There are particular points in the farming year that bring me a real sense of joy – from the first cut of grass to the first bale of hay, to seeing and hearing the roar of combine harvesters on the fields. When harvest is in full swing there is a real sense of urgency in the… Continue reading Harvest is go…
It’s been a busy few weeks, but then again it always is at this time of the year – aside from the farm, the garden is in full bloom and the veg patch is bountiful which means I’m in my element in the kitchen cooking new dishes with seasonal produce. There are weeds to keep at… Continue reading A month without rain…
As May draws to a close, I’ve realised what a busy month it has been. With long days, warm weather and plenty of enthusiasm, much of it has been spent outside getting the vegetable beds and main garden in order. There’s still lots to do, but progress has been made. May has brought with it… Continue reading May…
I’ve managed to make it to the age of 35 without ever stepping foot inside a hot air balloon basket – it’s probably been a case of not being in the right place at the right time. But now I can claim to have taken flight through the skies of Norfolk in a 16-man balloon. A few weeks… Continue reading Hot air ballooning over Norfolk…
Growing up, lamb was one of my favourite meats and my Mum’s lamb parcels were top of my list. Recently though lamb has been more scarce on the menu. We occasionally have a rack of lamb on a Sunday, lamb kebabs on the barbecue in the summer and once a year we maybe have a lamb tagine. With recent reports… Continue reading British lamb…
Without wanting to fixate on the weather…we still have snow. While we can now leave the farm, the main road that reaches the drive is still under three feet of snow. Yes, we’ve had some milder weather but that snow is really clinging on in there. Life is relatively back to normal on the farm, the… Continue reading We still have snow…
What a different 48 hours makes. Yesterday we woke to a little more snow but the effect of the wind raging from the east overnight created exceptionally deep and vast snow drifts. We walked to the end of the drive – and it was a struggle. It really felt like we were living in a Big Brother… Continue reading Our attempts to leave the farm…
…it’s a question I ask myself every time the Labrador finds itself out in the snow – she absolutely loves it. It makes her extremely hectic and happy and she tears round and round, up and down, trying to get the Ridgeback to join in. The Ridgeback is less fussed about the snow but once she… Continue reading Why do dogs like snow so much…
When I walked the dogs at about 10pm last night, the skies looked clear and there seemed to be only a few dark clouds on the horizon. I half anticipated that we may escape any snow overnight. I was wrong. We woke up to a winter wonderland with snow laying anywhere between seven and nine inches… Continue reading A deep snow day…
We had flurries of snow yesterday, but this morning we woke up to around three inches of the white stuff courtesy of the Beast from the East. The farm was covered in a glorious blanket of snow. It clung delicately to branches and had been whipped into peaks on the ground by a gentle wind. It… Continue reading Snow day on the farm…
