Find about our life on the farm
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…
It’s tough at the farm at the moment. Some would say we are currently experiencing being victims of our own success. You see, we really wanted our children to love the farm and, I am sure if you follow my social media feeds, you will see that they actually do. It is something natural in…
No one ever said that farming with children is easy. One of the most common questions people ask me is how I manage it with small children. It honestly takes a while. You can’t just nip out and feed something with two mini farmers who take their animal keeping very seriously. (My eldest is easy…
Since my last update on starting my own vegetable patch, there have been a lot of changes. As well as dreaming of growing my own veg, I have also been dreaming of more animals and, as that dream was realised with the alpacas, I had to rethink a few things. Since the fox attack on…
I have wanted new animals for ages. After the pig debacle (they were bit vicious and wild), the farmer said it was a strictly grazing-only-animal farm. So that narrowed it down to cows, sheep goats or alpacas. Cows are currently a no-go as the regulations for keeping them are so strict that even I don’t…
It’s important that all business owners watch their company’s finances to ensure that the firm continues to operate at a profit.But this is especially the case with all kinds of agricultural businesses. Your farm will double up as your company and your home, so it’s important that it continues to be profitable so that…
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…
I love the auction. If you have ever done live bidding on eBay, you know that feeling of adrenaline in the pit of your stomach. The livestock auction is just like that but better. I have watched the farmer bidding on things and he is so cool when he does it. Just a little…
The beauty of books and reading is that you have to use your own imagination and life experiences to shape the way you think about what you are reading. This could never be more true than when I read Till the Cows Come Home by Sara Cox. She grew up around ten miles from where…
World Book Day is loved and loathed by parents (and probably teachers) in equal measure. I’ve heard parents moan when they have bought outfits in the sale the year before only for their child’s school to stop doing it. My eldest’s school doesn’t dress up but nursery does so I have decided to dress both…