It was fun introducing our sheep to our lovely visitors last weekend. Freddie met the sheep in daylight while doing loads of things to help out, and Tasha bravely came out after dark, negotiating the rain and mud with only my feeble torch to check on them. Freddie visiting from London for the weekend I joined the Farmers Protest in central London and saw some interesting people doing their bit to raise awareness about the disastrous impact the family farm tax is going to have

Visiting the sheep morning and evening, and waving the pink bucket is paying off. There are definitely two groups: the friendly sheep that come running up as soon as we enter the field and like following in formation, and those that are more reserved who hang round the back of the field. But with twice daily trips, we can now get them all gathered around the feeding troughs. All small steps to practice for the next phase: rounding them up into the collecting pen when our farm

My eye-catching pink bucket of sheep nuts has done wonders to help our sheep get over their initial reluctance to come close. Today I could stand about 1 metre away and we had a good stare at each other. Storm Claudia is making its way towards us but for most of the week we have been lucky with mild weather, sunshine and lovely sunsets. We had a visit from Donal our vet from Fairfield Vets in Uckfield. After a intense couple of hours walking the fields and listening to advic