by Richard | May 17, 2021 | Farm Updates
After some awesome days out on the West Coast with Ragnar, I’m back on the farm and we’re getting the cows out on pasture today – they’re going onto the neighbours property first, then coming back to our farm. The second batch of broilers has been...
by Richard | May 15, 2021 | Farm Updates
Ragnar and I are at Klätta, putting up the gates we built to finish off the fencing job. Today I want to talk a bit about the reality of farming as a small family with kids, because in this age where the small farm movement is booming, it’s easy to get idealistic and...
by Richard | May 12, 2021 | Farm Updates
After a mix of sunshine and rain, everything is greening up. In this video I’ve included some aerial footage so that you can see how the landscape is coming back to life. Marta, one of our cows, had her one bad day, and while we knew she was big she actually weighed...
by Richard | May 6, 2021 | Animal Enterprises, Farm Updates
We’ve had our first delivery day of the year, so now it’s officially spring despite the cool weather. The grass has just started to grow, which means it’s about time we make our holistic grazing plan. In this video I’ll share some of the thinking behind the...
by Richard | May 3, 2021 | Farm Updates
Today marks a special day for me. Not only are the sheep coming out onto pasture for the first time this year, but I’m also finally switching from the Swedish postal service PostNord to FedEx, which will hopefully mean that I can get my books to you faster and more...
by Richard | Apr 27, 2021 | Farm Updates
1000 new broiler chicks have arrived, the sheep have been sheared, the water pump has been fixed, and the other egg-mobile now also features the original nest boxes again. The voles are still trashing the place, including eating our kale and making holes all over our...
