Sunday 17 June 2012
Sunday
Hi all
It has been a wonderful final Show day. The sun has been shining most of the day and everyone was in great spirits. It was the Rare and Minority Breed show day so we had to make some more sheep rings to fit in all the different breeds. The show consisted of some sheep, cattle and pigs from the RBST WATCHLIST 2012. These are species that are considered endangered or at risk so it is fantastic to think breeders are working so hard to keep them going. Since the Rare Breed Survival Trust began, they have not lost a single species.
I was the ring steward for the Shetland sheep. I hadn’t realised before today how many different colours there were within the Shetland breed. The Shetland’s wool is excellent for spinning. The Champion Shetland was a ewe with a lamb at foot from Faygate Rare Breeds. This champion then went into the Interbreed competition. There was an impressive line up of breeds in this and eventually the judge selected a Ryeland from Messrs J & S Donovan (from Pembrokeshire)as his champion. The reserve was a Kerry Hill.
The overall best rare breed in show today was awarded to a Longhorn Bull and was judged by Mrs A Petch from Devon. The judging of this took place in the main ring after the impressive grand parade.
Alongside this show today, there were some championship sheep classes from Friday and Saturday’s classes. There was a large turnout in the pairs class and following very close inspection and consideration, the judge awarded the Championship to the Blue Texel pair. The Kerry Hills were runners up.
I hope you have enjoyed my show blogs and I’ll resume my weekly reports again very soon. I’ve really enjoyed helping on all 3 days and am looking forward to next year already.
Jack
Saturday 16 June 2012
Saturday
Hi all
What a rainy day but when it came to the Young Handlers' classes the sun came out and started to dry up the puddles. The Young Handler classes are very important to any show as they encourage the younger generation to try out showing sheep, cattle and pigs. There were over 35 children entering the sheep young handlers ranging from 5 to 21 years old. There were so many entries in one class we had to spilt the first class into two. The Judge was very interested in all the exhibits and questioned each on their sheep. The champion young handler went to a girl from the 17 - 21 years of age class. As well as some prize money and vouchers she won a jacket with 'Champion Young Handler' embroidered on it. Well Done.
In the main sheep classes, the Supreme Sheep Championship went to a Beltex from Messrs S & S Gibbons. The Supreme Cattle Championship went to Oakchurch Diplomat an Aberdeen Angus from J & A Price. The Herefords won the Supreme pairs. Sunday is rare breeds day with record entries in all departments, lets hope for some sunshine.
If you have any comments or would like a livestock report please email me on hanleysuffolks@gmail.com.
Jack
Friday 15 June 2012
Friday
Hi all
What a great first day at The Three Counties Show but wasn't the weather strange. It could not make it's mind up but every one was in a good mood and even though there were some sharp showers, they enjoyed their day. There was great show of cattle, sheep and pigs also some lovely goats. As usual the Hereford cattle drew in a big crowd of exhibitors mainly from the Three Counties as it is our local breed of cattle. Mr R N Borwick had very hard decision when choosing class winners as there where about 100 cattle entered. The Herefords had 28 different winning cattle in the grand parade. The grand parade consisted of about 221 different animals ranging from a small Beltex sheep to a big Charolais Bull. As usual Clive Roads and his team of Commentators gave a fantastic description of all breeds and they always keep us all up to date with all the information we need to know. Today there where 15 cattle breeds with 16 judges having to make some very difficult decisions. Mr A Owen, Mr T Jackson and Mr M Smell had a hard decision as they judged the Young Handlers in the sheep, beef and pig sections. It is very important to encourage the young stock people and all of them were given a rosette and a food voucher for use at the show.
My Clun Forest section went well and I an pleased to announce that Mr Smith's sheep was the breed champion. There were 19 different breeds to judge and 20 different judges making the decisions. All the sheep shown were in there best coats and all looking very smart. The Terminal Sire Progeny Group went to a Charollais pair with a pair of Blue Texels reserve. There was a great show of Texels with at least 10 in each class with some having more than 20. The Suffolks where another show puller with Chris Holmes from Rockery Farm winning for the second time. Last year, he sent the Suffolk champion to Shrewsbury Pedigree Suffolk Sale and took the top price.
In the pig section it was a big day as an exhibitor who has shown his pigs at the show for 60 years was presented with an award. Well done!!
