21st June 2010 | Charles' Rants, Southlands Farm News | No Comments
The puppies are very now three and a half weeks old and beginning to explore their new world, huge fun. Their grandmother Sprocket has always been there silent sort, infuriating if she is stuck somewhere and you can’t find her so I was always pleased that her daughters have a more vocal approa Read the full post
7th May 2010 | Charles' Rants, Southlands Farm News | 2 Comments
If the TV and radio are anything to go by you’d think that the world had changed overnight, however I was brought back to sanity when I went to feed the lambs, pigs and hens this morning. In the shed where we keep the feed life was going on as normal; no politics, no hung ... Read the full post
11th April 2010 | Charles' Rants, Events, places to go & things to do., Food | No Comments
The Show season in Northumberland starts at the end of May with the Northumberland County Show I always enjoy shows, it’s when farmers get a chance to show what they have achieved after months of hard work in the cold and mud. the tempo of the countryside moves to a slower pace and there is Read the full post
8th January 2010 | Charles' Rants, Food | 2 Comments
It’s hard enough getting up to feed the animals in the middle of a freeze, without listening to am ill-informed zealot spouting about cows killing our planet by farting. Read the full post
4th December 2009 | Charles' Rants, Events, places to go & things to do., Southlands Farm News | 1 Comment
Roger Clegg and Andrew Whitaker are Northern Horizons Photography , Roger has taken many of the photos used to promote Hadrian’s Wall while Andrew specialises in the coast and Tyneside. Roger met Hector and I this morning at Housesteads to show us how he takes spectacular sunrises. It was v Read the full post
31st October 2009 | Charles' Rants | No Comments
This is an old Kenyan proverb, and never has it been truer. Climate change divides us and once you get past the interests and the heads in the sand there are debates going on in households, bars and over dinner tables all over the country. Eloquent and intelligent folk argue the toss from both sides Read the full post
28th October 2009 | Charles' Rants | No Comments
Well done Jenson, some of us had faith in you, that drive really showed why you are the one to beat. Photo: Mail online Read the full post
16th October 2009 | Charles' Rants, Southlands Farm News | 1 Comment
Whilst I was away on my trip to Canada and Alaska, Dee had the task of entering us for the the North East of England Tourism Awards. It was meant to be something that we would do together, but any collaboration was thwarted by dodgy internet connections and time zone differences. So poor Dee had ... Read the full post
20th September 2009 | Charles' Rants | No Comments
This is an article I came across by Ed Hammer in The Ecologist, very interesting and timely as we see huge tractors turning the golden landscape to black. Check out the article and find out how cows turn pastures into more efficient carbon vaults while the plough releases locked in carbo to the atmo Read the full post
6th July 2009 | Charles' Rants, Local News | No Comments
The Art Tour is upon us again, it is a wonderful way to visit local artists in their studios and see their art in it’s original context. If you are interested the site is http://www.networkartists.org.uk/art_tour.php and a PDF brochure can be found here: http://www.networkartists.org.uk/pdf/20 Read the full post
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