Who would have believed that after all the water we had only 7 months ago that we would now be in the middle of one of the driest ever summers. With a private water supply, we have been more aware of this for longer than most people - the stream that runs through the field adjacent to the house has been virtually dry for over a month now. We still have enough water and an overflow but have to monitor it carefully and will have to move cattle and sheep away from the house supply if necessary.
All the cows have calved and we have four boys and only one girl - we had been hoping for at least half and half in our vain attempt to breed our own replacement cows. So this year we have booked a limousin bull to hire and we will sell on the calves at the usual 12 months old and buy breeding heifers - we aim to have a half Salers and half Angus cross herd, hopefully about 15 cows in a couple of years.
We have been approached by Natural England and are going to enter Higher Level Stewardship in the new year. This means working to achieve both conservation aims as well as an efficiently run farm.
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