I would also like to say well done to all the stewards and judges and a big thank you to the livestock officers who keep the show going and they work all round the clock to get the show ready to go. Everyone is looking for forward to the weekend classes. More stock will be arriving for the Rare Breed Day on Sunday.
If you have any comments about the show send an email to me on hanleysuffolks@gmail.com. I will have a full livestock report available soon.
Jack
Monday 11 June 2012
THREE COUNTIES SHOW
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JACK
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Jubilee celebrations, going to market and trying out auctioneering
Hi All
What a lovely week once again. I should not complain but it is just a little too hot, especially when you do a science experiment using fire!
I have got my ewes shorn on Tuesday, Tim did them and they look great. I did not have a go at it as I would hate to have to take the blame if anything had happened! I will have some pictures soon to post on here.
Tim is a sheep dealer. Through the lambing period, I was there every night in the school week. I started at 6 o'clock and was responsible for certain jobs until Tim returned. Now lambing has finished I am helping whenever there are jobs to be done. On Thursday I had a phone call to ask if I could go round in the evening and load the lorry with the wool bags. Tim was telling me how dreadful the lamb trade is at the moment, we have some good chats while we are working. In Longtown which is a very big livestock mart which usually have 4000 ewes and about 4000 lambs to sell, both ewes and lambs were down dramatically.
Hope you are enjoying the sunshine.
Jack
What a lovely week once again. I should not complain but it is just a little too hot, especially when you do a science experiment using fire!
I have got my ewes shorn on Tuesday, Tim did them and they look great. I did not have a go at it as I would hate to have to take the blame if anything had happened! I will have some pictures soon to post on here.
Tim is a sheep dealer. Through the lambing period, I was there every night in the school week. I started at 6 o'clock and was responsible for certain jobs until Tim returned. Now lambing has finished I am helping whenever there are jobs to be done. On Thursday I had a phone call to ask if I could go round in the evening and load the lorry with the wool bags. Tim was telling me how dreadful the lamb trade is at the moment, we have some good chats while we are working. In Longtown which is a very big livestock mart which usually have 4000 ewes and about 4000 lambs to sell, both ewes and lambs were down dramatically.
Hope you are enjoying the sunshine.
Jack
29th May
Hi All
What a lovely week once again. I should not complain but it is just a little too hot, especially when you do a science experiment using fire!
I have got my ewes shorn on Tuesday, Tim did them and they look great. I did not have a go at it as I would hate to have to take the blame if anything had happened! I will have some pictures soon to post on here.
Tim is a sheep dealer. Through the lambing period, I was there every night in the school week. I started at 6 o'clock and was responsible for certain jobs until Tim returned. Now lambing has finished I am helping whenever there are jobs to be done. On Thursday I had a phone call to ask if I could go round in the evening and load the lorry with the wool bags. Tim was telling me how dreadful the lamb trade is at the moment, we have some good chats while we are working. In Longtown which is a very big livestock mart which usually have 4000 ewes and about 4000 lambs to sell, both ewes and lambs were down dramatically.
Hope you are enjoying the sunshine.
Jack
What a lovely week once again. I should not complain but it is just a little too hot, especially when you do a science experiment using fire!
I have got my ewes shorn on Tuesday, Tim did them and they look great. I did not have a go at it as I would hate to have to take the blame if anything had happened! I will have some pictures soon to post on here.
Tim is a sheep dealer. Through the lambing period, I was there every night in the school week. I started at 6 o'clock and was responsible for certain jobs until Tim returned. Now lambing has finished I am helping whenever there are jobs to be done. On Thursday I had a phone call to ask if I could go round in the evening and load the lorry with the wool bags. Tim was telling me how dreadful the lamb trade is at the moment, we have some good chats while we are working. In Longtown which is a very big livestock mart which usually have 4000 ewes and about 4000 lambs to sell, both ewes and lambs were down dramatically.
Hope you are enjoying the sunshine.
Jack
Beef Expo
Beef Expo took place on the 23rd - 24th May at the showground. It's mainly a tradeshow for businesses with most of the Cattle Society stands showing off their finest cattle and the latest trade equipment and support organisations represented.
