Good afternoon,

As a farmer in the States astutely tweeted this week, ‘farming is wondering if it’ll ever rain or wondering if it’ll ever stop raining over and over again until you retire or die.’

And it feels about right this week.

Oh boy, the grass is growing. It is churlish to complain about epic grass growth, but it is so long that it has started to lodge (fall sideways) and will need even more sunny weather to dry out before we can mow it.

The cattle are poaching our soggy soils so we are having to keep them in low density groups and move them every couple of days. We aim to mob graze with our herd to improve the soils but it is difficult to do when the ground is this wet without causing more damage than good.

We’re hoping to harvest some of our arable in a few weeks but the machinery will cause soil compaction, which tends to reduce the water infiltration and leads to run off later in the year.

We’re crossing our fingers for sunshine, keeping our chins up, playing Travis on repeat and wading onward.

We ate our first Trenchmore chicken on Sunday and it was delicious. Juicy, plenty of meat on the bone and a good flavour. We have already sold out for this week but are taking orders for next week.

Our eggs are getting great feedback and we have plenty available for match-day breakfasts. They are £4 for a dozen and you might get a double yolker or two.

Charlotte Lilian will be hosting the Trenchmore collections on Saturday and will be selling her beautiful British flowers on a first come first serve basis.

The Farm shop & Moo Tap is open every Saturday 11am-5pm so join us for a drink, pick up some farm produce or just pop by to say hello.