We took full advantage of the dry weather in March and raced through the task of planting potatoes, with 40 hectares of Maris Piper, Marfona and Estima in the ground by 31st March.  Lets hope we don’t pay the price with late frost / drought conditions – there is already talk in the news of […]

  The busiest month of the year for calving both pedigree and commercial cows at Columbjohn – and naturally the sun shines so there is a mountain of field work calling attention at the same time. Matthew remains close to the farm to keep an eye on the cows in the calving paddocks but as […]

  With the shoot season behind me and a brief holiday to visit my daughter in British Columbia I can find no more excuses to avoid starting a regular Blog on my Website – and to avoid upsetting my very patient web designer at “Cumbrian Web” any further. I calve the pedigree limousins throughout the […]