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…]
The next generation of sheep farmers is calling on the next generation of shoppers to put lamb back on plates across Britain through Love Lamb Week. According to the Agriculture & Horticulture Development Board (AHDB),over the past 15 years, fewer people have been regularly eating the very British meat, and with those aged 55 years … [Read more…]
As a farmer’s wife, you would thing I had see enough animals (never) and the last place I would visit would be a petting farm. As a parent though, when it’s raining and your friend rings you, inviting you to a dry petting farm, you go-if only to tire your children out. We have been … [Read more…]
