Shearing 101: What happens?

June 22, 2020.Reading time 7 minutes.

Having grown up on a working sheep farm, I have witnessed thousands of sheep be sheared safely and professionally each year. So to counter some of the myths and misconceptions circulating which suggest shearing is cruel and exploitative, I thought I’d document an afternoon in a shearing shed in Lancashire, UK. The videos and photographs […]

Eating sustainably – how consumers can support British farmers

December 3, 2019.Reading time 13 minutes.

After plenty of drunken conversations at 3 am in the morning outside fast food shops in a busy city centre, attending a non-agricultural university really opened my eyes to how out of touch my peers are with British food production and modern farming practises.

Polly the collie had puppies!

November 3, 2019.Reading time 7 minutes.

Autumn on the farm is always a chaotic time with seasonal breeding sheep sales across the North West taking precedent most weekdays and weekends. BUT the arrival of our first ever litter of border collie puppies ensured it was going to be much more hectic than normal! As a child, I yearned for puppies, but […]

#LoveLambWeek

September 1, 2019.Reading time 10 minutes.

Unsurprisingly for a sheep farmers daughter, Love Lamb Week is my favourite campaign in the farming calendar – here’s why

Staying Safe on farm

July 17, 2019.Reading time 8 minutes.

I’m incredibly proud to be a part of the British farming industry. But I am less proud of our health and safety record…

The most horrific sight

October 4, 2018.Reading time 4 minutes.

*Warning graphic content*

It has happened again. There has been yet another dog attach on a sheep.

What the older generation of farmers can teach us …

August 9, 2018.Reading time 5 minutes.

It is no secret that my grandad is my role model and inspiration – at 90 years old, he continues to farm every single day and shows no signs of retirement any time soon!

Wall to wall sunshine

July 25, 2018.Reading time 7 minutes.

Yesterday the BBC Breakfast team visited our farm to learn about how the prolonged period of dry weather is effecting farmers (in particular livestock farmers) across the country.

Lorna Sixsmith’s ‘Till the cows come home’ – Book Review

June 4, 2018.Reading time 11 minutes.

When Lorna dropped me a message one evening asking if I would review her latest book ‘Till the cows come home’ on my blog, I was delighted (and a little bit flabbergast!) to accept.

Stress and My Countryside Remedy

May 16, 2018.Reading time 8 minutes.

It’s exam season and like most students up and down the country I am STRESSED, especially since they are my final ever exams (well – unless I fail and need to resit!).