Mary's Dairy Diary
Measuring our carbon
In the 1880s an ancestor of mine on the farm sowed acorns on half of our land area. My father, who’d be 101 if he wa...
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Biodiversity on the farm
I love our beautiful landscape, the rich biodiversity of our woodlands, fields, hedges, our river and streams. Does ...
Rind
Rind is amazing.
It’s what sets us apart from the 99% of cheddar made industrially, put by machine into a plastic ...
Animals on the farm
We are in a dance with all the creatures on the farm: the flora and fauna of the soil, the hedges and woods, even in ...
Women On The Farm
Women hold up half the sky, is the Chinese saying. A majority of the world’s farmers are women. And the role of women...
It starts with the soil
Farmers and cheesemakers have the privilege of working to create wonderful foods with the resources of our beautif...
January on the farm
NATURE
Winter has so far been colder than last year. We’ve had frost and bright days. It’s lovely to feel the warm...
december on the farm
The sun feel like it barely scrapes the horizon, giving dusk for much of the short day. Let’s hope for winter sun, s...
November on the farm
NATURE
It’s been a glorious golden autumn so far, with enough rain to keep things growing. Her...
October on the farm
NATURE
The year turns. Night encroaches at both ends of the day. Leaves change colour, not the untimely changes...
September On The Farm
NATURE
I write this before rain has had a chance to slake the thirst of the soil. The drier land pastures are comp...
August on the farm
NATURE
August, where we hope both for rain to grow the grass and fine weather to harvest the crops. We’ll be happ...
July on the farm
I’m so happy that Gina Quicke spotted a hare in a pasture in the middle of the farm. They like grassland with woodlan...
