We have an exciting announcement to make - this Autumn we will be launching our new British-Made PASTON clothing range and are currently showing it to our fabulous stockists across the UK.
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16.02.2012Gumleaf will launch it's new PASTON Range this Autumn
20.09.2011New recruit
Fly the sheep dog is 13 and still fighting fit but not upto the rigorous work out of gathering the sheep and working them in the pens, Ella the trainee has really come on this year and although a bit…
21.07.2011Perry's first calf
The dry time hasn't helped the crops much but it has been fantastic for the animals on the farm. The sheep and cows think they've woken up in Australia. The rain arrived in time to keep the…
17.05.2011Sheep shearing
Sheep shearing time - it needs to be warm before all the girls lose their coats, with warm evenings and no frosts in sight. It has been warm and dry all spring but we needed those warm evenings.
The…
15.04.2011Red Poll cattle
Today we sent 20 of our young Red Poll cattle to Cam Cattle in Cambridge. They graze the grass along the river Cam right into Cambridge - you can't miss them if you are walking out of Cambridge along…
13.02.2011More lambs.
The lambs are coming thick and fast - almost half the flock has lambed 2 weeks into a 6 week lambing session. This has caught us on the hop.
The weather is mild but we need a dry spell so we can turn…
06.02.2011FIRST LAMBS
We have hit the ground running this year with the start of lambing.
We used two teaser rams - Harry and Charlie , rams that think they are rams but aren't - in the flock before the real rams…
06.12.2010Frozen
Very heavy frosts mean frozen pipes ! We spend most of the time making sure the sheep and cattle have got water - in the liquid form. Had two more calves this week which is late for us - they are inside…
11.11.2010DOWN ON THE FARM
And down we are! Too wet for working on the land so wheat is not being drilled and looking after livestock is not fun in the pooring rain. It has now gone colder and perhaps we will see a drier spell.…
20.10.2010Perry
We had four days in Fez Morocco and came back to some very unpleasant weather. While we were away potato harvest has been going well and we have started lifting sugar beet - the sugar level is low compared…
05.10.2010rain stops play
This time last year it was so dry we couldn't plough the land - this year it won't stop raining long enough to plant the new crops - why do farmers always moan about the weather?
The french…
21.09.2010Poor old boys
Valentino, the red poll bull, is lame and so is Ted the texel ram. Valentino seems to have sensitive feet - he got lame this time last year or he has the knack of standing on something…
14.09.2010Latest farm news
The lull before the storm, the cereal harvest is done , the lambs are all sold and the sheep and cows are all grazing happily now the grass has had some rain.
Our busiest time is the Autumn with sugar…
10.09.2010Harvest
News from the farm. Last of this years crop of lambs went last week so we have a breather, we only have to look after the old dears! Boys went into day so they were excited. Two texel rams are new to…
16.07.2010Dougal's Blog
Louise is off sorting sheep again – trying to get the lambs to market while the price is holding up. She doesn’t like it when I watch – why? My mate fly does all the sheep…
14.07.2010Dougal's Blog
Boss and Louise are back from Edinburgh – meeting of the Clans. They went to the house of a Brewer which they said had grown very big?? They had a very good lunch there and thought they …