Goings on this week...

It was fun introducing our sheep to our lovely visitors last weekend. Freddie met the sheep in daylight while doing loads of things to help out, and Tasha bravely came out after dark, negotiating the rain and mud with only my feeble torch to check on them.

Freddie visiting from London for the weekend

I joined the Farmers Protest in central London and saw some interesting people doing their bit to raise awareness about the disastrous impact the family farm tax is going to have...

We have a new batch of soft washed rind cheese, testing out the recipe and cultures with fresh cow's milk from down the road. They will be ready in 4 weeks.

Fresh out of their moulds, before moving them to the repurposed 'wine fridge' now a cheese maturing store!

This Friday it was time to move the sheep to a new field for the first time. Although the grass was clearly greener on the other side, some of them took a bit of convincing, with pink bucket jangling and arm waving, to move them through.

It is a lovely new field with a nice sheltered spot at one end, which is a good thing with all the rain due next week

Lottie found a dead pheasant on a long walk on Sunday, which definitly got her some attention!