A Shepherd’s Diary: May
‘Hang onto your ears’ is the advice given to lambs that are sleeping overnight in our sheds. We...
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A Shepherd’s Diary: April
A shepherds diary: April There was commotion in the middle of the field: one solitary newborn was receiving...
A Shepherd’s Diary: March
A Shepherds diary: March Less than a week of lambing and already we have been absorbed into the...
A Shepherd’s Diary: February
A Shepherd’s Diary: February Sheep Characters’ Over the years we’ve had some memorable ewes in our flock....
Bonativo – bringing the farmers’ market to your door
Bonativo founder Christian Eggert came across Indie Farmer and my road trip adventure whilst researching his idea to...
Beginner Farmer Update – January 2015
Whoa – where did January go? It seems a blur of acupuncture sessions and slowly easing myself back...
A Shepherd’s Diary: January
A shepherd’s diary: January I will try to keep to the subject of ‘sheep’. I’ve looked after them...
Dairy Poetry Competition
Ex-smallholder and farming and countryside anorak Tracey Wathen-Jones sent us this poem in response to the current dairy crisis and we thought it provided the perfect opportunity to run a creative competition to encourage budding poets, farmers, foodie's or anyone really to have a go and send in your own - the winning 'poet' will receive an amazing Indie Farmer tee..
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Beginner Farmer Update and plans for 2015..
Here's hoping everyone had a great Christmas and New Year! It's been nice to have some quiet family time over the festive period and bounce back with new ideas and enthusiasm for Indie Farmer, and I'm looking forward to my first full year as a beginner farmer on the family farm