On the first day of the show there were organised farm tours. We had some great friends staying at the house and we went to the show together. They thought that both of the tours were they good and different. After the tour there was a Native Cattle show. I am very pleased to say that a lovely Longhorn heifer weighing 598Kg from Mr & Mrs G Woollatt won the Native Heifer section and went on to win the overall Native champion. The reserve Native champion was the second place heifer from Mr Michael Read with his Lincoln Red called Hemingby Treasure coming in at 574Kg. The first place steer cam from RH & SM Grace with a great Lincoln Red called Blisland Bruiser.
The second day was a much bigger occasion consisting of 14 classes. There was a lot of great looking cattle. I also saw cattle from Canada. Wow!!!
Here are all the winners from the classes and what they weighed:
3.1. Heifer by a registered Limousin sire Mr D Hughes coming in at 491Kg. This lovely heifer became Champion Continental Heifer. Well done.
3.2. Heifer by a registered Limousin sire from Messes JEL and LS Morgan weighing 518Kg.
3.3. Heifer by a registered Limousin sire from Mr A.D. Bishop's Red Hot Honey coming in at 728Kg.
4.1. Heifer by a registered British Blue sire was won by a heifer weighing 463Kg from Messrs P&S Sellers.
4.2. Heifer by a registered British Blue sire was won by T A & C L Lyon & son with a stunning 538Kg heifer.
5. Heifer by a registered Charolais sire was won by Mr J MacGregor with a 494Kg heifer.
6. Heifer by any other Continental sure was won by a big 642Kg heifer from Mr A D Bishop.
7.1. Steer by a registered Limousin sire was won by a 514Kg steer from Messrs P & S Sellers.
7.2. Steer by a registered Limousin sire was won from J Hyslops 654Kg steer.
8. Steer by a registered British Blue sire was won by T A & C L Lyon and Sons who also won class 4.2.
9. Steer by a registered Charolais sire was won by Mr W Owen with a big strong steer weighing at 514Kg.
10. No entries
11.1. Baby heifer up to and including 425Kg. This was won by the Baby beef championship from a smaller Limousin heifer weighing in at 299Kg from T Jones. Well Done!!
11.2. Baby heifer up to and including 425Kg. This was won by a heifer from Mr R Fountaines weighing in at 379Kg.
11.3. Baby heifer up to and including 425Kg. M M & C Alford's British Blue heifer at 406Kg.
12. This was the last class. Baby steer up to and including 425Kg. This was won by the overall champion of all the classes at the show. The cow was bred from T A & C L Lyon & Sons third win of the day. The Limousin weighed 345Kg.
Hope you are all ok
Jack
On the first day of the show there were organised farm tours. We had some great friends staying at the house and we went to the show together. They thought that both of the tours were they good and different. After the tour there was a Native Cattle show. I am very pleased to say that a lovely Longhorn heifer weighing 598Kg from Mr & Mrs G Woollatt won the Native Heifer section and went on to win the overall Native champion. The reserve Native champion was the second place heifer from Mr Michael Read with his Lincoln Red called Hemingby Treasure coming in at 574Kg. The first place steer cam from RH & SM Grace with a great Lincoln Red called Blisland Bruiser.
The second day was a much bigger occasion consisting of 14 classes. There was a lot of great looking cattle. I also saw cattle from Canada. Wow!!!
Here are all the winners from the classes and what they weighed:
3.1. Heifer by a registered Limousin sire Mr D Hughes coming in at 491Kg. This lovely heifer became Champion Continental Heifer. Well done.
3.2. Heifer by a registered Limousin sire from Messes JEL and LS Morgan weighing 518Kg.
3.3. Heifer by a registered Limousin sire from Mr A.D. Bishop's Red Hot Honey coming in at 728Kg.
4.1. Heifer by a registered British Blue sire was won by a heifer weighing 463Kg from Messrs P&S Sellers.
4.2. Heifer by a registered British Blue sire was won by T A & C L Lyon & son with a stunning 538Kg heifer.
5. Heifer by a registered Charolais sire was won by Mr J MacGregor with a 494Kg heifer.
6. Heifer by any other Continental sure was won by a big 642Kg heifer from Mr A D Bishop.
7.1. Steer by a registered Limousin sire was won by a 514Kg steer from Messrs P & S Sellers.
7.2. Steer by a registered Limousin sire was won from J Hyslops 654Kg steer.
8. Steer by a registered British Blue sire was won by T A & C L Lyon and Sons who also won class 4.2.
9. Steer by a registered Charolais sire was won by Mr W Owen with a big strong steer weighing at 514Kg.
10. No entries
11.1. Baby heifer up to and including 425Kg. This was won by the Baby beef championship from a smaller Limousin heifer weighing in at 299Kg from T Jones. Well Done!!
