Once again I’m slow writing this blog. I must be getting old as time just seems to fly by. Nothing much seems to have happened since my last blog but I guess a lot of the day is taken up doing routine stuff. We have been fortunate to have had reasonable rain fall so pasture covers […]
Generally every year something in our farming system is new – “Nothing ventured, nothing gained” as they say. Whether it’s been OAD milking, feeding veggies, putting in Protrack or moving off the farm – nothing stays the same. Last year we bought the runoff; this year we have new managers starting and we have also […]
As I headed off on my early morning walk around the block this morning I was struck by two things….firstly the chill in the air as we hit single figures on the thermometer for the first time in a long time, and secondly, a scattering of leaves lying on the drive. The weather to date […]
It seems like only yesterday that I sat down to write my last blog. Maybe it was, as I took a long time to get it down. Since then it feels like not much has happened however I think it may be time for a bit of reflection on what has happened so far this […]
It’s been a long time between blogs for a number of reasons – the beginning of the year is a marvellous time of getting back into routines and starting up all the clubs and meetings again, which can be hard after all those lazy days at the beach – always lots of fun! To add […]
I have been writing this blog in my head for the last three weeks and finally I have got round to getting it down! Now I’m sitting here listening to the rain fall and thinking it may be just what we need, a good top up for the rain just over a week ago. Thank […]
Usually I get a gentle reminder one week, followed by a more persuasive reminder, then eventually a pretty blunt email!! What I am referring to is the pains that our esteemed SMASH secretary Louise has to go to in order to extract a monthly blog from me! It’s so easy to get caught up in […]
Pregnancy testing It’s always a nervous time when the vet turns up to do our annual preg test. However, I thought mating had gone extremely well and I had observed very few cows cycling since the bulls were pulled out. I had to keep telling myself though that it isn’t a done deal till the […]
Happy New Year to you all! The Christmas/New Year break has been and gone and all is well in our neck of the woods. While some holiday makers were lamenting the fact that the inclement weather was affecting their holiday (and I’m sure it was), we farmers were gratefully checking our rain gauges and texting each […]
Once again it’s time to reflect on the month gone by. Looking back I wonder where the time has gone and what did I do with it? The list of jobs to be done is certainly no shorter and the things that I wanted to do haven’t been done either. Still, it was the festive season […]