Getting the Boys ready

Yes its that time again.
Bringing the ewes from the mountain down to the farm this is quite an a ordeal as the sheep are scattered all over the hill tops.
Many hours go into selecting the right sheep for the right boys (tups)
How ? Let me explain
I shall put it in human terms; if your son [...]

The Inspection

My day began at about 6am
Today was the day that we have our annual organic inspection that means we are inspected by a certified body to ensure that we are complying with the standards.
It is quite straightforward for us as we have system in place; all our livestock are home grown; and [...]

Fat is Good

A taste that blew me away.
Recently we had a beast that had done rather well on lush meadow grass. In fact, too well! When we have our livestock slaughtered we like to have them in good condition. All livestock are graded into fat classes as follows (in human terms)

Grade 1 = Anorexic. This would be [...]

Gone too long

Home at last!
After (Sally) my wife taking me to France for a fortnight (except I did all the driving!)
It was nice to go but it was certainly better to come home (I’m not saying I did not enjoy it, but… ) they say home is where the heart is and it is true in my [...]

15 may 2008 - Toby returns home

Been busy on the farm today spreading muck on the harvest fields.
Toby our little black and tan Jack Russel has been found having been missing for 6 days, Ben the butcher had kindly took him to town without knowing and Toby had sneaked out with him in the van.

Organic Fruit & Veg on the menu

New produce to come
Today I have been sourcing organic fruit and veg.
Sally and I have had a long think about this and we feel that it has to be done.
It has taken along time to source the veg as quality is often pushed aside for mass production, and Sally and I try to avoid this [...]

Jonathan’s blog post

its been quite a successful day here on the farm.
There’s plenty to do to get all the fields ready for harvest. All the fallen debris and broken branches have to be cleared, and the ‘manure spreading’ as we call it (muck spreading tp the rest of you!) has to be done.
The grass is playing catch [...]