Farm Diary

WE have had quite an eventful time of it over Christmas and New Year and all of it bad! The new feeder wagon broke down and it was so close to Christmas day! One does not expect a simple bearing to fail, which of course then goes on to damage other things, such as snapping a huge drive-chain.

By The Newsroom

Published 5th Jan 2009, 07:03 BST

Updated 8th Jun 2018, 04:04 BST

Luckily, the back-up is good (which is the reason for buying this machine), and although it broke at 4.30am we were going again by 11.00am although the cows were not amused!

The very next day a very big red fox came into the garden after the peacocks, and as I scrambled to get a gun (all locked up in the stupid gun safe), he had caught the white one and I had to run out with a gun but no ammunition (locked in the ammunition safe within the stupid safe) and holding the barrel took a swipe at his head with the stock!

I missed of course, but he did at least let go and run off. I am after him every day, armed to the teeth, and he is a dead fox I assure you; it's only a matter of time.

The third bit of trouble happened last Sunday morning, when I glanced at my new weather station only to see it was minus 7 degrees Celsius. Fearing the worst, I hastened to the parlour.

For full feature see West Sussex Gazette January 7

West Sussex Gazette