Each month is different on the farm
 What happened on the farm in Fbraury?What did the cows eat?On sunny days the dry cows and heifers were able to graze. We gave the milkers dried forage,... What did we do in March?We received our first visitors since the beginning of the COVID pan-demic. On March 3rd around twenty Secondary School students... What happened on the farm in April?The weather has been very varied. We started the month with snow, frost and hail and then had a mix of sunny dry days... What happened on the farm in January?The New Year got off to a rather a bumpy start. Fires are always bad news and we lost our hay barn full of alfalfa,... What did we do in December?Once again, the local Food Bank had a special end of the year drive for donations, which are currently of particular importance... What did we do in November?We were quite surprised to spot this beech marten (Marta foina) in daylight hours, albeit quite early. Martens are usually... What did we do in October?Work on the farm carries on at its usual rhythm, with milking, cleaning barns and muck and slurry spreading.And, as usual we... What happened on the farm in September?What did the cows eat?The cows were given grass silage, alfalfa, a little feedstuff and were also able to graze a... What happened on the farm in August?The dairy had it's tenth birthday on the first of August. We celebra-ted with an anniversary meal.10 years on we now... What happened on the farm in July?Flower of the month: Hoary plantain (Plantago media)Hoary plantain is native to central and western Europe. Its generic... What happened on the farm in June?Luckily three Friesian heifer calves were born in June, guaran-teeing a new influx of dairy cows in about 21 months.... What happened on the farm in May?What was the weather like?After a dry start to the month, which was useful given that we could make more silage, we had... |
Month by month in the farm
