‘When the world around you is in mourning, sit with your flock’
“Why do you have sheep?” Last Sunday, having just moved the sheep back to their paddock, a resident out…
The worm that’s really a beetle…
With the sheep happily grazing on brown dry stubble and munching through next winter’s hay, we have time to…
In defence of foxes
Extensive research shows that our rural and urban foxes are a timid and peaceful bunch by Pip Donovan When dusk falls,…
Treasure trove of goodies at the farm sale
By Tria Stebbing. Along with the hot sunny weather comes the usual myriad of activities for the farmer with a…
Warm September brings the fruit, sportsmen then begin to shoot
By A J Selby. Late summer and early autumn is the time for the country fair. We are well blessed…
Preparation pays in the show ring
By Tria Stebbing. It is show season, and after the last few years of cancellations, livestock is finally being shown…
August brings the harvest home
By A J Selby Countryfolk can always tell you the seasons from the smell, the atmosphere, the temperature and a…
Sheep shorn but fleece is worthless
by Tria Stebbing A busy week in the field as we finally got hold of the shearer to come and…
Hedgehog helpers
Since becoming a charity back in 2017, Prickles has released more than 5,000 hedgehogs back into the wild –…
The whole kit and caboodle
Britain’s first beaver kit born in Dorset for over 400 years, report conservationists Beavers have bred in Dorset for the…