11.2. Baby heifer up to and including 425Kg. This was won by a heifer from Mr R Fountaines weighing in at 379Kg.
11.3. Baby heifer up to and including 425Kg. M M & C Alford's British Blue heifer at 406Kg.
12. This was the last class. Baby steer up to and including 425Kg. This was won by the overall champion of all the classes at the show. The cow was bred from T A & C L Lyon & Sons third win of the day. The Limousin weighed 345Kg.
Hope you are all ok
Jack
25th May
Hi All
Hope you have all had a great week and the weather has ok. The farmer I help, Tim, has started shearing. Tim is one of the first farmers in the area to shear his sheep and one of the first to get his wool off to the British Wool Board. I love shearing because I get to jump on the wool sacks to pack the fleeces in tight. I love seeing the ewes with their fleeces off and looking neat and tidy. On Monday I will be helping Tim to shear about 200 ewes. My job will ether be pushing them up to the shearers or take the lambs off the ewes so they don't get mixed up when the ewes get shorn.
Over the next few weeks I will be giving you the latest results from the major shows.
Over the past week there have been a couple of shows. There was a great turn out of all different types of livestock. I was really pleased to know that my good friend Sandy Fraser won the sheep interbreed with his Suffolks. So here we go:
Newark and Nottingham show:
Sheep interbreed
Champion: Sandy Fraser of Scunthorpe. Sandy won with his homebred Suffolk Shearling Ram.
Reserve Champion: Frank Rushton with his Texel Shearling Ewe.
Cattle Interbreed
Champion: Smiths of Bloxham with their great Limousin bull calf.
Reserve Champion: A South Devon cow and calf outfit from A and C Farm's, of the Langham Herd.
Dairy Interbreed
Champion: A Jersey cow from Abi Sercombe.
Reserve Champion: A Holstein cow from Holdcroft and Sons, Burton on Trent.
Pig Interbreed
Champion: A Tamworth sow from Stuart Roberts.
Balmoral Show:
Sheep Interbreed
Champion: Texel ewe from Mr Alastair Gault's flock in Newtownavvey, Antrim. It was a lovely ewe.
Reserve Champion: Was a Charolais from Mrs Diane Christie's flock in Comber, Newtownards, Co Down.
Cattle Interbreed
Champion: A Limousin heifer Millbrook Ginger Spice from William Smith
Reserve Champion: A Charolais heifer Cornascriebe Flo from Mr James A Watson.
Pig Interbreed
Champion: A Large White gilt - Glenmarshal Dainty Lady - from Mr Trevor Shields.
Reserve Champion: A Middle White junior boar - Ginnington Captain 2 - from Rebecca Gregg.
I am very sorry if I do not mention your show please email me on
Hope you have all had a great week and the weather has ok. The farmer I help, Tim, has started shearing. Tim is one of the first farmers in the area to shear his sheep and one of the first to get his wool off to the British Wool Board. I love shearing because I get to jump on the wool sacks to pack the fleeces in tight. I love seeing the ewes with their fleeces off and looking neat and tidy. On Monday I will be helping Tim to shear about 200 ewes. My job will ether be pushing them up to the shearers or take the lambs off the ewes so they don't get mixed up when the ewes get shorn.
Over the next few weeks I will be giving you the latest results from the major shows.
Over the past week there have been a couple of shows. There was a great turn out of all different types of livestock. I was really pleased to know that my good friend Sandy Fraser won the sheep interbreed with his Suffolks. So here we go:
Newark and Nottingham show:
Sheep interbreed
Champion: Sandy Fraser of Scunthorpe. Sandy won with his homebred Suffolk Shearling Ram.
Reserve Champion: Frank Rushton with his Texel Shearling Ewe.
Cattle Interbreed
Champion: Smiths of Bloxham with their great Limousin bull calf.
Reserve Champion: A South Devon cow and calf outfit from A and C Farm's, of the Langham Herd.
Dairy Interbreed
Champion: A Jersey cow from Abi Sercombe.
