Category Archives: A view from the Farm

An Interview With Farmers Guardian

Tomorrow I am being Interviewed by Emily Cole of the Farmers Guardian, we first spoke to Emily as part of last years British Farming Awards under the Category of Digital Innovator and today I have been approached to tell my story, on my encounter with Bowel Cancer and raising awareness amongst the Farming Community about theContinueContinue reading “An Interview With Farmers Guardian”

If you love what you do you will never have to work again….

Sitting in bed looking out onto our frosted open fields with the sheep lay down waiting for the sun to warm the pasture, paints a picture of an ideal rural landscape, and indeed it is, but the work behind any sucessful business can often go unnoticed, for many Christmas Day is a time to relaxContinueContinue reading “If you love what you do you will never have to work again….”

Can’t  Get The Kids Off Their IPhone On Holiday 

Can’t get the kids off their iPhone/iPad/Tablet whilst on holiday? Well let’s think differently around this problem, we remember the joys of our own childhood being out in the open countryside with long sunny days, being care free and the fun of just walking in open fields, climbing a tree or paddling by a stream,ContinueContinue reading “Can’t  Get The Kids Off Their IPhone On Holiday “

Can’t  Get The Kids Off Their IPhone On Holiday 

Can’t get the kids off their iPhone/iPad/Tablet whilst on holiday? Well let’s think differently around this problem, we remember the joys of our own childhood being out in the open countryside with long sunny days, being care free and the fun of just walking in open fields, climbing a tree or paddling by a stream,ContinueContinue reading “Can’t  Get The Kids Off Their IPhone On Holiday “

Growing your twitter account organically

Growing your twitter account organically helps you connect with people who like your business and what you post. You get less ghost accounts following you. Your followers are more likely to share your content through mutual interest. Like minded accounts will have followers who will also like your content so every re tweet has theContinueContinue reading “Growing your twitter account organically”

Disconnect your internet for a day

Our latest project on the farm is to reinstate the drive fence, working with Paul Bird a local contractor has been full on fun, but finding and disconnecting our internet, home line and business line all in one simple manoeuvre was not in the plan so lost a little time today in re routing theContinueContinue reading “Disconnect your internet for a day”

Another day on the farm

October half term draws to an end and our farm guests return their keys, heading off on their onward journeys, it was lovely to hear that  Warwick Castle had provided such great entertainment and that guests had stayed on to 7pm and left with still more to see, having stayed on to witness the publicContinueContinue reading “Another day on the farm”

Yesterday I Killed Our Pig

The reality of being a farmer, bringing new life into the world, watching it stand for the first time, making sure it doesn’t get squashed, ensuring that it takes its first milk, watching as the energy from its new food source causes it to run taking off like a coiled spring, watching it grow, introducingContinueContinue reading “Yesterday I Killed Our Pig”

What Farmers Find In Their Field

On Wednesday morning, our twitter followers will have recalled us finding a horse in our field which we haven’t got, and today we found a pair of dogs which we do not have, this got me onto thinking of all of the things we have found to date. We have had Goats this Shetland ponyContinueContinue reading “What Farmers Find In Their Field”