The Aylsham show on bank holiday Monday a great friendly country show where these Dexter cattle were being prepared ready to go into the ring. There was a great range of cattle and sheep breeds.
Monthly Archives: August 2019
“Rooting in the meadows” YANA day 36 of 100
A huge thank you to Mike the farm manager at Maple farm in Kelsale near Saxmundham who gave such an informative farm tour about the working practices of this special farm. Maple farm is primarily an organic free range egg producer with some 3000 laying hens. At first sight it seems like a farm of […]
“Come on my boys” YANA day 35 of 100
“Come on my boys” I heard Moss calling to his herd as he moved them from one field to another on his quad bike. These are the same Stabiliser breed as yesterday sketch.
“Henstead Marsh beef” YANA day 34 of 100
A big thanks to Moss Spillings and his family for letting me come to see his beef herd today. They have 2 herds one that he calls his motley crew made up of several breeds and cross breeds. The second is his Stabiliser herd. Both herds number about 25 on the marshes along the River […]
“Harvesting the Red onions” YANA day 33 of 100
I didn’t need to see what was being harvested my eyes and nose told me without looking. Just like peeling onions in my kitchen the air was full of the smell of onions and my eyes were stinging. I guess the farmer must get used to it.