Let's start with the weather. It rained constantly for the first two months of the year with storm upon storm sweeping through, but all...

It was at the beginning of the last decade that we took the plunge and bought our smallholding in The Fens. A lot of water has gone under th...

Sunday 7th October 2018 The first winter thrushes arrived today, first a lone fieldfare followed by small flocks of redwings heading in acr...

Autumn brings dramatic sunsets on the farm. Given clear weather, almost every evening sees the western sky ablaze. The only trouble is the ...

Tuesday 30th January Spring is here! Today I heard a song thrush, a mistle thrush, great tits, robins, dunnocks, chaffinches, little owl...

Sunday 10th December 2017 A touch of the white stuff Snow brings out the child in people. I woke up at 7.30am and peered out of the window...

As we enter September autumn is fast upon us. All the fields have now been harvested and Sue and I are spending most of our time picking and...

There are still a couple of nests in the stables with young swallows leaning over the mudbrick edge, their bright yellow gapes wide open beg...

The customary annual almond blossom photo. 13th March 2017 The equinox is coming up fast and this is when the smallholding goes into ov...