Time for an update on the book progress! It’s all going well though I’m very aware it is going to be tight to launch it around 25th November but I have a very impressive timetable (anyone who knows me knows I don’t do timetables or project management terribly well!) which is why it looks impressive! I’m sure to any project manager it would look extremely basic though.
It was our 21st wedding anniversary recently. I’m almost getting embarrassed that we’ve been married for so long, it makes me feel very old even though I was almost a child bride!!
This tractor was delivered on our wedding anniversary in 2005!!
We’ve been farming now for 11 years, for the ten years before that – Brian [...]
We were away for a couple of days when I received a voice message asking me would I like to judge an upcoming ‘The Farmer wants a Wife’ competition in Northern Ireland on 11th October. My first reaction was that it sounds like really good craic and then I was wondering if I’d be able to manage it with the blog awards event the following evening. Once I found out more, I agreed to do it and I’m really looking [...]
Garrendenny Lane was once populated with cottages and one two-storey house. Serving as a shortcut between the townslands of Kilgorey and Mayo, many people walked along it on their way to Mass, children walked along it to and from school – the lane being 1.5 miles whereas the long way round by the main road is about 3 miles.
The weather has been incredibly hot here in Ireland – no rain for 16 days is almost unheard of. Farmers on dry land (who have been the envy of the rest of us for many years) are finding that what grass they had is just burning off and most are feeding the first cut of silage (which shouldn’t have been touched until next winter) and meal to cows and perhaps silage or hay to the rest of the stock. ?The [...]
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