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We have started a farm diary of our farm year as it happens Feb. 2010 - The sun is shining and snow forecast
- we have had a lot of snow this winter and hope fully it has done
some good and kill the bugs. Our Sheep were fine out in the fields
as they can dig for grass and we make sure the ice is broken everyday
so they have water. The cows are in the barns. We have scanned the
ewes and good news lots of lambs are on the way, they are dagged
and will be in next month to start lambing March 13th. We only have
Sussex cows now and soon they will be PD tested so we will know
how many calves to expect. We have different Vet students one from
Holland and 3 English. Dec 3rd 2009 - Reading this and the different of a year. A dry summer and now a very wet Autumn. The price of wheat down to around £65 a tonne but bread prices have not come down. We have Sold all our Lambs and some of the calves.We have got the cows in the barn all already as the fields are so wet. The Rams are in the fields with the ewes so we should start lambing next year on March 13th. The horses are down from wales for the winter. Passies pond is shut as some of the fish had KHV and although they are better we have decided not to reopen in case it is brought in again from another Pond. We will reopen in March 2010. August 19th 2008 - We have just sold some of our lambs and have decided to keep some of our ewe lambs for replacements, We should be very busy with the combining but it is so wet we can not cut it, it must be less than 15% moisture , we used to have our own dryer but it used 20 gallons of diesel an hour. and went some years ago, The price of wheat and barley went up to £200 a tonne but is back to £100 I hope you have all notices that bread has halved in price, we are back to around 7p a loaf, The positive side of the weather is we have lots of grass in the fields for the animals. It was nice to see so many of you at our special weekend last week and only a few weeks left of this season and then we will get ready to start again. April 1st - We are well into lambing and have lots of lambs and calves in the barns and fields due to the wet weather we were not been able to get the lambs out in the fields but as it is now drying up they are going out and will be fine. we are also calving and have lots of lovely sussex calves in the fields. We are very busy Ploughing and Drilling to put the seed in for the barley and wheat, This week the ewes will be coming in ready for lambing which starts on March 12th to open on the 15th
One ton of wheat makes 2,450 loaves – large
white sliced apparently There for a farmer gets 8 pence a loaf and the shop
sells it for £1 a loaf Aug 30th - Harvest is nearly finished and our Sussex Heifers have arrived also the new Rams, so things are looking up after a horrible summer with the threat of foot and mouth and the weather, Things are brightening up as the summer ends! We have had our first civil wedding in the barn and it went well and looked really lovely also we have had 4 wedding receptions, and a new barn dance season seems to be starting. We have plenty of feed for a normal winter now plus extra hay for sale. The fields are being ploughed with the thought of next year. June 25th 2007- We have been having all sorts of
problems with motorbikes killing our sheep and one lamb turning
up in Brighton. But the support from everyone has been really good.
May 1st - Lambing has finished and we have well
over 1200 lambs and 80 calves and the downs look really good with
all the animals out side again but we really need rain. It has been
the driest lambing that I can remember. The cowslips are out and
the swallows back from their winter holidays! March 29th - Lambing is really in full swing and we are well over half way but there is still plenty to see. and don't forget you can get in and have a cuddle with a pet lamb. We have also done a lot of land work this week and Ploughed and drilled over 200 acres of land with barley. Some of the horses have gone back to wales for the trekking season but some are still here. The Sussex calves look lovely out in the sun shine on the downs with there mothers . We are in a blackthorn winter with the weather. (The blackthorn is in flower and the weather is cold ) near shed a clout till the may is out (When the may trees are in flower it will turn warm again ) March 15th. Lambing and Calving is now in full swing and we had lots of lambs and Calves over the weekend and by April 15th we should have over 1200 lambs. We have our 2 Dutch students now to help with lambing, and we have Vet students helping as well. We opened the gates on Saturday and many friends came back to see this years lambs and to enjoy a tractor ride over the downs. Feb. 14th "Valentine" the First sussex
calf was born and This week we are dagging the ewes,
We have now scanned the sheep and they are in lamb
ready for march Should you wish to get married in the barn we have
now got our licence 22-1-07 Nearly all the cows are in the barn now as it is
so wet out in the fields 20-12-06 One ton of wheat makes 2,450 loaves – large
white sliced apparently There for a farmer gets 4 pence a loaf and the shop
sells it for £1 a loaf "A Guy Falk's ram brings forth an April fool lamb " A useful saying to remember. so we have been sorting our sheep and the rams have gone in with the ewes and we will be lambing March 10th - April 15th 2007. The cows will also be calving at that time in the barns and then at 3 days old they go out and we will have tractor and trailer rides to see them in the fields. It is now frosty although their is plenty of grass still out in the fields, the cows are on grass and the sheep are now on stubble turnips. The horses from wales will soon be coming for there winter visit from http://www.llanthony.co.uk/ The tractor rides have finished for this year but people are still enjoying land rover trips around the farm
3-11-06
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