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Farm Life, August 2019

Farm Life, August 2019

If July’s life on the farm was all about field work, this month has been more about rain. Despite experiencing the hottest day of the year so far (the mercury hit 37 degrees), storms broke the heatwave and rain moved in for weeks. The duck pond had dried out quite a bit but it has…

Hay vs Straw- The Truth

Hay vs Straw- The Truth

I was in the car recently with my mum and she looked out of the window and remarked that another farmer had made those “big boulder things of grass.” I said: “Do you mean bales, mum?” She did. This made me laugh. There is always some kind of meme going round social media about people…