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Blog Post – October 2024

I must start by apologising for the lack of monthly blogs this summer: The spring started off very hectic with Richard and …

Blog Post – March 2024

Apologies for the lateness of this month’s blog, it has been a funny old month; what with Martin and Judith catching a …

Blog Post – February 2024

Following on from what felt like a very bleak and miserable January, as I write, the sun is shining, we have an …

Blog Post – January 2024

January seems to have come and gone in the blink of an eye, and already we are one week into February. We …

Blog Post – December 2023

I feel like I am a little late to the party with my December blog, however we had a much-needed break for …

Blog Post – November 2023

I am a little behind writing our blog this month, and as I type, there is a thick blanket of snow covering …

Blog Post – October 2023

It always amazes me how the months fly by on the farm. It is one thing that I have learned through harvest …

Blog Post – September 2023

We are at the end of September already!! The Indian summer we had hoped for has not arrived, and it is feeling …

Blog Post – August 2023

August has been a very chaotic month here on the farm and also stressful at times due to our ‘wonderful’ British weather! …

Blog Post – July 2023

I am trying to be ahead of the game this month by writing this post part way into July. Our fields are …

Blog Post – June 2023

I can’t believe it is July next week. It has been quite hectic this month with grass silage and making haylage as …

Blog Post – May 2023

What an exciting month May is on the farm! May can often feel like the start of our summer, with some of …

Wow, it is almost the end of the April… The days seem to be flying by but thankfully getting warmer and longer. …

Blog Post – March 2023

March has been a strange month. We seem to have gone from bright sunny warm days, to plunging temperatures of -4 in …

Blog Post – Feb 2023

February has been a very busy month, and we have been lucky to be blessed with lovely weather. It has been exceptionally …

Blog Post – Jan 2023

This is always an odd time of year on the farm. The mad rush of the turkeys is over, the Christmas holidays …

I have been busy trying out new ideas for our KellyBronze turkeys and the possibilities certainly are endless: I have made sumptuous …

Did anyone ever see a healthy Christmas dinner? By the time, we have added pigs and blankets, sumptuous stuffings, potatoes roasted in …