Pat HJan 52 minHappy New YearWelcome back, we hope you had a great Christmas and New Year and that this is the year when things start to improve for all of us. Our...
Pat HMar 13, 20212 minMarch 2021 - a very busy month aheadWell, we're still in lockdown, some of us have had our jabs and some still waiting but the farm carries on regardless. This February we...
Pat HDec 11, 20202 minDecember 2020, the end of a strange year..Well, it's nearly Christmas and we are getting organised so that we can have a few days off. The rams are beimg removed from their ewes...
Pat HJul 1, 20202 minJuly 2020, beyond the pandemic...I hope this finds you all as well as can be expected and that you have been surviving lockdown as best you can. We sadly lost a member of...
Pat HFeb 21, 20202 minWaiting for Spring... Well, as we all know it has rained this winter - a lot! The ground is now saturated but at least we are much luckier than a lot of folk...
Pat HNov 29, 20192 minGoing into winterWell, November has been extremely wet this year and the ground is saturated. It means that we are very careful with the land and try not...
Pat HSep 5, 20191 minHarvestWell, we're in September now and the harvest went really well in the end. Even with the very wet August our contractors, Cornbury Farm...
Pat HJul 18, 20192 minWhite Park cattleThis month we put our bulls out with their cows. I thought I'd give you a brief history of one of our breeds as they have quite a...
Pat HJun 13, 20192 minJune - and it's raining!We're having a complete battle with the weather and getting the sheep sheared. We've managed to shear the commercial flock but the Manx...
Pat HMay 6, 20192 minCalvingWell, the lambing has finished and all the ewes are out on fresh pasture with their lambs. Calving has just begun with a beautiful White...
Pat HApr 3, 20192 minLambingLambing is now well underway with our primitive breeds, Manx Loaghtan and Castlemilk Moorit, lambing first. These breeds have no trouble...
Pat HMar 2, 20192 minSpringThe first signs of spring have arrived, probably a little early this year though. The snowdrops are all out along with crocuses and...
Pat HFeb 1, 20192 minWinter is here...Well, the snow has arrived and put a stop to the building of the holiday let. However, at the end of last week the scaffolders arrived...
Pat HJan 9, 20191 minThe Old Dairy - groundworks beginHenry Timmis Landscape and Groundworks https://www.facebook.com/LandscapingAndGroundworkshenrytimmis/ have begun the groundworks today...
Pat HDec 28, 20181 minThe Old DairyOur 2019 project is the conversion of an old dairy building into a 3 bedroom holiday let. As these images show there is a lot to do but...