Flank Farm

Good Morning from the Farm and I'm sorry this month's podcast is later than normal!

I had to film this episode twice, the first time I sat down to edit and the audio on mum's microphone was broken.

Talking points this month:

03:20 Tommy's first litter and the new piglets

05:00 A sulking / pregnant pig

05:50 Cow drama from the previous time we sat down

07:00 Livestock deadstock – the realities of farming

08:50 Our infamous June video

09:50 A Calming Farming moment of mowing

10:00 Haymaking is a craft

11:50 Kids allowed chewing gum during haymaking

12:30 There's good quality fodder and "rubbish"

14:20 Feeding straw to the cows for the first time ever

15:00 Nature always provides

15:50 Stories from the countryside

17:00 Saving the nice soap - am I the only one?

20:00 Questions!

20:40 What happened to Eric the teaser Ram?

23:20 How can a 30 year old mum of 3 get involved in farming

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Good Morning from the Farm to Episode 28 of our monthly podcast.

Chapters:

00:20 – Talking about the farm dogs

02:35 – Ru's 'nice' dinner visit to the farm

03:25 – How mum buys a NEW tractor

05:10 – Going through the tractors on the farm

06:00 – Our darling Massey tractor

10:10 – Reputation is a real currency in rural communities like farming

14:20 – How important neighbors are to farmers

15:00 – "You can't get away from work" on farms

16:00 – Tragic number of suicides in farming communities

18:30 – Ru's offer to anyone in farming that's feeling "down in the dumps"! (This is a REAL offer).

19:00 – #calmingfarming about Lambing

20:00 – Mum watches latest video

21:00 – Who helps on the farm?

26:00 – What are the cows licking in the videos?

27:45 – The cows have been let our for summer!

29:00 – Weather update

31:00 – #calmingfarming about Cows going out

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The lambs are out, and we're back in the barn for Episode 27 of our Podcast! Here's the running order:

01:00 How's the lambing going?

01:30 Percentage of lambs / sheep that mum has to assist with.

02:30 A right racket in the barn

02:50 Mum's weird sayings

06:00 Lambing outside is for young people

07:30 You have to do what works for you during lambing!

08:40 Lambing at night!

09:40 Calming Farming videos every few weeks

12:45 Shout out to ladies who lamb on Facebook

13:30 A lot of challenges this year

14:50 How is mum feeling in herself?16:05 You want to keep them alive!19:00 Are there too many sheep this year?21:00 Summing up lambing in 2023

Welcome back to the barn for Episode 26 of our Podcast! Firstly we'd all love to wish you a very Happy Easter from us all at the farm; in this episode we discuss:

00:00 Looking at the new animals with Ru

01:30 Mum enters the podcast

03:00 Growing potatoes

04:50 Eat seasonal produce

07:10 Why does mum start lambing late?

07:20 Oh my goodness

09:00 Lambing depends a lot... on a lot of factors

10:30 A little lamb to watch on camera

10:45 How is Aubrey the bull getting on?

11:15 Sunrise on the Farm Segment

12:10 Mum cooking the evening meal at 5am

13:00 Would you like to watch night lambing?

16:00 What story would you like to see told about lambing?

17:30 So far we've had 11 lambs

18:50 Does caring make you a good farmer?

19:30 Mum is a control freak!

20:45 Is mum happy with Aubrey's calves?

21:00 Happy Easter everyone!

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Episode 25 of the Good Morning from the Farm Podcast.  

Thanks for tuning in. Skip to the timestamps: 

00:28 - Snow Forecast in the UK 

01:29 - Pigs didn't go in with Tommy (yet) 

03:00 - New Farmstream Camera gifted to Mum 

04:00 - Stick it up there now 

04:33 - When do we start lambing? 

05:45 - Ru fainting video experience 

06:37 - How are the sheds for muck? 

06:50 - Pigs going in next week 

08:30 - Vintage fodder beet machine won't chop Diddly squat

11:10 - Difference between a Spade and a Shovel? 

12:10 - Ru's buying some lambs 

13:26 - Can a farm just butcher animals on premises? 

16:00 - Got new chickens!  

17:17 - What mum thinks about quirks video. 

17:30 - Thoughts on Downsizing the farm. 

19:00 - Trying to 'go grassfed' farm 

20:30 - The help mum has on the farm 

23:40 - Ru's stand on Microwaves  

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What you can expect from your time listening to our time spent on the farm. 

Keeping it short and sweet for our February '23 podcast.

01:10 Great News about the TB test

02:30 Is construction affecting TB cases?

04:10 Great prices at the cattle market

05:00 3 New Tamworth Pigs (Gilts)

06:30 Melton Mowbray Farmers Market

06:40 Littering the Cows during Winter

08:30 Sheep scanning results for lambing

11:00 Thanks for watching + see you soon

Happy New Year!  Start as we mean to go on... by making this installment very late, because I left the farm without the memory cards! Oh well, it was still an upbeat and positive morning – we discuss:   

00:00 Happy New Year and welcome to 2023 

03:30 New Herdwicks that nobody noticed 

05:40 Podcasting in a barn is unique / stressful 

06:30 Babybell the new Farm Terrier 

08:10 Jonathan is still here 

09: 10 Christmas is a lot of pressure 

10:30 What TV shows should we watch together? 

13:20 Mum's new year reflections  

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This morning we discussed:

00:50 - The beautiful morning of weather (as we always do).

01:10 - The bullock calves are still outside

02:20 - Mum hasn't sold many of her lambs

03:00 - A lot of the lambs aren't ready because of the grass

05:10 - Farmers getting good grades for their stock at market

06:50 - Costs are rising for small farms

08:10 - The GOOD NEWS

09:10 - The story of the barn (from the start)

09:47 - Mum meeting a contractor

11:30 - Keeping positive when the weather is turning in the UK

12:40 - Mum prays for patience

13:00 - More haste, Less speed

14:00 Slow is smooth and smooth is fast

15:15 - Ru shopping with a chef

17:30 - We sold some meat boxes

23:00 - Farmers and mental health

And of course, and as always – we wish you a very warm Good Morning from the Farm.  

Good Morning from the Farm! We sit down in the barn with the cows to catchup on all that's happened since October. TB Testing, Barn Insurance Issues and Hedgelaying.