Not long now until harvest starts in earnest; a very exciting (if a little nerve-wracking) time of year. Our winter oats (seen here) will be the first crop on the farm to be harvested and should be ready towards the end of next week.
Richard has been busy topping tracks and bumble bee strips with his beloved Massey Ferguson 675 which he bought way back in 1984 - making it a grand old 31 years of age!
As farm machinery gets bigger and bigger - there is something rather lovely about the simplicity of a 31 year old old friend to spend an uncomplicated (if rather bumpy) few hours with!
This photo shows one of our bumble bee tracks which has been recently topped. Half the track was topped about a month ago and you can see flowers just coming again.
The left hand side will recover and flower later on in August.
