It all began with my dad having a hernia operation, which meant I would be running the yard, and that was not really a big deal.
I don't understand how social media algorithms work, nor if your devices are really listening to you all of the time, but it certainly seems that way sometimes, when your social feeds show an advert that exactly fits your life.
The old adage says that charity begins at home. But in the case of farming, we know that goodwill extends far beyond the hearth.
I was writing my last piece just as I had finished evening milking at the start of our once-a-day milking for two months.
Geoff Sansome is head of agriculture at Natural England.
August already, although it has felt like October here for the past few weeks. July was a good month on the salads after a tough start to the season.
On August 3, Íæż½ã½ã's epic campaign, 24 Hours in Farming, took place - a day to showcase to those outside the industry what really goes on in farming.