How many divorces have started with moving sheep? As a farmer’s wife, I am an easy target for anything and everything that goes wrong when moving animals. It rains. It’s my fault. I am standing nowhere near the animals and they won’t go in the gate. It’s my fault. Can you see a pattern emerging?…
I don’t think anyone can deny the joy that Spring brings after winter. This year it seems to have been a long, cold winter and, with the recent lockdown, Spring is definitely welcome. On the farm and in the countryside though, there are quite a few things happening to herald the start of Spring and…
The first lamb was born at the farm just a couple of days after the March Farm Life post and I have never been so thankful for the normality of lambing. They came in dribs and drabs and then thick and fast and it has slowed down again now. We still don’t have any Ryeland…
As you can imagine, living on a sheep farm, anything sheep is a big hit here. Many farms have finished lambing now but there are still others, like ours where the lambs have either just started or are just about to-just in time for Easter. For that reason, I have come up with these no-bake…
Last year I wrote about the annual cycle of a sheep farming family and you would think that everything is the same one year on, wouldn’t you? The beauty of farming though is that no two days are alike, let alone years and, whether you see it as a good thing or not, I am…
I love this time of year on the farm. The air is filled with excitement and adrenalin when we are lambing. Expectation and the sounds of newborn lambs bleating fills the air. If you follow me on social media, you won’t have failed to notice we are lambing. Since my last post, after reading…
Easter is all about new life, renewal and re-birth. What other place on earth could you get that every day than on a farm? So here are my five things I love about Easter on the farm. 1.Chicks. We usually hatch chicks around this time of year. We didn’t last year because the baby was…
It’s the first day of Spring today and I could not be more pleased. There is something about Spring which just brings hope and promise. I am just hoping that this year promises to be drier than last for both the sake of the farm and the children. Here are my top five ways you…
My word of the week is… Unfortunately, still not of the human variety but don’t think that has taken the shine of this amazing week here. Earlier in the week, I added a post about a little chick being born. I was beyond excited. Nothing could better that, surely? Well something did. Hubster sent me…
My word of the week for this week is How could it not be? From the moment the first one was born last Saturday morning, it’s been a whirlwind at the farm. Hubster has been out at all hours day and night. We’ve only got one pet lamb (that we have to…