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Just before Christmas and after my December Farm Life post, the rams were rounded up (apart from one illusive one) and brought back to the farm. Their job is done now for the year and they can happily munch grass and have a well earned rest. As with everything at the farm, things get repurposed…
There was one word on the tip of everyone’s tongue as we entered 2019 and it was Brexit. Many people were sick of the build up and how it is going to affect farming is a worry to most people. There was (and still is) another threat to British farmland though and suspiciously, I can…
Hot on the heels of my last vegetable post, I am in full throttle. Well, in my head anyway. The planning stage is still underway and, as I follow a lot of allotment growers and smallholders on social media, I thought who better to ask for advice. So I asked them what would be their…
If 2017 saw a lot of changes on the farm, 2018 certainly matched it. The pet front especially had been changed beyond all recognition. Rocher the farm cat is a constant. She earns her keep by mousing. Sometimes successfully, sometimes I doubt her and send the dog out. The most hilarious thing happened with her…
I may be a farmer’s wife but a lot of this Good Life stuff doesn’t come completely naturally to me. Last summer when I endeavoured to grow some flowers and vegetables, I was a but disgruntled with how hard it was and that some of the fails were actually out of my hands. Not to…
I’d say December is one of the quietest months on the farm. The rams are still with the ladies. Most of the ewes will have been serviced by now but we leave the rams just in case there are some missed. Winter has definitely arrived so I have dusted off all of the bird feeders…
We are a nation of turkey lovers and nothing says Christmas more than the smell of turkey filling the house on Christmas Day. As one of our most seasonal foods, it seems while we may know quite a bit about cooking the bird (or visiting Mr Google several times between picking up the turkey and…
High in up in the Cairngorms National Park, Rebecca Perry and her family have diversified into turkey farming. It is a hill farm and they are 1050 feet above sea level and only 12 miles from the Lecht ski centre. Whilst being in the middle of nowhere, they are only half an hour drive to…
Well we are well into November now and, while many of the shops have been stocking Christmas for months now, the season is creeping up on us here at the farm. We have endured weeks of renovations and decorating which I am sure I will be sharing with you at some point but do keep…
A lot of the equipment used for farming can be found around any home. Especially if you have an industrious farmer who sees the use in anything and everything. Farming families across the land will tell you tales of implements being used to thicken lumpy gravy in the kitchen one minute and then taken out…