admin | September 28, 2007
As a school teacher and a farmer’s wife, I often have to contemplate the meaning of harvest festival, as the Autumn approaches. The scary thing I have found is that children (at the school I work in at least!) do not understand the meaning of harvest, despite having a harvest festival every year. So I [...]
admin | September 13, 2007
When a farm has livestock there are certain jobs that have to be done at certain times of the day and certain times of the year.
The Farming Friends livestock consists of;
Poultry – white leghorn hen and guinea fowl.
Fattening beef cattle.
Breeding beef cattle.
British saddleback pigs.
Each morning the following jobs need to be done;
Poultry Jobs
Let poultry out [...]
admin | September 12, 2007
Today marks the start of the Year Of Food And Farming in the UK. As the Year Of Food And Farming website states, the Year Of Food And Farming is, “An exciting campaign to help children find out more about the countryside and where their food comes from through memorable, first-hand learning experiences!
The Year runs [...]
admin | September 5, 2007
Seasonal food for September as recommended by FARMA includes:
Apples
Blackberries
Beetroot
Broccoli
Cabbages
Carrots
Cauliflowers
Courgettes
Cucumbers
French Beans
Kohl Rabi
Mange Tout
Marrows
Onions
Peas
Plums
Potatoes
Raspberries
Runner Beans
Spinach
Strawberries
Sugar Snaps
Sweetcorn
Turnips
FARMA is the UK’s National Farmers’ Retail & Markets Association. It “is a co-operative of farmers, producers selling on a local scale and farmers’ markets organisers.”
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admin | August 3, 2007
Seasonal food for August as recommended by FARMA includes:
Asparagus
Beetroot
Blackberries
Broad beans
Broccoli
Carrots
Cauliflower
Celeriac
Cucumber
Elderflower
Green cabbage
Leeks
Onions
Parsnips
New potatoes
Purple sprouting broccoli
Red Cabbage
Rhubarb
Radish
Spinach
Spring greens
Spring onions
Strawberries
Tomatoes
Watercress
FARMA is the UK’s National Farmers’ Retail & Markets Association. It “is a co-operative of farmers, producers selling on a local scale and farmers’ markets organisers.”
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admin | June 11, 2007
I received an email on Friday (from Chris) querying why I had not mentioned words like money, profit, C.A.P. and subsidy on the website. My honest response to this was that because I am a relatively new to farming, farmer’s wife, I am yet to fully understand the economics of farming. Following this response Chris emailed me [...]
admin | June 2, 2007
Seasonal food for June as recommended by FARMA includes:
First strawberries
Asparagus
Broccoli
Carrots
Celeriac
Earliest tomatoes
Elderflower
Green cabbage
Leeks
Onions
Parsnips
New potatoes
Purple sprouting broccoli
Red Cabbage
Rhubarb
Radish
Spring onions
Earliest cucumber
Earliest beetroot
Cauliflower
Spring greens
Spinach
Earliest broad beans
Watercress
FARMA is the UK’s National Farmers’ Retail & Markets Association. It “is a co-operative of farmers, producers selling on a local scale and farmers’ markets organisers.”
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admin | May 9, 2007
Jobs on a cattle and arable farm in May can include;
Feeding poultry twice daily.
Letting poultry out to free range in a morning.
Locking up the poultry huts on a night.
Cleaning out the poultry huts.
Check cattle in field twice daily.
Give cattle in the field mineral supplement.
Feed store cattle twice daily.
Milling and mixing animal feed.
Bedding up store cattle.
Calving [...]
admin | May 4, 2007
The Year Of Food And Farming is a national initiative and is to be launched in September 2007 in the UK. It aims to give children an increased awareness of where their food comes from and give them the opportunities to become more involved in food preparation and production. It also aims to provide opportunities for learning [...]
admin | May 3, 2007
Jobs on a cattle and arable farm in April can include;
Bedding up cattle once a day.
Feeding cattle twice a daily.
Milling and mixing animal feed.
Calving cows.
Disbudding (dehorning) calves.
Selling cattle.
Electric fences put up around grass fields.
Cattle turned out to grass during the last few days of the month.
Feeding poultry twice daily.
Letting poultry out to free range in a [...]
