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Latest News from Ivy Barns.
Autumn is suddenly upon us, the clocks have changed along with the weather. Generally farmers are pleased to see the wetter weather, many early drilled crops have failed to germinate, some have already re-drilled their fields, others will wait and access the damage over the winter, and drill new crops in the spring. We have drilled our Barley, Wheat, and Beans and reseeded some grassland. The dry conditions have made cultivation work hard and dusty, but it has also enabled good seedbeds to be produced. You will now notice the corn crops emerging over the next few days. As winter approaches the cattle will soon be housed in the sheds for the winter. Due to the dry spell they have been eating their winter rations since August, and although this may seem drastic it is commonplace in East Anglia where the rainfall is always much less than the West Country. We baled nearly 2,000 big round bales of straw during harvest, this will help supplement the poor grass crops, which meant we only cut our grass for silage once this year, where we normally cut twice. Our latest enterprise is the reintroduction of chickens at Ivy Barns. We have trouble sourcing sufficient free range eggs to supply the shop, so will soon be selling our home produced eggs again after a gap of 30 years. As well as selling eggs, we are now supplying chickens, poultry housing and all the equipment needed to look after your own chickens. Whether you’re interested in just a couple birds or up to fifty birds, we should be able to supply all you needs. Now we are in November, we all have to accept Christmas is near, we are now taking orders for turkeys, our toy and local gift ideas are on the shelves and the Christmas trees will be on sale during the first week of December. I very much hope that you have enjoyed our brief update on the farm, any comments and feed back will be gratefully received.
Ploughing the dry soil in late September
Making a fine seedbed in preparation for drilling the corn.
Drilling Winter Barley, which will be used for cattle feed next year.
The cattle now have to share their grassland with our new ‘Black Rock’ Chickens. |
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