Reserve Champion: A Holstein cow from Holdcroft and Sons, Burton on Trent.
Pig Interbreed
Champion: A Tamworth sow from Stuart Roberts.
Balmoral Show:
Sheep Interbreed
Champion: Texel ewe from Mr Alastair Gault's flock in Newtownavvey, Antrim. It was a lovely ewe.
Reserve Champion: Was a Charolais from Mrs Diane Christie's flock in Comber, Newtownards, Co Down.
Cattle Interbreed
Champion: A Limousin heifer Millbrook Ginger Spice from William Smith
Reserve Champion: A Charolais heifer Cornascriebe Flo from Mr James A Watson.
Pig Interbreed
Champion: A Large White gilt - Glenmarshal Dainty Lady - from Mr Trevor Shields.
Reserve Champion: A Middle White junior boar - Ginnington Captain 2 - from Rebecca Gregg.
I am very sorry if I do not mention your show please email me on
hanleysuffolks@gmail.com and I will mention it in the next blog.
Hope you are all ok.
Jack
Hope you are all ok.
Jack
Ask Jack
I have had a question from somebody asking me about one of their lambs: 'One of our lambs would appear to have her back legs longer than her front legs, and stands with her legs tucked underneath her. She doesn't jump around like the others. Have you had any problems like this?'I spoke to my grandfather who informed me that it sounds like a deformity. I have never had this problem but I am sure it is not too serious especially if it is not having trouble feeding. If you want more advice ask your vet who will give you more in-depth answer and they are much more qualified than me.
I have also had a comment from Annie and in reply, I think it must be raining all over the place! I will not be entering the Three Counties Show for two reasons. Firstly I don't consider my ewes to be good enough and secondly I am a ring steward at the show on Saturday and Sunday. This means I ensure all the corrrect sheep are in the ring and ready for the judge. I then help present the prizes and make sure all the results are recorded correctly. Over the Three Counties weekend I will be giving you a diary account of how it went, who won and why I like stewarding. Which show are you hoping to show at and what are you hoping to show?
Hope to speak to you soon.
Jack
www.hanleysuffolks.blogspot.com
I have also had a comment from Annie and in reply, I think it must be raining all over the place! I will not be entering the Three Counties Show for two reasons. Firstly I don't consider my ewes to be good enough and secondly I am a ring steward at the show on Saturday and Sunday. This means I ensure all the corrrect sheep are in the ring and ready for the judge. I then help present the prizes and make sure all the results are recorded correctly. Over the Three Counties weekend I will be giving you a diary account of how it went, who won and why I like stewarding. Which show are you hoping to show at and what are you hoping to show?
Hope to speak to you soon.
Jack
www.hanleysuffolks.blogspot.com
A touch of gardening
14th May
Hi All
What a great weekend. These past few days have been wonderful. It has rained at night but been lovely in the day, great growing conditions.
On Thursday the Malvern Spring Gardening Show started in typical British weather ... rain!! Never mind, people still flocked to the show. BBC Gardeners World were recording their show and on Friday it was shown on BBC2. It really showed off the show well and together with the beautiful sunshine, there was a bumper weekend crowd. The mud had gone and the roads were packed. As I cycled along the road home from school on Friday I had never seen as many buses full of ladies and gentlemen heading back on to the M5.
On Sunday the mud was no where to be seen and I decided to go to the show. My mum works at the show so I cycled over and met her for lunch. You probably don't know but I love gardening as well as farming. Any time I go to a garden centre I will buy seeds or plants and start growing and planting. I bought quite a bit at the show and came home and started potting up. It was a nice suprise for Mum when she got home that night!
In farming you need to know about horticulture and agriculture because you need to know what seeds to plant, when to plant and how to do it. I've tried to learn from my relatives and I also read gardening books.
My ewes are looking great and the lambs are growing very well, not long now until they are ready to sell.
I would like to here from you and what you would like to know about.
Speak soon
Jack
Hi All
What a great weekend. These past few days have been wonderful. It has rained at night but been lovely in the day, great growing conditions.
On Thursday the Malvern Spring Gardening Show started in typical British weather ... rain!! Never mind, people still flocked to the show. BBC Gardeners World were recording their show and on Friday it was shown on BBC2. It really showed off the show well and together with the beautiful sunshine, there was a bumper weekend crowd. The mud had gone and the roads were packed. As I cycled along the road home from school on Friday I had never seen as many buses full of ladies and gentlemen heading back on to the M5.
