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Pratincole?
The RSPB survey Welland House Farm, our land at Fosdyke, together with our neighbour's.  The habitat there is reasonably diverse.  It is just a few 100 metres from the River Welland and it has buildings, hedges, trees, some reasonably- sized waterways and is located some distance from a...
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Published 12 hours ago

Two Out The Blue
Today has been curious.  Can you remember the footage of OJ Simpson being pursued by helicopters? I've been hounded by the media in a similar way.  This is DAFFODILGATE. I was tempted to jump into the back of my VW with a blanket over my head at one stage.  I've been as newsworthy as...
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Published 5 days ago

Prince of Hearts
We have got a satellite broadcasting van behind the office transmitting live OBs (outside broadcast, love) to BBC 1 from one of the daffodil fields.  I suppose this is quite exciting. I have been in the office filling in proposed pesticide usage declarations for my potato customers and...
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Published 6 days ago

Daffed News Story
I'm up early this morning again but today for a better reason than insomnia.  BBC Breakfast are running a little news story about how late the daffodils are flowering this year and are filming from our farm. I had been expecting to film a little interview today - I washed an ironed plenty of...
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Published 6 days ago

Better Regulation Executive
We have some new competition in the blogging firmament. Sir Don Curry, the new chairman of the Better Regulation Executive, has a blog here.  It's not a real blog yet.  He's only done one entry.  There isn't a dog in a wig anywhere. Don has done some good work for agriculture and this is...
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Published a week ago

Normal for Norfolk
Tesco still haven't got planning permission to build a shop in Sheringham. (That link takes you to a rival publication.  Don't click on it else I will be taken to the Farmers Weekly correctional facility again - it makes Guantanamo Bay look like Ragdale Hall). Instead the planning permission...
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Published a week ago

Nuff and Fluff
I am keeping a cold at bay and so I have a made a spicy curry for dinner to keep my airwaves clear.  I only had wild rice in the cupboard and it took bloomin' ages to make it fluffy. While it was fluffin' up, I had a chat with Stockings who is now a couple of days into her Nuffield group...
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Published a week ago

Posing A Problem
I had a trip today to visit a plant propagating business who I was hoping would grow me 5000 plants from some seeds which I bought last week.  They are a hybrid variety of delphiniums which I haven't grown before. There's a bit of a blah, blah, blah story about me not being able to get my car...
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Published a week ago

Where Did The Pied Piper Take Them All?
A report published yesterday by the Commission for Rural Communities has warned the government about the serious potential consequences of the loss of young people from rural areas.  Basically it says that the brainy kids from rural areas are all leaving to work in cities. I have a lot of...
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Published 2 weeks ago

Perked Up
Cathy Perks sounds different on the Archers tonight.  Has the actor changed?
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Published 2 weeks ago

Wednesday Wig part 1946483867
It's been a while. I'm in a daft mood, it's a cold morning, we have a recession.  Let's have a dog in a wig. Look at these three...I mean two.  I meant two.
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Published 2 weeks ago

To Kill A Mocking Fox
Now this is funny. It's a news story about a fox which broke into a chicken house and was pecked to death by the four "PLUCKY" chickens inside (that was a little pun; I put it in capitals and inverted commas because I have a dry sense of humour and don't like to make things too obvious for...
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Published 2 weeks ago