Something smells fishy
A quick entry for you, it is…nearly 7.30pm and I am keen to lock the gates and go and cook some dinner. You know when you buy a new piece of equipment how it takes a while to learn how all the controls...
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Yesterday afternoon was spent sowing clover on some silty land at Welland House after a crop of onions. This is part of our new policy to… …use cover crops after early-harvested crops to hold the...
View ArticleHello White Van Man
A special hello to the geezer who overtook me in a white Transit van a moment ago (he was in in the white van, I mean, not me – my van driving days are behind me). I was powering along the A17 at 50kph...
View ArticleHarvest Update
How are the potatoes going, Matt? Well, not too bad since you ask. Obviously it’s bloomin’ dry. We haven’t had any of the rain that the rest of the UK has enjoyed. We have had a smaller team today with...
View ArticleEntry 100
Well. We’ve reached our centenary. This is the 100th blog entry. Actually I thought I wrote the 100th entry on Wednesday but it seems to have got lost somewhere. Not sure how we celebrate. Perhaps we...
View ArticleBlog stats
So. As if the potato data from the other day wasn’t boring enough, now I’m going to test your tolerance even more with an entry of statistics about this blog. Last month this blog received 1,666...
View ArticleBack to the Contest
I’m back from the Netherlands to resume the contest with Catfink. I will write a bit about my travels at the weekend. I’m have concluded that the reason that I’m not getting as many readers as Tim is...
View ArticleSign of the Times
http://www.fwi.co.uk/blogs/rural-life/2007/11/spuds-i-like.htmlToday’s pun is a C-, I’m afraid. It’s a pass but that’s about all. Right. I’ve started reading the Financial Times. Yes, be impressed. In...
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Look at my Tits
Whew, it’s warm. Everything is finally starting to grow… The delphiniums flowers are just forming (I will put you a photo up in the morning) and the potatoes and the gladioli are just popping through...
View ArticleBack to the Studio
It is depressingly wet on the farm. We haven’t been able to plant the last six acres of delphiniums. We are managing to harvest flowers still but the weather could hardly be worse. Yesterday we...
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