If you want to know about teaching, you would go and ask a teacher so if you want to know about farming, a farmer should be your first port of call to see what really happens. As sheep farmers ourselves, I think it is important to tell people what we do. I asked a group … [Read more…]
There are definitely some confusion around when it comes to sheep and lamb. I thought I would try and dispel some of these myths for you and try and help you understand why sheep farming can be so rewarding and why eating lamb is not a bad thing. 1. The best time to eat lamb … [Read more…]
Having recently cut his first field for haylage, I got a mini taster into what I know life will be like in summer. Snatched meal times and visiting fields with food. I have decided to let you know into some of my best kept secrets of quick and easy meal ideas for harvest time and … [Read more…]
In the last month, lambing has just about exploded. We have pet lambs coming out of our ears and the lambing shed is actually starting to look a bit quieter which is a relief for us all. All in all, it has gone well. You have to be pragmatic about it sometimes. Remember my post … [Read more…]
This month’s sibling’s relationships is largely sponsored by lambing. The children are playing lambing when they are inside and helping with lambing when they are out. Our middle boy is a natural with animals but his little brother is yet to have the gentle gene kick in. We have to watch him closely as he … [Read more…]
We are well into lambing now and I think most people are aware of what happens. We are lambing inside this year so the farmer goes into the shed each morning to see if any have been born. If he is lucky, all the new lambs are with their mothers and he pens them up … [Read more…]
What a month is has been on the farm. From Fool’s Spring at the start, turning to the wettest, stormiest weather we have had in ages. Thankfully, I feel the page has at last turned from winter to the shiny new page of spring and we have all breathed a little sigh of relief. As … [Read more…]
I can bleat on about how much I love Zoflora for hours days. It really is the most versatile cleaning product I have found. While many people love the stuff, it is on the farm that it really comes into its own. Farm life can be very mucky-for everyone, human and animal alike. You need … [Read more…]
Lambing is in full swing at the farm and, as I was sitting on my own one night as the children slept and the farmer saw to the new arrivals, I got thinking about lambing. It can go on for six to eight weeks which, on the face of it, doesn’t seem too bad. When … [Read more…]
Another season and another change on the farm. The rams have gone off romancing the ladies. We sent the new Suffolk rams off earlier which I said would be a good idea. Until they had already gone and started and I remembered about a certain #farmbaby2017 being due three weeks before. Oops. They had a … [Read more…]
