June and July have been focused on balancing the enjoyment of a sunny English summer and all its pleasures with the effort of working hard to ensure everything continues to grow and thrive during the hot days and nights. 'Lets have a long cool drink of water' During hot weather, the sheep consume about 4 litres of water each per day, requiring numerous trips up and down the hill to refill the bowser. Fortunately, there are plenty of shady spots around the field edges, which h

Wonderful May With the warm sunshine of the last day of May on our backs, we visited the sheep yesterday. We leisurely made our way down the hill, carrying a bucket of feed and a song in our hearts. The sheep were staying cool in the shade of the tree by the gate and came up to greet us warmly, asking for little scratches under the chin or rubs along their backs. They all seemed well, not too hot, and there was no limping in sight. I wanted to capture this moment. It felt a b

It has been a busy few weeks at Whitehouse Farm Oast and we have definitely ramped up the sheep farming challenge level! We decided to administer the flock's booster Heptavac-P Plus, an essential annual medication for maintaining flock health. Although it wasn't due until July, we needed to move the date forward since the sheep will be in lamb next year, and this allows us to vaccinate before lambing season next year. To do this we needed to set up the sheep race to guide eac