If you want to know about teaching, you would go and ask a teacher so if you want to know about farming, a farmer should be your first port of call to see what really happens. As sheep farmers ourselves, I think it is important to tell people what we do. I asked a group…
We always have lamb in our freezer. Well, almost always. There’s nothing like cooking a joint of lamb for dinner and knowing you at least saw it happy in its life. The problem is, for cuts like leg and shoulder, there can often be a lot of left overs. Rather than treat the dogs to…
There are definitely some confusion around when it comes to sheep and lamb. I thought I would try and dispel some of these myths for you and try and help you understand why sheep farming can be so rewarding and why eating lamb is not a bad thing. 1. The best time to eat lamb…
It’s all very well me harping on to you all about eating more British lamb for the sake of farming but what do you actually do with it when you get it? Well, I asked a group of bloggers to tell you what they do with it and the results will have you salivating at…
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 and let lamb hit you in the chops. According to the Agriculture & Horticulture Development Board (AHDB),over the past 15 years, fewer people have been regularly eating this very…
My degree is in English Literature with Theology and Religious Studies and I don’t think I ever thought I would be able to apply any of this to farming-apart from writing about it. How wrong I was. The religious studies part has come in very handy since marrying a farmer. It’s not just turkey farmers who…
Since starting up my Roast Revival series, I have been waiting to share a lamb recipe with you. For whatever reason, many people steer clear of lamb and I want to try and change your minds. I think for some, the image of a cute, frolicking lamb is too much to think about eating one…
A is for arable. Farming isn’t all about animals. B is for bales-hay, straw, silage, most farms have them stacked up somewhere. C is for cows-whether for dairy or beef. D is for dogs. No farm is complete without some kind of canine running around. E is for equine. Years ago, horses did all of…
We thought winter 2017-18 was bad enough with all the rain but as we have all come to realise, a long spell of dry weather is not great either. The impact on farming has been in the news recently and while we have not escaped completely, compared to some farms, we have been ok. I…
Recently we were on the motorway. I can’t even remember where we were going but we saw a transporter carrying cattle. We pointed it out to the children because, if we are behind such vehicles, we all try and guess which animal is being driven. It’s just a little game we play. I said pigs….
