Our farm, which lies deep in the west fen, has been a wildlife haven for many years. Its old tall wide hedges provide shelter, food and nesting places for many varieties of birds. Some time ago with the help of…
Spring has finally arrived, although it doesn’t really feel as though we’ve had a proper winter! The fields have been drilled with the spring barley, maize and beans. The potatoes are set and the vegetables are being planted. It’s a…
Cold, dry, sunny days are making it a bit easier to continue with our jobs on the farm. We are busy cutting red, white and savoy cabbage, picking swede and the potatoes are all up in storage. The muck spreading…
Autumn is gradually approaching here at New Farm with the last of the field beans being harvested last week. The old combine is now being cleaned and mothballed ready for winter storage. This summer has been really good for all…
After a cold late spring crops have now started to mature. We have cut the first cauliflower this week and hope the cabbage will follow in a weeks time. All our cereals were drilled in the spring this year as…
What a wet November we have all had to cope with! Last years November rainfall was 18mm this year we on the east coast have had 82.5mm. This amount won’t seem much to the farmers on the west side of…
How different one year can be from another! Last year was dry, this year very wet. We have just managed to harvest the last of our potatoes, but we cannot do any drilling as the land is too wet. We…
Hurray – summer has finally arrived about 3 weeks ago after a prolonged spell of very wet and cold weather. The crops have suffered enormously and after taking samples from a few ears of barley and wheat before combining starts,…
How lovely to see the sunshine! Farm life has now stepped up a gear as we have started planting this years crops of cabbages and cauliflowers. This will soon be followed with calabrese, sweetcorn and potatoes. The barley and beans…
With dark mornings and cold days I think winter has finally arrived. The cattle are all in the crews for the winter now and calving has begun. Five sets of twins have been born so far which we have never…
