A year round job Farming is an all year round job, and whilst some of us might be leafing through holiday brochures, kitting out the camper van for an escape to the coast, or simply putting our feet up in the garden, farmers will be as busy as always in the summer months. Here areContinue reading “Livestock Farming in Summer; a look at a few of the many jobs a livestock farmer has to do in the summer months”
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The Hills are Alive, with the Sound of Bleating!
(My original title for this article was going to be ‘lambing time, a season of anticipation, and worry’ but I think my wife’s title is more fun!) Lambing Time For most sheep farmers right now lambing time is getting into full swing. Sheep pens all across the countryside will soon be alive with the questioningContinue reading “The Hills are Alive, with the Sound of Bleating!”
Northwest Recipes Cranachan, a traditional Burns’ night dessert
Burns’ Night celebrates the life of Scotland’s National poet, Robert Burns, and falls on his birthday, January the 25th, he is famous for penning, amongst many other works, ‘Auld lang syne’ and ‘address to a Haggis’. This is a recipe for the traditional Burns’ night dessert of Cranachan, as I’ll always do with my recipesContinue reading “Northwest Recipes Cranachan, a traditional Burns’ night dessert”
Northwest Nature and History 