Good evening,
We love working with likeminded and local farms, which is why it is always a pleasure to offer Nuthurst Lamb boxes through the Trenchmore shop. Rosie has some lamb boxes available this month, which are now ready to pre-order. Once the butchery has been booked she will be able to confirm the date for collection.
A note from Rosie…
2021 has thrown us all a lot of challenges and I definitely received a very different hand compared to 2020. A wet and warm summer gave us plentiful grass which was a welcome change from the dust bowls of the previous year and meant the ewes were content to keep feeding their lambs right through until the end of the summer. Meanwhile, I was snatching whatever hours (and tractors) I could to keep on top of the grass growth as there is an ideal height for grazing and maintaining the grassland. A nice problem to have all the same.
Now in January 2022 it's the trickiest time of year for grass. It's a balancing act getting the animals fed and constantly managing their impact on the fields as overgrazing now will hinder the Spring flush we will need for the cattle, the next crop of lambs and the hay and silage for next winter.
These are my second crop of lambs from my flock of Suffolk Mule ewes, and are now ten months old. Rearing them on grass with zero concentrate feeds and giving them a longer life means that our lamb will be some of the best tasting you will ever try.
