Flank Farm

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 10:50 Spending time down in the barn at night 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 For the latest from the farm, receive the new Calming Farming videos and to join in – subscribe to our newsletter over at https://www.flankfarm.com/

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! For the latest from the farm and to join in – subscribe to our newsletter over at https://www.flankfarm.com/

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   This video was not sponsored, but thank you to Farmstream for sending us a new camera and being so supportive about the fire on the farm!  For Email updates, subscribe: https://www.flankfarm.com/

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   For Email updates, subscribe: https://www.flankfarm.com/

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.

Good Morning from the Farm! Out in the field we discussed changing seasons, going organic, and mum's fond memories of dairy farming.    00:32 - Mum loves autumn  02:38 - Jonathan in with the girls again!  04:40 - Mum tying gates up with string  07:27 - Jonathan nice quiet bull  08:40 - Selling heifer's 09:53 - Grassfed beef  13:54 - Selling privately after 30 months old  15:23 - Can the farm go organic?  17:53 - Buying organic rams  18:55 - How are the chickens?  21:27 - Can mum guess the breed from the video  22:27 - Talking about Dairy cows

Here are some of the things we discussed on this months podcast: 0:20 Mum didn't know she was being filmed 1:40 The land is very dry 3:20 Arable farmers struggling to plough the ground 4:30 Fires on farms and in fields 6:00 Our barn set on fire at the farm 9:30 Mum had the "stuffing knocked out of her" 12:20 We use the Help X platform 13:30 Family BBQs 14:50 Bucks County Show 22:20 Ru's neglected youth 23:40 Ru's fainting video 25:40 Calves are in trouble from their mums 26:10 Mum's happy decisions on haymaking and land management 27:20 Nature usually provides 32:00 Tell me you own sheep, without telling me you own sheep 33:00 Old fashioned saying... anyone know what she's saying? 34:30 Stanley White Stripe our new Doberman 36:15 Showing mum a TikTok 39:00 When's the next podcast coming out? 39:30 Thank you to everyone!

Wishing you a very Happy New Year from us all at the farm.  Here are some of the things we discussed on this weeks podcast:   02:20 What did mum have for Christmas dinner  02:50 New Farm outfit  04:30 Still no sponsor messages for our podcast  07:45 Christmas can be stressful for farmers  08:50 Homemade Christmas puddings  12:40 Our last LIVE broadcast  14:40 Cows had their Iodine bolus  17:50 Winter is tough on a livestock farm  18:30 The cows are coughing  19:20 Why do some cows have horns?  20:30 Are the sheep all okay?  22:10 A new Dutch barn on the farm  25:49 Good morning Tommy  28:50 Any show ideas / suggestions   To join us for our next live broadcast please subscribe to our emails via https://flankfarm.com - I really look forward to hanging out in 2022.

How are all the animals? What is #FARM24? What do you think of Clarkson's Farm? We answered= those questions + lots of others thrown at us during our first ever livestream.  Like always we were down in the barn, to say a big excitable "Good Morning from the Farm". Subscribe over at flankfarm.com and I'll let you know the next time we go live.

I kept mum occupied for more than 10 minutes...  I've never known anyone look more uncomfortable when seated.    This morning we spoke about the Spring video – Peppa the pig – and the new calves... We also excitedly answered questions from you.   Chapters: 00:00  Good Morning 01:25  Spring video  03:30 Farms fixing and reusing  05:15 Pig update  08:00 Bottle lambs  12:30 Grass growing again  15:00 Mum's not an arable farmer  16:55 Beautiful cows   20:00 Questions from you  20:30 Advice for a young shepherd  22:20 What breeds of sheep and tups are we keeping  24:40 Lleyn sheep breed  26:20 Is your mum always as relaxed?  29:18 How are the geese?  31:55 How often do you question it all?  34:00 How has Brexit changed farm life?  36:15 How long has the farm been in the family history?   Join us on the farm at – https://www.flankfarm.com/

This morning we discuss how lambing is going for mum, the progress Ru has made with selling farm produce direct and what's just around the corner in Spring.   Chapters:  00:00 Let's talk farming  02:24 Lambing has mellowed mum out  03:40 How's lambing going?  04:10 First Ewe cesarean in 10 years  05:40 Another Ewe cesarean  07:00 How much is a cesarean on a sheep?  08:40 Spring special coming soon!  09:15 We got a farmstream camera!  11:30 Ru's master plan  12:00 Ru I need you to sell a cow!  13:50 Join us https://www.flankfarm.com/shop/  18:50 Spring is here!  19:15 Blackthorn winter  20:40 Tommy Tamworth update  21:20 Jack the Oxford Sandy and Black

Join us on the farm https://www.flankfarm.com​  Chapters for this morning:  00:00​ Introduction  01:00​ Mum's been very busy  01:30​ Going to the market  02:20​ What's the lambing plan?  04:20​ Mum ready for lambing?  05:10​ Always a self doubt stage  06:15​ March many weathers  07:50​ Another tough week  11:00​ Tommy Tamworth update  12:20​ We welcome faming advice!  13:00​ Throw your coat over their head  13:30​ Mum's trousers  17:00​ Why lambing?  21:00​ Where are the goats?

For the fist time since starting, mum didn't want to chat this morning.   Not for everyone, mum talks about one of her cows aborting twin calves...  It's not been an easy week at the farm, but this is what these chats are all about.    Chapters:   0:00 Introduction  1:40 Twin Calves Dead  08:45 Careful with lambs and Pneumonia  12:00 Glad and Sorry  16:00 Sleep in the barn  17:20 Farming Dictionary  19:20 Sheep Scanning

Good morning from the Farm. Lambing has started, not how we might have hoped, but we're moving in the right direction.

It was a Good Morning, we talked about the new boar, the snow and hatched a plan for this years filming – would love to know what you're excited for us to show in 2021!

It was a Good Morning, we talked about Goats, Bird Flu and an old farming Gentleman called Gerald Dancer!  What do you think… shall we get goats?

How did the scanning go?   Chapters:  00:00 Introduction  00:40 The cows have a cough  03:10 Staying positive during lambing  04:45 Sheep Scanning Results  06:45 Sheep in the garden  07:30 Preparing sheep for lambing  07:45 Feeding sheep for lambing  09:00 Sheep are cheap(er)  09:50 Sheep more profitable than cows  11:45 Pig update  12:50 Admin to sell meat  13:50 Importance of the butcher  15:00 Jamie Oliver fan  16:20 When someone brings you a rabbit  19:30 Gestation of a pig  20:20 Lockdown Piglets  21:00 When does lambing start?  21:50 Close

Chapters:  00:00 Introduction  01:55 What's in the freezer at the moment  04:30 Chickens love Spice  06:00 Chickens smarter than you think!  06:40 Sheep scanning coming up?  08:40 Itchy livestock  09:15 How much is straw?  09:30 How long does straw last?  11:40 Can cows eat straw?  12:30 Fresh straw for calving  14:00 Learning how much farming costs  15:40 Closing message  16:30 Tommy Tamworth