Growing Up In Rural England

This blog will follow my everyday life and interesting happening on my family farm or in my area. There will be plenty of animals, fields, friends and fun!

[oneyorkshirelass]

Taken in late March, lambing was well into it’s second half for our pedigree Shropshire’s. We like Shropshire sheep because they are a multi-purpose small native breed, and most importantly they don’t eat Christmas trees!

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Taken in late February at the start of calving. Our herd consists of Herefords, Belgian blues, Angus, Holstein, Limousin and Simmental's and others. A nice mix of native and European breeds in our beef herd.  Calving on our farm typically starts a week or two before lambing, we had out last calf in May!

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Yorkshire - December 2017

[themintycupcake]

I think it’s interesting how acrylic yarn is utter shit. Like it’s shit quality and it’s horrible for the environment. I think one of the reasons why we have it is because it’s easier to mass-produce than sheep’s wool. This recent trend of marketing it as being “better” for sheep is fucking annoying, though. Sheep need to be sheared. Why throw away the fiber when you can use it to make a lovely garment? Millenia of domestication won’t be reversed easily, and frankly why should it be reversed? Wool is probably the most sustainable fiber we have available and we should be making better use of it.