On Sunday the mud was no where to be seen and I decided to go to the show. My mum works at the show so I cycled over and met her for lunch. You probably don't know but I love gardening as well as farming. Any time I go to a garden centre I will buy seeds or plants and start growing and planting. I bought quite a bit at the show and came home and started potting up. It was a nice suprise for Mum when she got home that night!
In farming you need to know about horticulture and agriculture because you need to know what seeds to plant, when to plant and how to do it. I've tried to learn from my relatives and I also read gardening books.
My ewes are looking great and the lambs are growing very well, not long now until they are ready to sell.
I would like to here from you and what you would like to know about.
Speak soon
Jack
8th May
Hi All
What a horrible week. I have had exams all week and to make matters worse it has not stopped raining. As a farmer I should not complain about the rain but it is horrible. I know a local farmer who has silage ready to be cut in the next few weeks but the river that runs next to the field has flooded. It needs to stop right now and if we then get some sun, there will be grass everywhere.
In the field where the ewes and lambs live, we use an electric fence which splits the field in half. The lambs get through the fence even throw it is "electric". This means that they are not with their mothers, so the ewes go to fing them and they push through the fence too. The ewes can then get tangled up in the fence and it causes mayhem. So we have now decided to put a new permanent fence up. This will separate the field properly.
I have had a comment on my blog from A. M:This is an amazing project! We're doing the same thing with a couple of orphans rearing them on the bottle and will sell them when they reach the right weight. Do you do this by yourself? It's just what I want to do, I'm helping with lambing at the Scottish Agricultural Colllege, and I'm completely obsessed. It's great to know that there are likeminded people my age out there!!! Good luck, and a brilliant blog!
Thank you Annie for your very kind comments. I am really pleased that you are another person starting up in farming. There are not many young people who want to start farming as it is a hard and time consuming job. Make sure you pick the right place to sell your lambs, and make sure you watch the trends in the prices for a couple of weeks before you plan to sell.
As usual send me some more questions and I will try my best to answer them. I will be attending the Spring Gardening Show next week at the Three Counties Showground. It is a great event that I go to every year.I will be buying some flowering plants to brighten up the garden when the rain stops! My main interest in the garden is vegetables. I grow tomatoes, potatoes, cucumbers, lettuces, cabbages, beetroot, rhubarb, carrots and peas. Mum loves me growing vegetables!
Hope you are all well.
Jack
What a horrible week. I have had exams all week and to make matters worse it has not stopped raining. As a farmer I should not complain about the rain but it is horrible. I know a local farmer who has silage ready to be cut in the next few weeks but the river that runs next to the field has flooded. It needs to stop right now and if we then get some sun, there will be grass everywhere.
In the field where the ewes and lambs live, we use an electric fence which splits the field in half. The lambs get through the fence even throw it is "electric". This means that they are not with their mothers, so the ewes go to fing them and they push through the fence too. The ewes can then get tangled up in the fence and it causes mayhem. So we have now decided to put a new permanent fence up. This will separate the field properly.
I have had a comment on my blog from A. M:This is an amazing project! We're doing the same thing with a couple of orphans rearing them on the bottle and will sell them when they reach the right weight. Do you do this by yourself? It's just what I want to do, I'm helping with lambing at the Scottish Agricultural Colllege, and I'm completely obsessed. It's great to know that there are likeminded people my age out there!!! Good luck, and a brilliant blog!
Thank you Annie for your very kind comments. I am really pleased that you are another person starting up in farming. There are not many young people who want to start farming as it is a hard and time consuming job. Make sure you pick the right place to sell your lambs, and make sure you watch the trends in the prices for a couple of weeks before you plan to sell.
As usual send me some more questions and I will try my best to answer them. I will be attending the Spring Gardening Show next week at the Three Counties Showground. It is a great event that I go to every year.I will be buying some flowering plants to brighten up the garden when the rain stops! My main interest in the garden is vegetables. I grow tomatoes, potatoes, cucumbers, lettuces, cabbages, beetroot, rhubarb, carrots and peas. Mum loves me growing vegetables!
Hope you are all well.
Jack
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