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Quite a lot of rain…
Quite a lot of rain for June, and not the warmest…! But that is (nearly!) all forgotten as I sit here on a sunny Thursday morning in 20 degrees! [...]
Now we’re farming
Spirits are high, crops are growing, the requested week of sun alternating with the week of showers has happened over the last month, its all looking up. And, every [...]
Hurray!… Some dry weather
Farming has been back on at Meads farm this month. Fertiliser has been going on and crops have been growing. Despite all the weather, the crops planted in autumn [...]
Still wet. Still muddy.
Still wet. Still muddy. Still grumpy farmers. This is not just a Cambridgeshire problem, for anyone travelling around the country, no doubt you will have seen quite a lot [...]
Still quite a quiet time…
Still quite a quiet time on the farm in February, especially such a wet February! Not a lot of farming to be done when it is so wet and [...]
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year, everyone! And hasn’t it been a wet and cold one so far! Not a lot of farmin’ happening over the last few weeks, quite a lot [...]
Hedges Hedges HEDGES!
Hedges Hedges HEDGES! Sorry if I sound overexcited, it's because I am. We have had 900m of new hedges planted on the farm this month! If you are walking [...]
All the crops are planted…
November brings the beginning of the slightly quieter period on the farm. All the crops are planted and we are waiting for them to get established and grow a [...]
Here marks the beginning…
Here marks the beginning of the farming year at Meads Farm as we start planting the crops. So with the start of the year, comes the first (of many) [...]