass Happily, this has been a very quiet week on the farm – much appreciated since Chris has been away! The quiet […]
BLOG: Ewe scanning passes smoothly
Although last week might have started somewhat alarmingly, it ended peacefully, despite the earthquake’s best efforts to alarm some of us! Tractor crisis resolved The week began with the ongoing […]
BLOG: Calving will be at its peak between June and August so here’s hoping the grass is good then!
Last week threatened to be both peaceful and uneventful… until the clutch on the tractor failed. Only having the one tractor has always been a source of concern to us, […]
