Just singing and fencing in the rain

Wet soils mean you can push in fence posts. Here Robert is holding a cut down vine post so I can push it in with the loader. I like the look of impending doom on his face, although he breaks into a smile when he sees the camera is focused on him. There’s something rewardingContinueContinue reading “Just singing and fencing in the rain”

Mirandaise cows on a tidy small farm

I visited a local farmer who has some Limousine and Mirandaise cows. He has a small farm and keeps a herd of about fifteen cows. He used to run goats on the farm to make enough money from his twenty hectares but he’s retiring now and selling his place and winding down the livestock numbers.ContinueContinue reading “Mirandaise cows on a tidy small farm”

A great farm with one unfortunate problem

This was a farm that ticked all the boxes. It had plenty of land, over a hundred hectares. The house was just large enough and was in the middle of the farm. The barn was big and modern. It was used in an extensive grazing system with Gascon cows and came with a small herdContinueContinue reading “A great farm with one unfortunate problem”