The siblings are three months into being three and despite having their moments, they really do love each other. Boo has surprised me so much recently with the love she has for her brothers. She never really cuddles G but this month, I asked her to look after him while we crossed the farm yard…
For more than 175 years, the Cheshire show has been the premier summertime agricultural event in the North West of England. It is back this year on June 20th and 21st at the Tabley Show Ground in Knutsford. Despite it being our local agricultural show, this is only our second year of going but, after…
Have you ever smelt a sheep? I suppose unless you keep them, going round sniffing sheep probably isn’t at the top of your to-do list. Their breath smells grassy-obviously I suppose, it’s what they eat. As a whole, I think they have a distinctive smell. Yes, a bit mucky but with a sweet smell about…
Recent weather is, once again, giving some farmers cause for concern. The good weather that the UK has been experiencing of late is giving farmers, especially those in the South and East of the country, only 10 per cent of the rainfall they expected in March and April. If normal levels of rain do fall…
I am really enjoying my Women In Farming feature and this month’s spotlight is on Ruth Wills, a 21 year old from Cornwall. Ruth grew up on a sheep farm and was obsessed from a young age with ll things farming. She says she has fond memories of been dressed up in a huge thick snowsuit,…
The blogging world has become a bit seasonal in the last couple of years. I suppose it always was in terms of written content but recently, with the growth of Instagram, we are all about the seasonal photo. Our children in cute reindeer and penguin outfits at Christmas-carefully posed in front of alpine fir trees…
I am sure I have done one of these before but I searched on my blog and I couldn’t find it. I read Rachel Swirl’s A to Z of me and thought, even if I have done one before, I would have another go. Some of the answers are sure to be different. A is…
Lorna Sixsmith runs a dairy and beef farm in South East Ireland with her husband Brian James. They have two children (Will and Kate), two dogs (Sam and Lou), numerous farm cats, 120 cows plus fatteners, yearlings and calves. Lorna has been blogging for many years at LornaSixsmith.com and selfpublished her first book in 2013….
We love British food here and ae keen to champion all food types and producers for the bigger picture of supporting British farms and farmers so when British Leeks got in contact to help promote the humble leek, I couldn’t say no. We actually tried a recipe from their brilliant, ideas filled recipes a couple…
I’ve been thinking about a farming series for ages but just couldn’t put my finger on what I actually wanted to do. Then it hit me. Women in Farming. Each month, I will be interviewing and featuring a different woman and finding out what makes her tick on the farm. Was she born into it?…
