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Bumper Crop of Sloe Berries
While this year has been exceptionally dry and has resulted in a reduced yield for the hay, what we have seen is that there has been a bumper crop from our various fruit trees, particularly with the apples and pears. As mentioned on previous posts the Trees and the hedges are also full of their…
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New Arrival Settling In
When we first added sheep to the small holding one of concerns that we had was that there was quite a few foxes in and around the local countryside. This caused us a concern at the risk that we could lose some of the lambs and considering that we were just starting out to build…
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A Busy August
Its been a busy month for us here on the farm. The weather has remained dry but that has meant we have yet again had to delay the muck spreading. The reason being is that without rain the muck will not breakdown and release the nutrients into the soil, also with the soil baked hard…
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Acorn Galls
With all the acorns on the oak trees and the branches being so low you can get a good look at them and one of the things that you get to see amongst the bumper crop is Acorn Galls. Acorn galls are abnormal growths on acorns and their cups, caused by gall wasps laying their eggs…
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Acorns are getting heavy
As mentioned in a previous post, the Oak trees are full of acorns this year. What that means is that as the acorns develop and grow they add a lot of weight to the branches of the tree. While this is good news for Moss, the Alpaca, and the sheep it does put a lot…
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A bit of rain and the Oak Trees
Well over the last few days we have had a bit of rain which has helped the grass to start to green up. This is particularly noticeable on the fields that we cut for hay. However one of the things that we have noticed is that all of the oak trees are full of acorns,…
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Make hay when the sun shines
With the recent good weather we have been busy cutting and baling the hay which we use for the winter feed for the animals. When it comes to Hay Season it is a high stress period as we constantly start watching the weather forecasts and looking at what the possibility of rain will be. However…
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Stiles and Footpath Maintenance
As we now enter summer and we have had rain after the long dry spell that we had in April and early May there has been a spurt of growth with the grass (not as much as we would like!) but also with the hedgerows. What this has mean has been that we have had…
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Sheep all Sheered
Well it has been a busy few weeks as we have been occupied with sheering all of our sheep and Moss the Alpaca. Normally we get a professional sheerer in to do everyone, except Moss, and it is all over in a morning. Unfortunately our Sheerer became unavailable so we had to step upto the…
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Welcome to Nethertown Farm
The aim of this website and blog is aimed at helping to inform people that cross through our land on the foot paths what is going at particular times of the year and in certain fields. We will look to provide information via QR codes with the idea that they will take you to an…
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