As I think everyone has we have had some much needed rain. Water butts are full and the ground is moist again. You can really see the crops burst forward with growth and flowers, but so have the weeds. So if you fancy a little bit of volunteering even just an odd session helping with […]
We are going to make the most of it….
We’ve had the rain we have been wanting and the sun has come out again.It’s such a beautiful summer. I’m sitting here in the office with the door open, sun shining and the birds are singing outside. I must keep this feeling alive for the winter, when I’m miserable, cold and often soaked to the […]
Wozzer the temperature has rocketed up here on the farm
Wozzer the temperature has rocketed up here on the farm and with scarcely a drop of rain for more than 6 weeks now the ground is starting to dry up. It’s really obvious which parts of the farm and fields have had plenty of muck and compost. They are able to hold moisture. Those areas […]
June, how can it be June already….
June, how can it be June already. The year is gathering speed and I need to stop and enjoy it. Enjoy the still days with barely a breath of wind, the clear nights to sit out and eat in the sunset. The long days when the work is hard but the rewards are just around […]
It’s always exciting when there are babies on the farm and for me the best are piglets….
It’s always exciting when there are babies on the farm and for me the best are piglets. We’ve got lambs and calves out in the fields but we are still waiting for 3 sows to farrow. Here we let them get on with having piglets in the way they want to with as little interference […]
It really is full steam ahead.
With the months racing on we too are racing ahead. There has been such progress on the farm this week. With the weather improving there has been lots of planting out in the poly tunnels and even more work being done in the beds and fields. It really is full steam ahead. You’ll see the […]
At last the sun has come out….
At last the sun has come out. I’m actually writing this outside with a coffee. How my world has changed. I think everyone here is so much happier. I’ve cut the grass and we had our supper outside last night. It’s all change and we have waited so long. It makes it a bit busier […]
Enjoy the long weekend….if you’re getting one
We’ve all had our warm coats and hats on this week and it’s May. I’ve never known such a miserable spring. It’s very cool and damp here. There’s very little growth and we’re all just a bit down in the dumps. The cows and calves and ewes and lambs don’t seem to notice and gangs […]
We’re still looking for comfort food when we come in cold and tired
The weather this week hasn’t improved with nights below freezing and cold day with not much sunshine. It makes it much harder at this time of year with cows and calves, ewes and lambs out in the fields we really need the weather to improve to get the grass growing to feed all the mouths. […]
….yes, we are obsessed with the weather here. It’s difficult not to be.
What a fantastic change in the weather. Yes, we are obsessed with the weather here. It’s difficult not to be. We work in it and try to work with it. We have all remarked on how lovely it has been not to have to have a wind and rain proof coat on this week. We’ve […]