4.00pm - Thursday 29th February 2024 11,552

 crazy day today the guys worked really hard and put in the cubicle bases ready for the actual cubicles to go in at the weekend. We concreted the bases. The little polls were already stood up. I drove the bobcat. Roy drove the Merlot which was a great thing as we got it done faster. The fellas pulling concrete literally did the hardest job as always, but wow, what a difference when these cubicle bases are in the concrete was so wet that I had to stay up late and try to float it and edge myself, which wasn’t absolute disaster, I definitely need guidance when doing something like this and letting me lose to do it on my own was probably very irresponsible, not mentioning any names Gary it is entirely his fault that I made a mess and went to bed at midnight 100% laying the blame at his door, not mine explaining what was in the expensive pallet thanks to Tom Pemberton. This wasn’t a shock to us as he had already explained how expensive the system was for the Collinson tower. Can’t wait for this to come. We are concreting a pad this week pad is huge comes halfway across the yard talking about livestock, seasonal, livestock removal and how it does not agree with the way we farm at the moment it just doesn’t seem to work hence us making third cut bales. Farming Britain goes live on YouTube which is so exciting as I am a presenter. The outtakes are hilarious go and have a Watch link below.

 in 2009 i had no experience of farming or the realities that came with it. That soon changed when I met my other half Roy, I had a job as a carer and in every spare moment threw myself into farming. I had only ever driven a Nissan Micra and had experience with horses, I learnt the hard way as nobody had the time to show me and soon after arriving I found myself mothering on calves to three quarter bred limmy cows. We spent every available moment on the farm between our day jobs. Fast forward to 2016 two children later we moved into our very own farm overlooking the northern Pennines, Laitha.

we are in a transitional period at present and will finally be milking cows and making the final switch later this year, after years of planning and implementing infrastructure we will be milking 120 Jersey cows on two Lely robots. This will be a huge change and a steep learning curve

I will be taking you all along for the ride so hit that subscribe button and see you every other day for farming vlogs.

I am overjoyed to be a farmer. I feel so fortunate every day to wake up and do what I love and even better share it with the world and hope it inspires more young people from Preston to spread their wings and think outside the box the world doesn’t need more childcare workers or hairdressers it needs more farmers.

Link to Amazon wishlist for the foodbank
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