Like many others at this time of year, farm life is very busy! Births and matings can be time consuming, yet filled with excitement and anticipation. Last weekend we were honoured to have Mary-Jo Smith visit Northern Ireland to tutor delegates from all over Ireland (and even England!).  I had the easy job of making… Read more »

  I can’t avoid mentioning how hot it is and how difficult some of us find that and how hot it is for our alpacas. Checking them and feeding and ensuring that they have cool clean fresh water is hard when you can barely see where you are going for the sweat in your eyes.… Read more »

Last week saw the return of the annual Cumbrian ragwort pull after a two year absence due to Covid. This is an ancient ceremony that has been depicted in cave paintings going back to the Middle Bronze Age. The pull is supervised by Master Pullers and conducted by Junior Pullers. Junior Pullers are shadowed by… Read more »