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How important is a good sheepdog on your farm?
Today is the official first day of my 2023 lambing season. With the promise of good weather and some of my fields being boggy, I made a last minute decision to move ewe lambs across my farm and the pregnant […]
A week to go until 2023 lambing commences
It’s that time of year again in the farming calendar. A week today on the 2nd April I commence my second lambing season of my farming journey. It’s only twenty months since I started farming as a first generation farmer […]
A visit to a Cumbria Farm
With huge plans for 2023 I was lucky to be able to visit a farm opportunity in The Lake District National Park this week. Whilst visiting I met some beautiful Herdwick Sheep that are one of Cumbrias heritage breed. Visiting […]
Fingers Crossed for a good Scanning Result
It’s that time of the year again where we pray for a great result from sheep scanning of my ewes. Today Meg from What_The_Flock visited my farm in my second year of scanning to scan my ewes. As it’s only […]
Photo Shoot with Farmers Guardian – Skye my Border Collie
Wow what a great photo of my Skye. I was lucky enough to be interviewed by Emily Ashworth at the Farmers Guardian (click hereclick here) on my journey into farming. This is a photograph taken by Marcello Garbagnoli which wasn’t […]
2023 Lambing Time and Dog Attacks on the Farm
For many that follow my social media and blog you’ll have read about the horrific dog attacks in 2022 on my sheep that resulted in one of the ewes being killed leaving an orphan lamb without a mother. As the […]
Interview with Farmers Guardian
Farmers Guardian Article Back in November I was fortunate enough to be interviewed by Farmers Guardian to discuss my journey as a first generation farmer at the age of 50 and how my World Record Border Collie Skye is progressing. […]
Merry Christmas from Tessleymoor Farm
I’d like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas from the farm. This has been my first full year of farming. I started my journey as a farmer in May 2021 with no experience and no equipment, after purchasing my […]
Tupping Time At Tessleymoor
I’m learning as I go as a first-time farmer. I like to follow tradition – what has worked for generations for other farmers is good enough for me. For example, with tupping time the saying goes: go in with a […]
New Hebridean Sheepdog Training Sheep – Tessleymoor Farm
Last week saw the addition of a further 10 sheepdog training sheep to my farm. Having used 5 Welsh sheep for sometime, they’d started to become almost robotic in their traits, when training a dog across them. Therefore I decided […]