We finished our potato harvest in the end; I can’t tell you what a relief that was. We have moved onto winter cultivations and I will soon be able to get in the office and set about my administrative backlog. We haven’t lost a single day to bad weather this year and in theory we should be [...]
RIP Agricultural Wages Board The days of the AWB have been numbered since the the national minimum wage was introduced. I’m not particularly sad to see it go, it was duplication after all. On face value, it sounds like a harsh Tory cut at workers’ expense. This isn’t how I see it; farming is not like other industries [...]
The elevator on our potato harvester broke on Saturday. We are almost ready to start harvesting again. Sorry for neglecting you. When the harvest is safely gathered in, I will book a Relate councellor and we can try to rebuild our relationship.
Last night Countryfile featured the bleak corner of the British Isles that I call home. I missed the programme because I was field walking daffodils near Lincoln but Dad recorded the programme and showed me the highlights; I will try to catch the rest on the iPlayer later. Our next door neighbours, Jack Buck Farms, featured [...]
There’s a good profile here of Jim Paice from Quentin Letts, a political sketch writer. It seems to tick all the nails and hit all the boxes
I just made myself a peppermint tea (I’m trying to restrict my intake of caffeine because it makes me over-excited). Like a good eco warrior I remembered to put exactly the right amount of water in the kettle and drained it dry to fill my mug. So now I’ve got a yummy drink with a twist of [...]