An exciting podcast we have in store, full of walking moment, new characters and funny stories – welcome back to the farm. Here are some timestamps so you can scroll along: - 00:00 Introduction - 01:30 Baby Belle sleeping on the hay - 02:40 Mum's preparation for the cameras - 03:20 Frank is 5 years old - 04:14 Cows sorting out who's boss - 06:30 Editing out our weather conversations - 07:15 Funny story from a meal out - 09:30 The Calendar Girl for the month - 15:00 the new (to us) tractor - 18:00 Robin and his drinking problem - 19:00 Has mum got too many sheep for March? - 20:50 Eccentric far ..read more

Our beloved podcast keeps getting better! Navigating through another busy morning of life on the farm. Early trip to the abattoir, Lolly the Dexter, and going Vegan?! This February we also feature Lolly, a Dexter cow that mum can't speak more highly of. We were so fortunate to have Josh and James back helping with the setup so a huge CREDIT to James Norden (https://www.instagram.com/james_norden/) and Josh Aarons (https://www.instagram.com/joshaarons_/) for some beautiful videos of the farm and livestock. Timestamps: 0:00 Morning Greetings and Farm Welcome 0:24 Early morning tasks, visits to t ..read more

Happy New Year! Join us in January for (what could be) my best podcast episode ever. Chapters: 00:00:10 - Happy New Year! 00:00:52 - New Year's Resolutions? 00:01:53 - How was Christmas 00:03:16 - Mum is going to GLASTONBURY 00:04:22 - Farm Challenges 00:06:05 - Footwear Choices for the Farm 00:08:27 - Cull Ewes 00:13:05 - Robin the Bull 00:17:24 - Planning for Grass-Fed Livestock 00:19:53 - Cooking: Oxtail Stew 00:22:20 - January Farm Routine 00:23:30 - Lovely Tamworth Piglets 00:24:04 - Observing Growing Livestock 00:26:01 - Cowpat Cookies 00:26:01 - Planning a Pudding Table for a Wedding Jo ..read more

Sharing a slice of our life here on the farm during the colder months. This episode is a cozy mix of everyday farm happenings, our pre-Christmas hustle, and some hearty, down-to-earth chatter ..read more

Sharing a slice of our life here on the farm during the colder months. This episode is a cozy mix of everyday farm happenings, our pre-Christmas hustle, and some hearty, down-to-earth chatter ..read more

Lest we forget. Sorry for the quality of the audio in this months episode, not the finest but plenty to still enjoy. Here are some timestamps for you: - 00:15 Reminiscing about sitting on bales of hay - 00:40 Mum sold some cows to pay the winter bills - 02:20 Replacing the ol' Texel codger's - 03:00 Getting the second cut of silage home - 04:00 Time of year you're grateful for the barn (roof) - 04:20 Mum studying the clouds - 05:10 Mum selling a lot of this years lamb stock - 06:20 Process for introducing new sheep onto the farm - 07:30 Update on sheep's feet - 08:50 Percy the new Texel Ram ..read more

Good Morning from the Farm. On top of mum’s new tractor, we discuss some great topics for October – 00:22 - An eccentric podcast setup 02:00 - Mum at the ploughing match 05:20 - TB Testing pass 06:00 - Cows starting to have hay 07:20 - TB test reactors last year 09:00 - Mum's favourite months 10:00 - What normally happens in October on the farm 11:00 - Mum's new RAM 15:00 - Sat too far away from each other for the podcast 16:40 - Wedding feast 18:00 - Birds in the barn 20:00 - Pigs are very vocal Between us, I will not set us up so far away next time. Mum could hardly hear what I was saying, w ..read more

Welcome back to the farm, thanks for joining us on the dumper truck for today's episode of Good Morning from the Farm. This month we discuss: 00:17 Mum's on the dumper truck 01:20 Does mum like being a construction manager? 02:20 Don't be late... 8am 03:00 Mum's busy morning! 03:50 Could be a hard winter 05:20 Cows looking nice! 05:30 Sheep and fly strike 06:00 Gran's hornet problem 07:00 2 rams got out! 07:20 Stick a couple of pallets in the hedge! 08:30 TOP 3 Sheep Breeds 12:30 Hair Sheep from America (Fife Farm) 14:20 Seeing the pigs outside 15:30 "There's a reason why pigs have a plough a ..read more

Welcome back to our "Wild, Free and Lovely" Farm! This month we caught up about our new piglets; what farmers think of umbrellas; and how to juggle the work and pressures of this way of life. Chapters: 00:10 – New piglets 03:20 – Bucks Show coming up 04:20 – Wild, Free and Lovely 05:00 – What does mum think of umbrellas 07:00 – Synthetic meat 10:00 – Eating seasonally 16:50 – Responding to video from wildheather (https://twitter.com/wildmanheather/status/1684820818507780096?s=20) Questions for next time? I'd love to hear from you in the comments For Email updates, subscribe: https://www.flankf ..read more

Good Morning from the Farm to Episode 28 of our monthly podcast. Chapters: 00:20 – Talking about the farm dogs 02:35 – Ru's 'nice' dinner visit to the farm 03:25 – How mum buys a NEW tractor 05:10 – Going through the tractors on the farm 06:00 – Our darling Massey tractor 10:10 – Reputation is a real currency in rural communities like farming 14:20 – How important neighbors are to farmers 15:00 – "You can't get away from work" on farms 16:00 – Tragic number of suicides in farming communities 18:30 – Ru's offer to anyone in farming that's feeling "down in the dumps"! (This is a REAL offer). 19 ..read more