I talk a lot about how things have changed, how farming continues to change, the changing trends and you forget how it can affect you and then change you as a person.
Happy New Year, I hope you all had a relaxing and enjoyable Christmas and this grey weather has not halted any New Year resolutions.
As the hay is in and we embark on another harvest, I get to spend a lot of time on a tractor or combine, which as most people know is where I am happiest, and where I do a lot of my thinking.
Unlike every other year - this year I intend on keeping my resolution, so much so I have made a start and have to say I am nailing it!!
The sun has been shining this year and I know as a farmer I am never happy with the weather but, I have laughed a lot this summer, after a winter of people complaining about the cold and the rain, we are now moaning that it is ‘just too hot’ - having said that making hay this year was flipping hot,
Well this time last year I was writing to tell you about our little bundle of joy Harriet and her speedy and surprising arrival, a year has passed and we have
Many of us will have given something up or taken something up for the 40 days and 40 nights that lead up to Easter, but does it really have to stop there? We have taken our local for lent philosophy and are rolling it out all year, so much so that we are looking for the support of local people...
It has been and gone, the Christmas madness is over and as the last of the excess chocolate and rich food that we didn’t really need, but enjoyed has finally been eaten, we find ourselves at the start of another year.
It seems to be getting earlier every year, the supermarkets have Christmas treats lining the aisles in the summer while we are still busy making hay, not even thinking about tinsel, trees and turkey and yet in the blink of an eye it is here and nearly gone.
As I wrote this, this time last year, we had finished harvest, had started working the land ready for planting and were putting the final touches to the harvest festival. I had also just found out I was going to be a Daddy so keeping the biggest secret of my life.