Winter Weather

The weather has been like a picture post card very very frosty, not like this photo that was taken in February, I am glad to say, it makes it so hard to get around and feed the animals if their is a lot of snow. I have just had this photo printed for our Christmas Cards, the trouble is what to do for next year.

Saturday 23rd October, and the in lamb ewes went to market, the shepherd is not getting any younger and it was time for the hard work of lambing to be passed to someone else, so all the in lamb ewes were sold, after a very busy week of carding and trimming so they looked their best they went to new owners from Northern Ireland, Yorkshire, and Wales.

Silage time

Another good crop of silage is under wraps, what lovely weather we had. Every one is very pleased. Time now to sort the sheep it is the time of the year for the ewes to be put with the rams, if we hope to lamb at the beging of December, as well as a herd of dairy cows we also run a flock of pedigree charollais sheep.

Update on the farm

Well here I am in blog land thanks to my tutor Tom. The weather here in Cornwall is lovely hence the men of the farm have silage fever, what is that I hear you say? well it is a disease that farmers get when they don't know whether to cut silage or not. We have heard every forecast going, thankfully the decision has been made we are cutting today, and the contractor will be with us tomorrow to pick it all up, and another pit full of winter feed for the cows will be safely in. I joke about them not knowing what to do, but the weather is all important, as the better the silage then hopefully the milk production will be good in the Winter, and we will need to buy less concentrate feed for the cows, and this helps the cost of production.
Grand children to pick up from school, and cooking to be done ready for tomorrow.

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Copper Meadow Bed & Breakfast Accommodation at Trevadlock in Cornwall is an idyllic setting within 450 acres on the edge of Bodmin Moor just 1/2 a mile from the A30. Trevadlock is a working dairy farm offering peace and tranquillity in a rural location, perfect for a holiday with a relaxing atmosphere.

Our bed & breakfast accommodation is convenient for both the north and south coasts and ideally situated for touring Devon and Cornwall easily.