Summer 09

Tt seems only yesterday I wrote the last blog, but it was almost two months ago.

The recession still seems to be hitting businesses hard, but for us, June and July has been one of the busiest summer periods on record, with over 40 courses having been delivered. We would usually run 20-30 courses maximum. I find it very hard to give reason for this, but must be grateful for all the support we receive from customers, so a big thanks you to you all.

This year we have decided not to run any courses in August. This is to enable us to redecorate, regroup and prepare for the winter ahead. It will also allow us to finally get to grips with the new computer we installed last month, as well as giving us an opportunity to take a break!! We are already booking our winter programme and organising some new courses, so if there is something we are not currently offering, that you would like us to organise, please let us know. We are always looking for feed back on our services and we would particularly welcome comments from customers who have attended training courses with us.

We will be attending several shows this summer, so do please come and visit our stand. Among the events we will be at are the New Kimblewick Country Fair, the Thame Sheep Fair, the Bucks Show and Thame Show. We hope to have a new stand for the Bucks Show,watch this space.

The farm is just beginning to get busy, and many of our friends and Neighbours are about to start combining. We have not grow barley or oil seed rape this year, so will not be harvesting for a couple of weeks, however there is still plenty to do with pre-harvest cleaning, machinery preparation and planning for the coming year. We hope to start cutting Oats in a couple of weeks and then on with the wheat. Most of our Oats go for human consumption either for the biscuit trade or breakfast cereals. The wheat is used both in bread making and for cattle feed. So the next time you see a grain lorry rumble past don't complain about the farmer, remember it may be your breakfast he is sending for precessing.

I hope you have a good summer and do please visit us again, or even leave a blog. You could also listen for our new add on Mix 96, Aylesburys local radio station....

Best wishes

Kate Mason