Posts by Malcolm Barker

An email from Joan Walker, who was reading a book about the history of the Women’s Land Army, asked if I was aware that my farm (Moor House) had been ‘…managed and run entirely by women’ during WWI?

We have had a wonderful autumn, with trees holding their leaves until quite late and the colours, in particular the beech leaves, giving a golden aura to the passing summer

By its very nature, November is a month of remembrance. As the days grow shorter we remember the summer now past, which was good in parts and better than the cold, dark spring.

Too much rain was a problem early in 2021. I hardly dare say it, but now we need it!

The long summer evenings are suddenly missed by the end of the month as the Sun is setting by 8 pm and suddenly we realise that autumn is here

The dry weather of June has been beneficial because it has allowed me to get most of this year’s hay baled without it getting rained upon.

This is the month for sheep shearing and hopefully the making of silage and the best hay, if the weather permits.