Fun and games moving pregnant ewes
by Tria Stebbing.
It is very popular now to use animals as therapy, and as we come, it is hoped, to the end of another...
Snowdrops, twins and ginger biscuits
by Tria Stebbing.
THE signs are all there, spring is on its way at the field.
I have never seen so many snowdrops, especially under the...
Spring is here and lambs are on the way…
by A J Selby.
MARCH – in like a lion, out like a lamb.
The old saying for the month of March is quite apposite given...
‘Lugging bales of hay up a steep hill wasn’t on my ‘to do’...
by Tria Stebbing.
THE frozen weather seems to have been here an age and so do all the extra demands on us that the bad...
Back to times past down on the farm
by A J Selby.
“The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there”. L P Hartley – The Go-Between
A SHORT walk from my...
Snow leaves lambs in skittish state
by Tria Stebbing.
A BUSY few weeks in the field. We took a road trip to Chard to pick up a sheep foot mat. A...
Your countryside: It’s a case of looking after it or risk losing it
By AJ Selby.
In 1942 the War Office commissioned Bradford artist Frank Newbould to produce 11 posters to help rally the troops fighting at home...
Under the weather – but the animals just don’t look after themselves…
By Tria Stebbing.
The bugs finally got us. Having avoided Covid-19, flu and seasonal bugs, we were finally caught Christmas week.
When you are unwell having...
Why sheep are a little like people
By Tria Stebbing.
In little over a week, we have seen the field change from late autumn to winter. The seasons that were not so...
Canada geese make their home every year on island in the pond
By Tria Stebbing.
The pond at the field is now well overdue a clean. The once clean clear water is now a clogged pool of...