Good morning,
The spells of sunshine and extra hour in the evenings felt good on the long weekend. It certainly seems like we have turned a seasonal corner with the orders for Silly Moo going out to pubs and restaurants last week, and the number of people enjoying a burger with sun on their faces in the yard on Saturday.
The sunshine hasn’t quite been enough to mitigate the showers we’ve also had, so we’re still a couple of weeks away from turning the herd out. We have some fields that could do with a half dose of fertiliser to get enough grass growth to make sufficient grub for the cattle next winter, but we’d make ruts if we tried to spread them just yet. So, patiently, we wait.
In the meantime, I wanted to tell you about what else has been going on over here.
We’ve upped the Moo factor. We deliver some of our trade orders in a little electric van and thought it was about time to give it a makeover, so now I’m very easy to spot out & about. We’re working on getting solar panels installed on our barn roof and then we will be able to charge the van on solar power - so these deliveries will be without emissions, and we’ll be able to run a lot of the farm electrics on renewables.
We’re also now selling Moo merch online and in the yard shop. Navy organic cotton tee-shirts, with a little Silly Moo summat on the front & back. You can order here.
The calving is starting to tail off. We had our first ever identical twins a few weeks back - only 2% of pregnancies result in calf twins, and even less are the result of an embryo splitting early on so they are very very special. I’ve only managed to photo one of them (above left), but as I said, they’re identical, so once you’ve seen one… And I spotted a sweet group snooze today (right).
The Brewhouse Project are serving up a 3 course feast, bringing together the flavours of Trenchmore Farm & Arundel Brewery in the yard this Friday.
We just have 4 seats left, so please book if you fancy the sound of wagyu & ale croquettes, smoked short ribs, treacle tart and, of course, some pretty fine beer and cyder.
Until next time,
Rachel x
