Farm Notes

December 2016

As we head into the last month of the calendar year we try to make some hay from the second cut of Lucerne – we do so eventually but it’s...

December 2016

As we head into the last month of the calendar year we try to make some hay from the second cut of Lucerne – we do so eventually but it’s...

January 2017

Early January is spent trying to tidy up some tasks that didn’t get completed the previous year, before we go on holiday. It’s a good time of the year as...

January 2017

Early January is spent trying to tidy up some tasks that didn’t get completed the previous year, before we go on holiday. It’s a good time of the year as...

February 2017

Upon our return to the farm on 6 February we are straight back into deer work. February is a busy month, bringing fawns into the deer shed for the first...

February 2017

Upon our return to the farm on 6 February we are straight back into deer work. February is a busy month, bringing fawns into the deer shed for the first...

March 2017

​It starts off dry but with a forecast of some rain we make a start on autumn drilling. The ground is very dry, not too hard but very very dusty...

March 2017

​It starts off dry but with a forecast of some rain we make a start on autumn drilling. The ground is very dry, not too hard but very very dusty...

April 2017

What an exciting start to April – we attend the Balance Environmental Awards dinner and a thrilled to find out that we have won not only the Beef and Lamb...

April 2017

What an exciting start to April – we attend the Balance Environmental Awards dinner and a thrilled to find out that we have won not only the Beef and Lamb...

May 2017

Early May we receive a phone call inviting us to enter the Deer Industry bi-ennial environmental awards. Its tempting to say No but we are conscious that farming needs to...

May 2017

Early May we receive a phone call inviting us to enter the Deer Industry bi-ennial environmental awards. Its tempting to say No but we are conscious that farming needs to...