“Abi.. you have post!” That one sentence is music to my ears. With it being ‘that’ time of the year again (rain, rain and more rain). My day (and my feet) was brightened up by the arrival of Sporting Hares Ascot Wellington Boots. Rolo was pretty excited to see what was inside the box too. Pictured are Sporting Hares Ascot… Read more →
What a show! It’s Monday, I’m back in the office, and the RCS blues have set in already. I really think it was a great year for Royal Cornwall Show. The weather was perfect and the atmosphere was great. The show attracted close to a record attendance last week, with 126,256 people visiting over the three days. This is the fourth… Read more →
It’s great to welcome back, James Milnes, of @RuralPics with a spring 2015 farming roundup. Sugar Beet Since we last met the sugar beet campaign continued but is now all but done, reports are generally of good yields and good sugars across a number of different soil types. The last block of beet was taken up in my own locality only… Read more →
Lincolnshire Shepherdess, Sophie Arlott, supplies native breeds to four Michelin-starred restaurants. Based on a small, idyllic farm in the Lincolnshire countryside, mother-of-two Sophie has been producing Lavinton Lamb from her flock of native breed sheep for the past ten years. Mix of native breeds for taste and texture Extensive research led this artisan producer to establish a mix of… Read more →